Monday I went to the dentist and got 3 of my cavities filled, the dentist is a beautiful young woman just out of school. She speaks some English and likes to practice. She is single and still in her 20's. She was very gentle and did not use any anesthetic, There were only about 2 times when she was drilling that I felt the least bit of pain. I go back in 2 weeks to get the top one done. I'm sure glad we caught them early as I don't do well with root canals or deep cavities.
In the afternoon we went with the Peñas and the Roesberrys to see the movie the Martian with Matt Damen. It was kind of a space Cast Away movie. it was pretty good. But like the movie Everest we decided most of us didn't want to try Space Travel. Ross of Course would go in a heartbeat. He has always wanted to be an astronaut. Not me! I don't even love airplanes. After the movie we picked up the Atkinson's and went to dinner at an Italian place downtown and across the street from the restaurant where we ate on the roof a few weeks ago. We ate on the roof again at this one. It was a beautiful evening and the food was fabulous. We are beginning to see why Oaxaca is famous for their cuisine! We just hadn't been going to the right places. We could see 8 big old Catholic churches within the few blocks ot the roof top of the restaurant.
Isn't the view beautiful, President Atkinson always says the view from 5 feet up is gorgeous.
Looking down on the city and the lights.
This week we have been a little bit busier in the temple, we are hoping this means that people are getting more used tot he new hours and it will just keep getting busier.
We keep getting more and more workers coming in to learn about genealogy and they keep telling Jan and I stories of ancestors coning to them in dreams with desires for their work to be done. I have certainly had wonderful feelings of peace as I have been working on genealogy this past few weeks. I have found about 100 more names this week and it feels like they are calling to me to hurry and get the work done for them. We have one Sealer that I have become good friends with ,Hermano Sanchez, who has been encouraging me to get more and more names for him to Seal. He is a temple worker, his son is a temple worker. and his darling grandson who is waiting for his visa so he can leave on his mission to Texas is a temple worker. They are the neatest family. They were all in the temple Saturday with the daughter in law and the two grand daughters who were doing baptisms and confirmations.
We had the greatest experience Saturday, Our friends Velia and Gerardo Perez were Sealed, then their daughter Wendy was sealed to them, then they were sealed for his parents, then he was sealed to his parents. These were the last ordinances president Atkinson performed as the President of the Oaxaca Temple. He talked for just a few minutes before the sealing about the the fact that we aren't really sealed but that blessings are sealed on us. So often we think of the Sealing as giving rights of ownership when in fact it gives us power and blessings. There was such a wonderful, sweet, tangible, feeling in the room with us, to me I thing it can only be described as pure, all encompassing love, and really that is what this gospel is all about, Love.
Saturday afternoon our new President was supposed to arrive at 3:30 p.m. we aren't sure what happened, whether they missed the connecting flight or what, but I got a call at the temple office saying Hermana estoy Victor Cardenans and then he started talking faster than a Chilean and I had to break in and say please talk to my husband. Long story short, they ended up having their son drive them from Mexico city and got here around midnight. Ross met them and helped get their stuff into the house, I did not. He says they are gracious wonderful people and we will love them.
We said goodbye to President and Sister Atkinson last night with a promise to see them when we return home. We have grown to love and appreciate them so very much and we have learned so much from them. It has been so hard to say goodbye. A lifetime in the church has taught us that change brings about growth and growth is good for us. I think it is a good thing we have learned this lesson! I think it is also good that we understand that there is an eternity where friendships and relationships continue
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| President and Sister Atkinson |
We had another nice surprise this week, they redid all the landscape in the front of all the apartments, we came home and thought we were in the wrong fracionamente? haha.
Our friends from Huatulco, the DeWolfs came back to Oaxaca again this weekend, their district came for a temple trip and it was also Coordinating counsel Meeting so the District President, President Piñeda asked if they would drive instead of taking the bus with everyone else and stay over so he could come wwith them and stay for the meeting. We were able to spend a little time with them last evening with the Peñas and Roesberrys visiting and eating goodies and playing Tensies, evereyones new favorite game. We got talking about forgiveness and Brother DeWolf said something that has really made me ponder and thing and go to my Scriptures and ponder some more. He said as he has thought about forgiveness through his life and especially when working for a difficult boss one time he felt impressed that it really wasn't his responsibility to forgive anyone, it was his responsibility to become Christlike enough to get to the point where he could not be offended and forgiveness was not necessary! He said there is no place in the scriptures where Christ says " I forgive you", Because Christ was never personally offended. He said your sins are forgiven go and sin no more. But he chose not to be personally offended. Pretty hard to get to that point. I think it takes a lifetime of living and trying to be humble and teachable. Many hours of walking in others shoes and learning compassion,and turning the other cheek. But it is food for thought.
All in all it has been a wonderful week, a bit emotional, but that isn't always bad. We miss everyone but the time is flying, today we hit our one year mark! Six months to go and we will be home. For these last six months we will be fortunate enough to have our good friends the Roesberrys as next door neighbors, they will be moving in where the Normans lived at the end of the month, hooray! Jan leaves Tuesday morning for the states to help her daughter who just had a baby, she will be gone for 2 weeks and when she comes hope it will be to a new house. Poor Greg gets to move alone, well not alone, we will help!
Our ride will be here any time for our Coordinators mtg. So I will close, Much love to all.
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