Maria Eugenia Najera

Maria Eugenia Najera is an artist who lives in the area and is in the Vista Hermosa Ward, in which we attend while we are here in Guatemala. Maria cannot use her arms or hands. Someone helps her eat and dress, but she paints pictures and writes with her toes. When she was 11 years old her mother died. She supported herself by selling her pictures and writing with her toes. She has a collage education in Psychology. She spent time in Boulder, Colorado while she had therapy. She is married and has a daughter. She is a member but her husband is not. Her husband is from Spain, speaks English and is a certified aromatherapist and chiropractor. She is an amazing woman. 

This is Maria. Her husband is holding one of her pictures for her. There is a picture of her on the floor next to the gate of when she was younger, on the sidewalk painting with her toes.

Most of her pictures are sold in Museum's now.

On Tuesday we went with Sister Viveros and the Thompson's, another temple missionary couple, to Antigua. Sister Viveros and brother Thompson wanted to have their back put back in place or something. There is a chiropractor, from Canada, who tried to get licenced in the U.S. and couldn't. They, Brother Gayner and his wife, came to Antigua and decided that is where he wants to die. He set up practice here in Guatemala, leaving his family in Canada. We went along for the ride. It didn't even cost us any thing.

the chiropractor's yard in Antigua

sometimes they have a telescope out so they can see the eruption of the volcanoes around the area of Antigua

The yard is quite big. This couple come to the temple about once a month. They help their ward out a lot and they also help many of the local people. Even though they don't speak much Spanish, they seem to get by quite well. They have friend who live close by who are from Europe, the U.S. and other places. Not all their friends are members, but it is a good opportunity for them to do missionary work.

Sister Viveros with her grandson

beautiful flowers

There is a bird nest in the light fixture hanging from the ceiling on the front porch of their house. If I don't close my mouth I'm going to have something in it that I don't want.