The Ups and Downs this week

The down side was we had to go to the immigration office on Tuesday morning. The upside was that we only had to have our picture taken and sign two papers. Upside, now we are here legally in Guatemala for the full time of our mission.

Immigration building

On the way back to our apartment we were behind this fruit and vegetable truck. Where is his seat belt? Is it the rope holding the crates of fruits and vegetables? Hope they don't hit too big of a bump and lose that young man on the back!









The upside is we had a BBQ at the temple Presidents home. Because June is the month for Fathers Day, we celebrated the fathers. From the left to the right, back row is Elder Zamoa, Elder Brinton, Elder Lopez, Elder Murri, Elder Viveros, Elder Barlow, Elder Svenson, Elder Pitcher.
Sitting is Elder Cuellar, President Southwick, President Burk, President Harris, and Elder Velasquez.

The downside is the wives sang a fathers day song.

It really wasn't too bad!

It was better than eating at the Alka-Seltzer Cafe!

 On Sunday we had the Alley's over for dinner. They are with Embassy here. He is with law enforcement. They arrived about three weeks ago and are still waiting for their first shipment to arrive. They have the three daughters, ages 16, 14 and 12. The youngest is the tallest.  The upside is they are good company and they don't have their things yet, so they don't have their kitchen tools or dishes and other stuff.  The downside was that we had a surprise party coming one hour after they left.

 The upside is that we got things cleaned up before everyone came for the surprise birthday party for Sister Southwick.  She is one of the matrons at the temple and this week will be their last week because their mission is completed on July 5. Sister Southwick is holding the cake with candles. She is loved by the temple workers.

President and Sister Southwick

The upside of the week is that the week went well at the temple. The downside of that is, I forgot how to say one of the ordinances in English, because we had a tour group from Utah that came to the temple and they wanted to go through the temple in English.