It's a race to the top.

We stopped for a photo before we climbed our own Mt. Everest. Doctor Malouf and Sister Malouf climbed with us. We are outside our building. Only in a country like Colombia would you have a parking lot made of bricks. Labor is very cheap.

Homemade tamales.

This special lady was selling her homemade tamales while sitting on the sidewalk. Her hat, and cape are very typical from the area of Boyaca. She was a very sweet lady.

A portable store.

This man has his car full of many tasty treats. At the end of the day, he takes his treats and goes home. This type of business is quite common.

Two of our wonderful sisters.

Hermana Faundez and Hermana Robles-via paused with me outside their apartment after we had had an afternoon of interviews. They later took us for Chilean empanadas.

Yummy empanadas.

These empanadas tasted better than I even remembered. They brought back wonderful memories of Chile. We can not wait to go back to get some more.

New missionary time.

One of our extra bedrooms is always full of our new missionary supplies. We are glad we have a few extra bedrooms.

Bag of goodies for the new missionaries.

Every new missionary gets a garbage bag of essentials for their mission. Inside is a new pillow, a new set of sheets, and a mattress protector.

This was our biggest group.

This was our biggest group of new missionaries to arrive to date. We had 19 new missionaries arrive from Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and two from Colombia. We are very happy to have them serving with us.

Farewell time again.

This was our biggest group of missionaries to return home. Homes were in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. We only had one sister and she was returning to Peru. They were a good group.

One of a kind.

Elder Jimenez from Argentina would always take my hand and do this little bow when he would greet me. I will miss these little greetings. He returned home to Argentina.