Independence Day in Guatemala

Today is Independence Day. September 15th. There are celebrations going on, but we have not heard any firecrackers, or seen any parades. We did sing the national anthem at Church. It is a very pretty song.

On the way to the airport and the Artisans Market there is a wall that children have painted depicting the history of Guatemala. Here is only one frame of the wall as we drove by.

We went to the Artisans Market last Monday. It is across the street from the airport. In fact, you can see the airplanes at their gates waiting for passengers to load and un-load. The Artisans Market is very clean and is not crowded. It is a market where you can negotiate for a price on items you are interest in purchasing. This is part of what the market looks like.

A boy showing me how his top works

Last night, Saturday, we had a pot luck at our place after the temple closed for all the temple workers and we had invited the President of the MTC (CCM) and his wife and the nurse and her husband. We had a lot of food and everyone enjoyed visiting.

We have had some slow days at the temple this past Thursday and Friday. On one of those days, I had prayed that I would be of help to someone. Towards the end of our shift at the temple I was helping in one of the ordinances. It was myself and another sister and an older lady who had come to do some temple work. She had a very hard time with reading the names, as many of us do. But it wasn't until after she was done that I was in the hall by the prayer roll. She came out and wanted to do some names on the prayer roll. I gave her a piece of paper and was handing her a pencil and she said, "I cannot write the names." It was then that I realized that she really could not read very well. She asked if I could write the names for her, so I tried. I am hoping that the Lord knows the people she asked me to write down, because I am not sure I spelled the names correctly. Prayers are answered!