Tuesday, February 9, 2010

February 2010

A somber morning, as we bid farewell to our dear Hermana Griesemer aka " El corazon de la mision" (the heart of the mission). Her influence, creativity, and strong organizational skills has left a mark on Mission, Quito Ecuador. We love her and we will never forget her!

After zone conference, zona Otavalo left with their arms full of ironing boards, and clothes drying racks. They were all heading for the same bus, for the 2 1/2 hour ride back to Otavalo. We can only hope that they were able to get all their goods on the bus. They were thrilled with their treasures.


It was a beautiful night in Quito, to share dinner with our Assistants Elders Squires (USA) and Samayoa (Guatemala) and our outgoing Assistant Elder Ducuara (Colombia). We also had our two office secretaries Elder Cloud (USA), and Elder Law (USA). It was a night to bid farewell to Elder Ducuara and Elder Otero (Argentina), we will miss these two fine missionaries.



At Academia Cotopaxi, Stephanie is on the swim team. Here she is with her friend Maya who is from Israel. She speaks English, Spanish, and Hebrew.




As we have started our new round of zone conferences, it has been a delight to see all of our missionaries again. Here is Hermana Groesbeck and Hermana Rose, our two nurses, teaching a stress relieving exercise routine, performed to the tune "Called to Serve".