No tamales at THIS dinner!

Babette has gifts ready for our temple friends.  After hamburgers, we walked back home.  Halfway there, Babette  had an accident on  one of Guatemala City’s notorious sidewalks.  Our ward is keeping tracking of home evenings held by members, for non-members, during Light the World. 

December 14 marks 34 years for temple The first temple built in the six-spire sloped roof style was the Boise Idaho Temple, the design of which started after its announcement on March 31, 1982. Early examples of this design proved inadequate: Boise, Dallas, and Chicago were closed for extensive renovations not long after opening. These renovations restructured rooms, added facilities, and made other enhancements that significantly improved the buildings.  The last temple built in this style was the Las Vegas, Nevada, Temple, which was completed in 1989. The unifying concept behind this style was the six spires and the sloped roof. Other than those factors, the temples varied widely in size and capacity, as illustrated in the table below (Guatemala City Temple, you will see, is the second smallest): This style was then largely replaced by the classic modern, single-spire design.  I watercolored a portraiture for the McLemores.  We got our 2019 family study guide. 

Merry Christmas Set up for viewing is the full size manger scene in front of the Guatemala City Temple. We Jensons posed in front of it. Poinsettias are in the flower beds (see below). The Nutcracker Ballet Larry shot the stage scenes with his iPad, at about 80 yards. Not bad photography I say .  I believe this was the first ballet of any kind I’ve attended.  I enjoyed it.   I wanted to be 50 years younger and dance with them. Afterward we had lunch at San Martin, a classy restaurant chain, headquartered in Guatemala, I think. Reynas retire Baudilio Reyna and his wife Bernarda, Guatemalans, retired from  full-time temple work,  after 2.5 years of service. Although 76 years old,  he was one of the most  dedicated workers I have seen. He didn’t sit around  and chat. He would  go work in Initiatory or take clothing to the laundry.  He was usually the last  person on the shift to leave for home. He did all this because of his strong tes...