Happy Sunday or "Cheek-Day" where Lana is concerned.

Dad gave his Sacrament meeting talk today in Spanish and I thought he did a pretty good job.  He says that doesn't count though because I couldn't understand most of what he said. I am so proud of him.  He came here knowing quite a lot of Spanish and has continued to work on learning it better.  There are always more words to learn!  I met a lady today that is perhaps going to help me a little with my Spanish.  I have some vocabulary but I really need someone to help me with conversation.  She tells me she can do that over Skype whenever I have the time. I just need to plan ahead on times that will work, which is a little tricky because I am not sure exactly when we will get home from the Clinic. I will let you know how that goes.

I didn't get a lot of pictures this week, but here is a few.  This first one is of a little town we went to a couple weeks ago.  I just thought it was kind of interesting, a church with a ferris wheel in front of it.  Also, most of the churches we see here are painted yellow. This is one of the few that isn't.

This little girl is another one of our "Patitos", little ducklings.  She was so cute and loved her little Burrito Baby that she got, we just had to take a picture of her.  Such brave little kids.  A ward back in Utah made a couple hundred of these little dolls to give the kids.  The girls really like them.

Last Wednesday afternoon we had seven missionaries from the CCM come in for dental work.  It took a little longer than we had anticipated.  When we finished our last patient, I looked out through the window to the waiting area and saw these two Elders totally zonked out.  They just looked so funny I started laughing and had to capture the moment.

This young girl’s name is Stephani.  Dad and I were very impressed with her, so I would like to tell you a little about her.  She is 22 years old and decided that she really wanted to go on a mission.  She came in for her dental check-up and to have her papers signed a few weeks ago.  The only problem was that she had a full set of braces on her teeth.  Dad told her that she couldn't have her braces on while serving a mission.  She would need to wait until the braces were finished to go or see about getting them off and then continue on with her mission papers. The braces had only been on a couple of months and it would be a couple years before she would be finished with them.  She said that she would check with her orthodontist.  A week later she emailed us and told us that she had an appointment to have her braces off and when could she come in again to complete her dental papers.  Dad told her she could come in the day after her braces were off.  She came in that day and we did some fillings, a couple of wisdom teeth and signed her papers.  She was so mature and dedicated to go on her mission.  What a great missionary she will be!

I shared Laren's missionary story about obedience with our district of Elders today and plan on sharing one each week with them.  So I appreciate those of you who have shared with me.  I could still use some more motivational, encouraging mission experiences to share with them, so please those of you I haven't heard from.... if you had an experience you would care to share with me I would love to hear it. 

Love to all!!     Hump Day is tomorrow, (Monday).   MOM, Grammy