We are all so blessed!

Another Great Sunday at the CCM!

    Dad and I are in charge of the District Pablo for the Sunday third hour meeting each week.  Instead of Sunday School we have District Class.  Here they take turns giving a discussion to practice how to give a discussion.  Each companionship takes 8-10 minutes to give a discussion on as assigned topic and we help them learn how to do it a little better.  Really what we are, are cheerleaders and also give them some guidance for a few minutes each week.  We love it!  We have ten Elders in our district right now and they have been at the CCM for three weeks working on Spanish so the discussions are in English until the last week when they do them in Spanish.  They are learning so quickly, Spanish, the gospel more in depth, how to work with a companion and lots of other things.  What neat Elders and Hermanas they are.  At the CCM we even have a district called Senahu, it consists of about 8 Elders who are learning a language called Q'eqchi' (Kay-chee).  They spend 9 weeks at the CCM learning the language, it is very difficult.  We have an Elder from Texas who came only knowing English so he is learning Spanish AND Q'eqchi.  It has been pretty tough for him but he is doing very well.  I am so proud of all of them!  I will get some pictures to send later.

     Now for a few pictures we took this week.  Here is another picture of a Chicken Bus, it is parked outside our Clinic.  It isn't the Bus that was so interesting, but what was under the bus.

 

     We saw the new Lays potato chip ads around town and then saw them in the store.  Dad had to try one out.

 

     In the local grocery store, Paiz, they do different things to advertise items in the store.  This is a new one we hadn't seen before.  This young lady has several of the items for sale in her cart and she walks around the store with the Ad on her back and the items in the cart showing them to people as they pass.

 

     And this little girl is at the Clinic.  Dad puts disclosing solution on their teeth to show them all the plaque and bacteria on their teeth and them sends them in the bathroom with a time on the back of their shirt to tell them how long to brush.  It works pretty well, except one time I forgot to turn on the timer after I showed them where to brush and the little boy was in there about 6-7 minutes until I went to find him and realized I had goofed. But his teeth were really clean!

 

    We went to the Dump again Saturday to see it from another vantage point.  Hard to believe all the people picking through the garbage, looking for anything they can sell or eat or use in some way.  The birds there made it a little eerie.  

How is it we are so blessed?  To be born and raised in the United States with the Gospel, never wanting for food, medical help, shelter, clothes, anything we need or want!  I have nothing to complain about.   I thank my Heavenly Father each and every day for all these blessings and for a dear family, and for all their love and support, especially as we are serving this mission.

    I know our Father in Heaven is very near. He hears and answers all of our prayers.  He knows each one of us by name and loves us.  I am so thankful I know this and hope and pray each of you do also. I know that whatever the problem is that I have to work through, it will be OK, because he is with me.

     Love to all, have a peaceful week!    MOM, Grammy