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| I totally forgot to tell you about the ballet last week. This shows us waiting for it to start (Brother Norman was taking the pictures) . Sister Norman, The Atkinsons, Us, The Peñas. |
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| Ceiling of the Theatre, it was a beautiful old building, it made you feel like you should be dressed in a long dress with a fancy hat and cape. |
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| See the side box seats, pretty fancy. |
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| Sister Rojas that was a missionary with us in Mexico City came to wedding reception for Sister Araiza, It was fun to see her, the sister on the right is Sister Tovar, she just finisher her Mission and went home to Pachuca, she is 80 years old and has some fantastic stories. |
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| The 'Hermosa' couple Max and Ruth |
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| Us with the Normans, The Flores, and Sister Tovar, Sister Tovar and the Flores have finished their mission. |
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| This is Brother and Sister Para, they are temple coordinators, they are the sweetest couple and we love them to pieces. |
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| grandma got to hold and play with a baby, she is the daughter of one of the temple maintenance workers, he is also a temple worker. |
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| Just before we snapped this picture this little boy was sitting on Joseph's lap caressing Jesus. The kids also like to ride on the sheep and the donkey. Happy Birthday this past week to Miss Eliza, who is now 6 years old! It has been another great week, the temple broke all kinds of records again this week, it is unreal to think that a little teeny temple can handle so many people, we have as many as any big temple. Friday we set a temple record for weddings. I think it was 15 but one person said it was 24 so I am not sure. I know it was busy! How wonderful to see so many people in the temple smiling and happy in the service of others and our Father. It is so true that when we loose ourselves in the service of others we find true joy. We see that every day as we watch people serve in the temple. Each week we meet people and make new friends or renew friendships with people we knew from Mexico City that we thought we would never get the chance to see again, it is so good to see them and work beside them once more. This week will be pretty calm with the temple closed 2 days for the Christmas Holiday and again the next week for the New Year Break. We will enjoy spending time with our good friends here but will miss being with gamily at this special time of year. For us it has been hard to think of it as being Christmas without the hustle and bustle of shopping, Christmas parties, school programs to watch, and the weather itself makes it really hard to imagine it could be Christmas. When the roses and flowers have blooms and all the trees have leaves and flowers, and the temperatures are in the 70's and up it really seems more like summer. We rarely wear a sweater (except in the temple when the air conditioning is too cold) and Greg was too hot in church yesterday and had to take his suit jacket off. Did I mention the Roesberrys are here (insert little me doing happy dance), they arrived Thursday Night, to no one at the airport to pick them up! The president had the time wrong and was an hour late. They are getting settled in, their apartment is not in our little complex, but is about a 10 minute walk. It is so great to have them back with us. We love each and everyone of you and want to wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas, full of family, friends and the joy that comes with the knowledge of the Saviors love for each of us. Take time out to let each other know how much you care for and love each other and give each other a giant hug for us. Count your blessings and feel the joy of this special time of year, then treasure it up in your heart to pull out and get you through the coming year. May you truly be blessed. |
Good morning, how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Mexico? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Mexico
in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
28902 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez