Ward News (Noticias del Barrio) We’re leaving Guatemala Feb.  Are we happy to be returning home? Yes. Will we miss Guatemala?  ¡Sí!  (Especialmente la gente y el clima.)  The flight plan ... We’re already packing

First trip during temple closure The Town of Santa Lucia Our driver. 

Our temple break continues... ... in Rio!   Rio Dulce that is.  6 hours in a car. Not fun. That’s how to get there.  More Maya ruins! Old Spanish fort Look! I’m taller than all those tough soldiers who manned this fort. My wife descends a narrow passage  How does our hotel rate? Water fun My wife bought a conch shell Beauty along the Dulce river

There’s a temple in El Salvador There were 25 persons on the bus: the driver, Hector Gutierrez, temple recorder Jaime Carranza, two temple office employees: Maggie de Ruano and Marta Valdez, and three North American temple missionary couples: Holman, Jenson, and Price. The rest were mainly women who work weekly shifts at the temple.  Lunch time Hector drove us to a restaurant specializing in El Salvadoran cuisine. That meant eating pupusa and horchata to wash it down.  The bus ride: long, uncomfortable but worth it.  

Our time off from temple work continues Taking care of Larry Comfort came from his senior missionary neighbors.  It usually takes 45 minutes to walk to and from Paiz. I think it took me 2 hours this day.