Sept 10-23, 2018 Church history in Guatemala

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 and district presidents expressed their thanks for the Normans’ service.  They made Pres. Norman cry as they said explained how his service had impacted their units and how individually they had been influenced for good by his, and his wife’s, service.  President Cuz, from Senahu, said that they had made the people of the Polochic feel valued and welcomed in the temple.  He said that most of the time they feel abandoned and isolated, but the Normans’ many trips to visit them in their hard-to-get-to towns have made them feel accepted and appreciated.  He said the people of the Polochic will never forget the Normans.  At the end of October, the Normans will complete their 3-year stay in Guatemala.. They return to Bountiful, Utah. 


Comments

  1. Merlene25 September 2018 at 08:40

    Thanks for sharing the history of the Church in Guatemala, Larry. I suppose he spoke in Spanish so your review was probably more meaningful to me. Also, I sensed the same things about the Normans and Senahu, especially. I am grateful that we were able to go there and be touched by those people.

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  2. Unknown26 September 2018 at 14:10

    Excellent. What are you two doing to leave your mark in Guat?

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