Mud, birthdays, and baptisms

Walking to a member's house after the rain, trying to hug the barbed-wire fense to stay out of the mud.

Making panchas for FHE choir practice with Cubulco and Rabinal. 48 people came and we made 96, and still ran out.

 Corn mixture they wrap in banana leaves and boil a few hours, then unwrap and serve with tomato sauce and cheese sprinkles.

 Maria Tomasa celebrating her 82 birthday with kaq'ik, rice, and panchas.

 This is her favorite meal and her family worked on it all day.

 4 baptisms in Cubulco and another cake to share after a lunch of chicken, rice, and tortillas.

 The group from Cubulco

Elder and Sister Fisher  from Guate Temple, Elders Merlos and Dubon, Alan, 3 of the people being baptized from Rene Ramos' family, and Sonja.

 Paublo

 Margarita

 Jaime

 Josep

 Walking over the hanging bridge to Palimonix with the temple missionaries, the Fishers.

We visited the Osorio family, the grandma-Juanita who is 79 years old.

Elder Fisher opened the area of Salama 41 years ago as a young missionary, this is the apartment he lived in for 2 months. After being there 1 month they had a very bad earthquake and the kitchen at the back of the house fell into the ravine and there was rubble all around. The owner thought they might be dead because everyone was in the street but them. When they came out in their white shirts she thought they might be angels. We talked to her 74 year old son who still lives there and even went inside. What a thrill for him to find his old living quarters, only 2 blocks from the church in Salama!