sharing our family

One of the things that we were advised to do in the MTC was to share our family with the missionaries. We wondered how that would be possible. We feel so blessed that it has become a reality and today was transfer day!

  About 2/3 of the mission came in for the transfer meeting.

These guys are going home, so they sat at the back. One of the Elder's dad had passed away about two months ago. He bore the sweetest testimony about how he had been wearing his dad's black name tag his entire mission, but he had never felt so close to him as during the past couple of months. He knew he dad was with him.

Izzy helped give out the January birthday gifts.

One of the sister missionaries did my hair in the bathroom before the meeting. It was so hot and humid in the building, and she said this is what she does to her hair everyday to stay cool.

Dan spoke (in Spanish!) during the transfer meeting. He spoke about how the mission prepared him for real life...having a job, kids, wife, etc.

My mom is just plain cute. I couldn't be more proud of her and her awesome Spanish.

We met this great missionary named Elder Morgan. He is from Knoxville and he is the only member in his family. We are going to Knoxville in a couple of weeks and he gave us a restaurant recommendation and asked us to stop by to see his mom.

After the meeting, Dan, Courtney, my mom and I went to the temple. The Buenos Aires Temple is in the Buenos Aires West mission, about 15 minutes from the mission offices. The cab driver decided to take us the long way to the temple, which was quite an education in itself.

The temple was rededicated on Courtney's birthday and is so beautiful. Everything is done in the colors of the Argentine flag. I actually have temple envy. The granite floors, the stained glass, and the fabrics were perfect for Argentina.

Dan and Courtney spent time in the baptistry. Courtney joined in with a youth group and did baptisms and confirmations in Spanish. Dan helped out with confirmations and said they did about 300. He said they did names from all over the world and was happy to help out with English pronunciation (like when they got the Native American "Elk Woman White Eyelashes").

My mom and I did an endowment session. The session was full because a group had come down from Salta for the holidays. They stay at some apartments right across the street from the temple. There were about nine own endowments in the session. It was so wonderful to see husbands and wives bringing their other halves through the temple for the first time.

After our wonderful afternoon we picked my dad up and went to Rosa Negra for dinner.

There was nothing about today that we didn't love