Local meat market.

This is the local meat market in Giron. The meat is always cheaper here than in the supermarkets.

The streets of Giron.

I never get tired of visiting the colonial pueblos. They are very historic. They are always very clean with the cobblestone streets, white building and usually balconies on the second level.

The heart of Bogota.

I took this photo right in the heart of downtown Bogota outside of the Gold Museum.

Good friends from San Gil.

We attended a stake conference in Bucaramanga last weekend and we had a special treat. Nearly fifty members from our little branch in San Gil made the long bus ride down through a steep canyon to attend the conference. They are not part of the stake, but had been invited to attend by the stake conference. It was good to see them.

Packaging tape is the trick.

Elder Morris had to return to the states for a surgery the end of last year. After several weeks of recovery, he returned to the mission and was continuing his recovery when he had an emergency appendectomy. We are planning on using some packaging tape to hold him together. Happy to report he is doing great.

Getting ready for Easter.

We have not seen any Easter egg dye, but there is no need for it. These are naturally colored blue and green eggs. Easter does not seem to be a commercialised holiday here in Colombia. It is so refreshing to have it a religious holiday.

Good to the last drop.

Watermelons are soooo sweet here in Colombia. We sometimes have to get out a straw to suck up the very last drop of the juicy watermelons. We have them year round. Thank goodness we have two and a half years to go.

No excuses.

One of the best treats of living in Colombia, is that you can get your shoes shined for 2,000 pesos. This is like spending $1 for a top notch shoe shine. There is no excuse for dirty shoes in Colombia.