A taxi driver in the rain.

In some parts of Bogota one can take this type of taxi. This is not your common method of taking a taxi, but it is useful at times. Today it was raining

What's for dinner?

We had a hard time deciding which of these lovely heads we wanted to eat for dinner. Actually we went for a vegetarian salad instead.

Our area president.

We had the privilege of having our area president, Elder Nash, visit our mission. He is living in Lima, Peru. He came and visied us and visited with all of our 154 missionaries. He gave us some wonderful counsel and we enjoyed having him stay with us in our home.

Special gift for President Nash.

The stake presidency in Bucaramanga presented President Nash this gift of a large wooden ant. In the left hand corner is a cup with the cooked ants I thought it was an interesting gift. The story follows.

The big ant.

This is a photo of the type of ant that the people eat in the area of Bucaramanga. The ants live in the ground and come out just once a year in April or May. The people gather them and take off the wings and cook them. Many people eat them and said they were good. I was not brave enough to eat it, but President Hacking tried one, and he is still shuddering at the experience. He said he has always thought he could eat anything, but this ant was one he could not handle. The outside was crispy, but then he tasted a creamy susbstance that was in his own words, "was putrid." I am sure glad I wasn't brave enough to try it.

Never again.

Our first hospital emergency.

Elder Williams, from Las Vegas, was our first emergency operation in the hospital. He had apendicitis. We were very happy with the hospital there in Bucaramanga and the care he received. Elder Williams was working in San Gil and went down to Bucaramanga for an interview with us. We were planning on going to San Gil and visit the area and do the interviews there. Somehow Elder Williams did not get the message. The ride from San Gil to Bucaramanga is a long windy three hour bus ride. When I asked his zone leader whyhe had gone to Bucaramanga, he said he didn't know, but he felt the Lord had a hand in it. The hospital in San Gil would have been a scary experience. He arrive in Bucaramanga on Sunday night and had the appendix attack Monday morning.

Came out smiling.

Elder Williams came out smiling, and we were all glad he had a successful day in the hospital. We were gratefull for a good companion and good zone leaders that stayed with him.

Our kitchen in the mission home.

This is a good photo of our kitchen. We have a lot of cupboard space and as you can see the photos of the grand children are on the refrigerator. The kitchen is long and luckily I have two sets of knives so I have one set at each end of the kitchen.

Hermana Juarez

Sister Juarez is our newest missionary. She is a beautiful young girl that came to us from Argentina. We are excited about having her in our mission with us.