B and J's big adventure: Getting around

We don't have a car here in Guatemala, so someone in the Temple Presidency takes us shopping every Monday. We are able to walk to the temple and to church. We can also walk to the CCM (MTC) if we want to go have lunch over there with the missionaries. There are a couple of strip malls or shopping places what we can go to, but we can only get what we can carry home. There is also a medical center just the other side of the Temple that we can walk to. The church has built an overpass for people to cross over the busy street that we used to go to a Taco Time for lunch one day. The over pass is the way to go to the other side of the street because pedestrians don't have the right of way here. On the way to any place there are guards who will call ahead to let the next guard know that we are coming. We have been told to NEVER take a red bus! Every red bus has a shot gun guy hanging out the door. We missed getting a picture with the shot gun rider showing, however.

stairs of the cross over bridge

the other side of the street of this bridge

The bars on this bridge

the walk way above the street

the medical center

CCM (MTC)

The Red Bus

we wanted to get a picture of the heavy traffic, but just when we started taking pictures there were only a few cars.

One of the guards with his radio in one hand and his other hand on his gun

On our last P Day we had a BBQ with all the temple missionaries and the Temple Presidency at one of the casitas for the patrons to stay in when they come a far distance to go to the temple (patron housing). We had hamburgers and hot dogs and everyone brought salads and deserts. The celebration was for Mother's Day.

The temple missionary sisters including the Temple Matrons
(back row)
Hermana Murri, Hermana Zamora, Hermana Brinton, Hermana Olson, Hermana Cuellar, Hermana Viveros, Hermana Svenson, Hermana Harris, Hermana Barlow
(front row)
Hermana Southwick, Hermana Padilla, Hermana Lopez, Hermana Velasquez, Hermana Burk, Hermana Dick