This coming week we will celebrate the birthdays of Heidi, on the 3rd, and Jared, on the 6th, how grateful we are for these two who have always and continue to bless our lives. Jared as the oldest has always set a great example for all of us and still does, he is always ready to lend a hand or give a word of encouragement.People are drawn to Jared because of his goodness and caring. Thank you Jared for all you do for all of us, you are amazing.We love you!
Heidi has always been our Ray of sunshine, strong of will and able to do anything she sets her mind to, with so much talent and ability there is nothing she can not master, just give here the manual and the tools and she can fix it or make it. She is kind to and forgiving of everyone.You are so loved and so amazing.
Monday we celebrated Thanksgiving with about 24 of our friends here, we had a great time and way too much delicious food. Some traditional some not so much, but all very good! We ate and visited and sang and ate and visited some more and oh! did I say we ate. As I was cooking I couldn't help but think of how incredibly spoiled I am, back home I have a Bosch and a Kitchen Aid, I have so many pans and dishes and gadgets to cook with that all make life easier and yet here with just the very basics we still managed to cook a pretty good meal. Dad did have to go buy me a cheap mixer as I burned up the little one that was here. (I did the same thing in Mexico City, one per mission isn't too bad) I couldn't help but think of the people who don't have enough to eat and those who don't even have a home, we truly do have much to be grateful for, I hope I can remember to always have a grateful heart.
The turkey was beautiful!
Jan and Sister Peña getting the food ready.
Taking photos while the food gets cold.
Let's Eat!
Los hijos de Jimenez
It seems strange to eat outside for Thanksgiving. but it was nice weather.
Desserts
This Peanut Butter Pie was my Favorite! The French silk was Dad's
Tuesday we invited the Serranos for leftovers as they couldn't make it on Monday, it was us the Roesberrys, the de Wolfs, and the Serranos.
Just about the time we were not too full it was time to start over!
The week at the temple was pretty good, about average for attendance,until Saturday, we had a group from Puerto Escondido come, it is only about 150 miles but it is really mountainous road and takes about 5 hours. They leave in the late afternoon and get here in the middle of the night and sleep in the church and then are ready for a 6:30 am session. They came with about 70 people about half youth and half adults and 7 Own Endowments, so we had a great Saturday.
Today we went to the El Tulle Ward where we both spoke, Tule is a town about 20 minutes from here, their claim to fame is a 2000 year old tree, it is huge and very impressive, I am pretty sure I have told about it and put pictures in and earlier blog.
Obisbo Garcia de Bario Tule
Me with the 2 Missioneras de Tule
The Sister on the right has a sister serving in Richmond, Virginia and when I talked about my son
that served in Virginia she was excited.
Photos of the chapel in Tule
For this weeks thought I want to leave with you a quote that Ross used in his talk today it is from
Elder Bednar, he teaches that; "word heart is used over 1,000 times in the standard works and
symbolizes the inner feelings of an individual. Thus, our hearts—the sum total
of our desires, affections, intentions, motives, and attitudes—define who we
are and determine what we will become."
He talked about how important it is to become pure of heart and like a little child, how little children come from heaven so pure and sweet and how easy it is to feel that as we hold a new born baby. How going often to the temple helps us to become pure of heart. It is a beautiful talk and hopefully he will share it with you when he comes home. We love all of you and miss you, have a wonderful week.
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