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On Sunday, we attended church (thank you for the transportation, John and Karlena). When we came out to leave, a car was parked exactly in front of the car we used to get there. Parking here is highly unusual. Other than speed laws on the freeways, traffic laws seem to be suggestions or guidelines here. One church attendee whose English is very good, watched as our friend maneuvered the car of its parking space, look at me, shrugged and said, "Latins". Laughed so hard!

There's an example of parking, especially double parking that is rampant in this city, below. We take Uber most of the time because the bobbing and weaving through the streets is hard to watch. Also, walking here isn't always safe because the sidewalks are not well maintained.

Mike's been dealing with a health issue. We know there's an answer to it we just need to find it. If you would like to join us in praying for a solution, please do. In spite of it, he is still working on PowerPoint presentations and enjoying the work. It's interesting what goes into opening temples, the operating and tax laws that are in effect in various countries. His project is to inform the front line people who will be operating new temples, making sure they follow the law. 

Work on a couple of projects begins Monday for me. Need to have some training on one of them and then I'll be very, very busy. It makes me very happy to know I'll be making a contribution. 

One of the reasons I'm being assigned these projects is that I am detail oriented. Well ... not really. I CAN BE and WILL BE on these projects but details are not my favorite things. 

Love you all! 


This is NOT a one way street. People park in whatever direction and they mix it up too! 



The traffic is the result of a festival being held at the big exhibition hall a couple of blocks away. The staff and vendor entrance is at the end of the street, a few yards beyond the corner in the far left of this picture. 








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