Busy restaurant right on the street.

This lady is giving her order from this window that is right on the street in Bogota. There are no tables and chairs, but for people on the run, this is a convenient fast food. This lady happened to be a church member from the Suba stake.

Bogota's Botanical Garden.

Today, we took a few hours to walk through the butterfly exibit at the Botanical Garden. We walked through an inside garden with these butterflies flying all around us.

A bird of paradise plant.

Their are many beautiful flowers here in Colombia. It is hard to say which one is our favorite. This was in the Botanical Garden.

A good start for the day.

We had a busy day of three groups of missionaries arriving at different times. Elder Castro from Chile, Elder Quiroga from Peru and Elder Valverde from Bolivia started off our morning as our first arrivals, but two other missionaries arrived the same day but at different times. The five new missionaries will be a great addition to our mission.

Our first Brazilian missionary.

Elder Lima is from Brazil. He had to go to the MTC in Brazil for two months to learn Spanish. He is excited to be in Colombia.

From Boise, Idaho.

Elder Boyd is our tall new Elder from Boise. He is excited to be here, and we look forward t working with him.

Look at all these seeds.

For his first breakfast in the mission, Elder Boyd was introduced to the granadia fruit. He wasn't quite sure he wanted to eat it. We convinced him to try it and I am sure he will tell you it was delicious.

Returned home after serving their missions.

Sister Loayza from Peru, Elder Justiniano and Elder Rios from Peru, and Elder Davalos from Bolivia have returned home. We were greatful for their successful service. We wish them well.

Two of our beautiful sisters.

Sister Vanegas from Colombia, and Sister Fuentealba from Chile danced a beautiful Colombian dance in a cultural activity in the Salitre stake. The missionary activity was very successful. These two sisters were the brains behind this activity. Each ward performed a dance from one region of Colombia. After the performances, the wards had typical food from the region they represented.

A dangerous job.

The other day we looked out our window and saw these two people painting this window frame. We could not see any safety strap of any kind to save them if they fell. They are up about six stories.