Posts

Despedidas and Welcome Home!

Image
  After almost two days of travel we finally made it to our new home in Orem, UT.  As many know, we moved from our beloved home in Hacienda Heights before embarking on our 1 year mission in Argentina and now live in our house in Orem.  Lots and lots of changes have happened and many more to come.  We loved our mission experience and the many friends we made along the way.   Goodbyes Us with Griselda Galvan and her granddaughter Aymar (Estefania).  We spent two days a week with Griselda over the past 3 months teaching her classes to help read and write better and classes in self-reliance.  We will miss her and her family.  This is Carmen. We got to know her over the last year.  She returned to church after several years of inactivity.  She felt a prompting that she needed to come closer to God and responded by returning to church. One of the many youth in Ensanche Norte that we worked with over the past year.  They faithfully at...
Post a Comment
Read more

The End of the Road (almost)

Image
  We've reached the end, almost.  Today starts our last week in Argentina and it's bitter sweet.  We have met so many great people and have had tremendous adventures together.  This week was no exception.   We helped one of the members move his 40 animals from one farm to another.  All sheep and goats.  You can see in this picture the truck is full with about 8 sheep and a few goats.  It was fun but it took a long time.  We didn't really know exactly what we were getting into.  We thought it was to help move a "few" animals.  It ended up taking 3 trips and about 5 hours of work.  It was quite the adventure and something we'll probably never have the chance to do again. After one of the trips we returned to see a goat give birth.  It was amazing.  It actually had 3 little babies, something unusual for goats.  They typically only have 1 or 2 at a time.  We also attended a 1-year birthday party for little ...
Post a Comment
Read more