We had a tasty zone leaders conference and taught our missionaries some simple recipes and how they can cook nutrious meals and not spend so much money on pizza. I am sure they will want a return visits from our chefs.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Chef Nidia.
Nidia, our special helper in our house, was our expert chef with all the right Spanish words, was a great help for the day.
Chef Henderson.
Sister Henderson, arrived in Colombia less than one week, but was already using her Spanish skills to teach these elders. She will be a pro by the time she returns home in two years.
Taking notes and listening well.
These missionaries were excellent students, but who wouldn't be when the lesson is on food.
Finally, it is time to eat this yummy food.
The elders listened for an hour, and then they got to judge for themselves how good the food was.
The chefs ate as well.
We ended the day with the chefs eating their own cooking. We enjoyed it as much as the missionaries.
Busy day with new missionaries arriving.
Every transfer day is very busy with new missionaries arriving and other ones returning home. Here we have missionaries form Argentina, Brazil, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Peru, and USA. We are excited to have them here in the mission.
We love our missionaries.
Elder Ravanales from Chile, and Elders Chacon, and Huaita from Peru, returned home along with Sister Zeledon that went to Costa Rica.
Our new doc and his wife.
Dr. and Hermana Henderson are our new medical advisers. They are the youngest adult missionaries in the mission. They have a good sense of humor and I am sure they will be very busy helping with all of our missionaries.
A charla fogonera or fireside in Funza.
Funza is a ward outside of Bogota. Here are the members that attended an adult fireside. It rained hard and of course there is no heat, so it got a bit cold, but the people were wonderful.
How sweet.
When I arrived at Tocancipa for a baptism, Elder Ramirez gave me this beautiful rose. It lasted over three weeks. Colombian roses are the best.
Good bye to Elder Thomas.
Elder Thomas has returned home and hopefully some one was at the airport to pick him up. When he arrived in Bogota for his first night, there was a bad rain storm and the traffic was terrible. We were late to pick him up and he was worried because he didn't know who to call. It all worked out in the end.
Our elders in Pamplona.
Elder Quinones on the left and Elder Huaita on the right work in Pamplona. This pueblo is about 1 1/2 hours out of Cucuta. They are loved by the members. We need more missionaries like them.
The family of Hermana Baquero.
This is the family of Hermana Baquero. She is a single mom, but not only does she have her family, but she is like the mom to all the missionaries. When her landlord said she could not have the missionaries in her home any more, she changed houses just so she could feed the elders lunch. We need more Hermana Bagueros.
La flor de ajo or garlic flower..
We bought a bouque of these interesting flowers. When we brought them home they were all like the bulb in the back, but by the end of they day one by one, they were starting to open up. The bulb is covered like the garlic bulb. They are lot garlic, but they start out looking like garlic. There actually is no smell,
Our mission board.
We have a board like this in the office and also this one that is in the president's office in our home. We have every missionary's photo and we have them grouped together in their zone. This helps us keep things straight.
Farewell to Dr. and Hermana Weidmer.
We said good bye to our mission doctor and his wife. They grew to love Colombia and were a great help to our missionaries in keeping them healthy.
Not looking for a contact lens.
We never know what will happen at our zone conferences, but Dr. Weidmer was always teaching something interestisng. He never taught do as I say, but do as I do.
Good to the end.
Dr. Weidmer's last words, were to use Bisbacter no mater what. I think the missionaries lave learned to use it no matter what. This was his last conference with our missionaries. We will all miss them.
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