Summer in Buenos Aires

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This statue is dedicated to all the soldiers who participated in the May 1810 -1816 revolution.
Argentines kicked out the Spanish viceroy. 
This is in the middle of a park that surrounds a large military installation that's right next to Jumbo, the large grocery store near us. 
Depending on how we walk to or from the office, we pass the installation and the grocery store. 



It was nice to get back to the office. We were ready. Mike has struggled with migraines and a couple of other little things but he keeps working on legal projects at home. 

Since writing these blogs, I haven't mentioned much about spiritual experiences. We've had a few. I am just very careful with sharing those sacred things.

However, there is one that I need to share. I have written before about working with the area historian on the annual historical reports for 2024 and 2025. The 2024 report has been a real bear. Frustrating. The changes that need to be made are things that can be fixed by moving PDFs into each rightful place, integrate divider sheets and attach more PDFs. The program we are using is one I've never used before and at first it seemed very simple to use. I had been able to drag and drop the documents into the program. Once we saw the changes that needed to be made, this particular program doesn't make it easy. 

Before the holidays, I kept trying to work within the program. The historian purchased a subscription for the site, hoping that would make it easier but every time I tried to to use her credentials, I couldn't get into it. Maximum frustration. 

After purchasing my own basic subscription, I found the directions for making the changes needed. Tried to follow the instructions. Nothing seemed to work. The historian and I decided that over the holidays, we would put this on the back burner. We were both frustrated and she needed to spend her time with her family. 

Once holidays were over, I realized that approaching the document was causing too much anxiety for me, (BTW. I do not do anxiety. It takes energy that I don't want to expend.) I stopped trying to figure it out. Sunday night, as I was falling asleep, I got an answer. "Start over. Organize the lap top hard drive, rename and save the individual divider pages and place the files in order on the hard drive. Then you just have to drag and drop each item in order." When I got up this morning, the answer ran through my mind again. No angst. No anxiety. I did all the reorganizing in about two hours this morning in the office. Found another problem and now waiting for the historian's answer to a question. Tomorrow, I'll likely be done with it. This experience also gave me a great plan for the 2025 historical report.

Also, my friend, Bev, works in English Connect, a tutoring program for Spanish speaking missionaries to learn English has asked me to help. Looking forward to it. 

My own Spanish? Coming along slowly. Very. Slowly. I spend at least an hour a day on it and meet with my tutor every Tuesday but my memory is not as good as it used to be so I'm drilling a lot. 

Last week, I got to go with Elder and Sister Taylor, two of our intrepid humanitarian missionaries, the hardest working missionaries here, along with Elder and Sister Richardson, to the Argentine version of EFY. Is it ESY now? Being around these kids was so much fun. Really energized me. 



The Taylors organizing the procedures for assembling the school supply bags. 
They didn't know that they would be doing this but they are good sports
and just stepped in to do it. 

Elder and Sister Carmack, a couple working in Pathways, an educational program, are incredibly hard working too. The Carmack's, Taylor's and Richardson's travel all over the area to fulfill their responsibilities. We can see how exhausting it can be at times. The Taylor's head home in April. The Richardson's leave the first of May. They will have definitely earned their rest when they get home! They will be missed. A lot. 


The camp where the kid's conference was held is really beautiful.
These cabins are all brand new. 



Kids getting ready for a talent show for the last night of the event. 


After lunch, the kids had popsicles and then we helped them assemble school bags for kids in need all over Argentina. 


These kids are so sweet.
They are happy, friendly and I think they have such a busy schedule that they are pretty tired by the end of every day. 


Thank you for reading, for praying with us and for us.
Love you all! 















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