In Guatemala, US kids   learn about Canada 🇨🇦  Larry and Babette visited a school for the children of Americans working in Guatemala City. The students divided up and created booths and learned a dance about six countries, including Canada. The special event was the Equity American School’s contribution to world peace, through education.  Parents of two of the students... American School in Guatemala In 1988, Bonita Hedrick Justice was directing the lives of her eight children in Guatemala City, which included home schooling. She  was approached by some U.S. families living in Guatemala with the request that she apply her education and experience towards establishing a private school that could meet the needs of their highly motivated children. Her husband, Lynn, encouraged her and helped by handling the financial and legal side of the venture. They named the school “The Accelerated Learning Center,” offering a U.S. curriculum, small classes and music every day for...

Larry has a new iPad,  to be  able  to continue blogging The much smaller iPhone was too darn difficult for a certain old man. 😁 Thanks to Debbie Spencer who carried the iPad to me from her daughter’s home  in Utah. We bought and delivered it using Amazon. If I had bought this latest iPad in  Guatemala City, it would have added an extra US$100.  At the same Family home evening, the Andersons  were introduced to their fellow  Temple missionaries.  John Norman Nice things said about our  departing  Temple President Guatemala City Temple President John Norman  attended his final Coordinating Council Meeting in  the Coban region (usually a 5-hour drive). Area Seventy Arredondo said he believed that Pres. Norman had been called to serve in the Guatemala City Temple at this time to help the Coban area prepare to someday have their own temple.  He then asked if anyone else would like to say anything.  Many of the stake...

To senior missionaries:  “You are models for us in Latin America” We in Latin America want our church units to be like yours in North America — self-suffient and able to help other units in the world. So said José Uceda, the new president of the Central America Area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to 20 retirees called to serve various missions.  We see you happy with 45 or so years of marriage. You got there by progressing in the church and in your careers in a particular way. If you would like to help Latinos, in more than the area specialty of your mission, I would like to see you take interest in a young man, priest age. Encourage him to further his education so he can have a good job that will allow him to have time to help build the church here. The Church of Jesus Christ has been in these parts for 60 years, but we are still young in the ways that the Lord wants us to go. we are losing young people  from church  activity. Going to church e...