EL TEMPLO

Good bye Schroder

We got a call about a week ago.   The man said in Spanish that we have a new car for you.  We have needed a new car since we got here.   Schroder ( our old car) tries her best and has gotten us to places we should not have gone, but the kind of roads we travel just were not ment for Schroder.  And, she was in a real sense, falling a part.  We were not to excited because we have been told of a new car in the past and it never happened.  Well, we got in the car and drove to Guetemala city, a hard 5 hour drive.  We were worried about having to come back in the dark, which is very dangerous.  We got to the city and immediately got lost.  We could see the place we were supposed to pick up the car but we could not get there because of the divided roads.  We were very frustrated.  We take our frustrations out in different ways.  Gary gets mad, and Kathy cries.  Well, we finally got control of ourselves, said a prayer, and got on a road that took us to the place.   At the church area office, a guard directed us to to a ramp that went under the building.   And, they took Schroder, we signed a paper, and, got in the new car and drove out!!   All in about 15 minutes!  There we were in a brand new car, it had about 40 mikes on it, and, we were in shock.  We got a Toyota Rav4 four wheel drive.  The car is high off the ground and has big wheels.  Perfect for gigantic holes and bumps.   The ride home was lovely.  Here is the car.

EL TEMPLO (the Temple)

We have not been to the Temple since arriving here.  The is a new Temple about 1.5 hours a way in a town called, Xela (Quetzaltenango).   Well, the current mission president has implemented a new plan.   For those missionaries that are finished with their mission and are going home, they get to attend the temple.  (In the past, temple attendance was limited to those zones that achieved a very hard baptism goal).  We have two missionaries leaving.  In order for them to get to the 8am session they would have to catch a very early, and, miserable bus.  We stepped up and offered a ride,  We have mentioned before about spiritual highs, well here we are at the highest so far.  It is hard to describe how wonderful attending the temple was.  It was all in Spanish with a new presentation.   We had interpreter devices for part of the session, but, Gary's broke immediately.   For some reason, we found the Spanish presentation to be very uplifting and inspiring.  We were just amazed and felt blessed to be able to attend the temple.  We drove home, and got a call, that one of our zones had reached the goal, and, we went to the temple again the next day!!   We prayed in the temple for increased help with the language and we are being helped.