Acts of kindness

During the last couple of weeks I have seen the wonderful acts of kindness. The first one was by my Friday Coordinator, Hermana Funes. One of our sisters, when assigned to do something would find out who was the coordinator. If she thought she has a bone to pick with that coordinator, she didn't want to work there because she had a notion that that person was this or was that. Hermana Funes took that person and went to the coordinator of that job and had them both apologize to each other. Then, she told them to hug and get to work. Hermana Funes showed that she was a peace maker, which is an act of kindness.

The other example of an act of kindness was one day when some of the new missionaries from the CCM "MTC", down here were attending the temple. There were two of those new missionaries who had not been to the temple yet. One of them was so bashful that she almost appeared to be afraid. I helped these two new missionaries. At the end of the session that they were on, I was assigned to be in the celestial room. The new missionary who was shy came to the door of the celestial room and stopped as if to indicate that she was not sure she should come in. I motioned for her to come in and sit on the couch. She did. Then a little while later several other missionaries on the same session came into the celestial room. One of them went over to the two young missionaries who were in the temple for their very first time. She put her arms around each one, one at a time, and told them that they were loved. A smile came on their faces. Especially the one who was so shy. I thought, "That is what Jesus would do. That is an act of kindness."

We have started packing our things to get ready to go home. It is going to be hard to say Good-bye to the people we have grown to love so much. But, we are excited to go home to see our families.

We have been dividing things up to take home, to give to one of the wards here in Guatemala, to give to other of the temple workers or to throw away.

This blue bag is completely packed. There are a few things that we don't know where we will put yet, but we are taking them home with us.

This bag is beginning to be packed with a few things. Again, there are a few things that we'll have to see where they will fit that we want to take home.

These are some things we want to give to some of the temple missionaries, if they want them.

These are some of the things we are giving to one of the wards here.

Here are some either give away or throw ways.

One thing that happened this week in a sealing session this week. Blair was in this sealing session with a young couple who had been married about four years. They asked the sealer some questions about how sealings worked for families living. One of their questions was about adoption. Blair was able to tell them about when our granddaughter Charlotte was sealed to her mom and dad, Natalie and Derek, in the Denver Temple. When he told them about that sealing, they were so happy, They were able to get thier questions answered.