The Easter Season

How is this for an Easter egg?

It was on display at an ice cream store close to a museum where there was an exhibit by a local artist.

The Edward's, Sister Richardson and the Moore's visited the exhibit, had a nice dinner in the museum cafe and then ice cream at this little shop nearby. 

We have actually seen eggs this size in many different places.

This is a spirtual experience that I feel is important to share. We have found a hamburger place we really like. We don't go out to eat much but if we want a burger, we go to this one particular place. It's a few minutes' walk from our apartment. When we left the restaurant, about half a block from where we started, I noticed a man looking at us strangely. It was creepy. A few steps later, Mike remembered that he left his glasses on the table at the restaurant so we turned to go back, got his glasses and walked back again. That man looked at us oddly again. We have been told that we, as senior missionaries are targeted by petty thieves so we have to be careful. We reached the end of a block and crossed the street. I told Mike about the weird feeling I got when we walked past this particular person. I looked over my shoulder and he was not following but then I realized, very clearly in my mind, that our name tags are our armor.

Today, on Palm Sunday, the two wards that share a building came together for Sacrament Meeting. It's wonderful to see how often Young Men and Young Women offer prayers in Sacrament Meetings. It doesn't seem to matter where we meet, my face automatically breaks into a smile as soon as we walk into a church building. 

One of the best things I get to do here is visit with young missionaries at their district conferences. My friend, Bev Hansen, invited me to go with her and her husband, Tim, to the most recent district conference. Those young elders and sisters are so sweet. One young woman came up to me and said "hello". She was from Utah and I think she needed to hear an American speaking again. She's new and the adjustment can be difficult. My feeling is that she is going to be just fine but it's easy to think that the adjustments for missionaries of all ages is easy. It's not. 

Bev teaches in English Connect and got to give one of her elders his certificate that shows that he completed his class. That was fun to see. 

Sister Bev Hansen giving Elder Molina his certificate for completing English Connect.

The elder on the far right is Elder Dorny.

He hasn't been here long but he is from Utah and his Spanish is already pretty good. 

Argentine History Lesson. 

This statue is of Bernardo O'Higgins, the son of an Irishman

who served in the Spanish colonial government. 

He is considered a hero.

While studying in England, he resolved to return to Chile and fight for its independence.

He took shelter in Argentina and eventually became a prominant figure is both Argentine and Chilean revolutiionary history. 

There are many buildings here with magnificent stained glass windows.

This is just one window in the art museum we visited. 

Will be going back to see more of the pieces here. 

Grandson Issac enters the MTC in Provo on Wednesday this week. Mike already has two grandsons serving. Grandson Thomas begins his mission in August. We are so grateful for these grandsons who have a testimony of Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon and a desire to serve. 

We say good bye to two of our missionary couple friends in the coming week. It is sad but they have served so faithfully and so well that their example is strengthening. 

We are so grateful to be here, to be serving, to be part of a magnificent group of people. 

We love you all. We miss you all.