Trucks and Teddy Bears

 

This is our own 'hidden picture', like in the Friend magazine.  If you look carefully, there is a living creature in this nativity scene.  Look first, and then, if you need help, follow the pink ribbon down from the tree.  It is a live bird.  He had the ribbon tied around his leg and wasn't pleased about it.  The next week when I asked, they'd let him go free.

Dafne's brother made a house out of our cards. (He played memory for a time by himself first.)

Karyn, at the piano, refuses to have her picture taken.  The rest of the class is directing.  I thought we were learning well, but when Ana tried to direct for the baptism, it didn't work well.  There is lots to learn.  When the congregation sings the timing or tune wrong, it is pretty hard for the pianist and director to change it.


A little humor.  Daphne's brother and his teddy bear decided to join the class.



I thought Stormy as well as other children might enjoy this.  Baby animals really are attractive.  They told me this one is "orejon"  "Big Ears".  Jumbo is orejon too.



We saw this truck parked up in Volcan.  We finished the video and as we finished, the owner came out and got into it and started driving towards us.  We hopped in the car and moved as fast as we could on the ROCKY Volcan road.

It is time to be moving on in our teaching.  We're preparing to go to the city of David.  We talked to the president here.  He has LOTS on his plate.  His wife is having trouble with a pregnancy, they had to move and decided to build a house, and then there is much work in the branch.  Rod has been serving as a counselor.  Really he just gets people to speak for Sacrament meeting, but I can only imagine what a relief that is for President Rodriguez.  I wish sometimes we could be more than two people, but the truth is that we need to figure out how to train someone else to do the work so that it can continue when we are no longer here.

I am so grateful for parents who taught us habits of attendance and service to the Lord and to others.  It is a grand gift.  I'm grateful for the guide that it is in living a full life.