This was a rainy day.

Elder Valest arrived at our mission home to take his Companionship Language test dripping wet from all the rain. He had water dripping from his nose and ears. Of course he and his companion did not have umbrellas with them, so when they left, we fitted them with garbabe bags to protect them from the rain. By the way, Elder Valest did very well on his test, which was his English test to gain a certificate.

We love the missionaries to play our flut.

We often have missionaries from the Bogota MTC that are with us for a few weeks and sometimes months while they are waiting for their visas to other countries. Here are two of our temporary sisters that are from Cucuta and Suacha waiting to go to Bolivia.

The plains of Aguazul.

We have one little independent branch in Aguazul. This area is called the plains because it is flat, but very green. They grow a lot of cattle here in Aguazul. There are many places to eat beef.

All smiles from these two.

We have two excellent missionaries in Aguazul. Elder Mills, and Elder Uriola. This is the only part of the mission where the missionaries can use bicycles. It is flat and there are not many buses or taxis. The problem was, they were not using helmets. They were told to buy them the next day.

The Sunday school class in Aguazul.

We attended the branch conference in Aguazul. They do not have a church building, but rather a casacapilla. They are limited for space, so the adults meet under this thatched roof. Luckily it didn't rain. This is one of our hotter areas.

Gifts from the RS sisters in Aguazul.

We are so blessed to have wonderful members in our mission, and they are always giving us gifts. These dolls were made by the RS sisters and they represent President Hacking with his missionary name tag, and of course Sister Hacking with her own name tag., The sister that presented them to us was very happy that they were able to find grey hair for President Hacking.

A short mission tour.

We assume that this will be our last mission tour. This has been our third. We enjoyed the visit of our area president Elder Pino and his wife. They are from Venezuela. Here we are in the Hotel Dan Carlton in Bucaramanga. They always have a beautiful fresh flower arrangement.

The end of our mission tour with Elder Pino in Cucuta.

We ended our mission tour with the zone of Cucuta. Each of the three conferences were very informative and the missionaries enjoyed the teachings of President and Sister Pino. After this photo, we went to the airport only to find out the plane was delayed 3 hours. So, we were behind on the schedule. President Pino was too late to do his fireside at the MTC.