Study Chapters for this week

Monday: Alma 10-11
Tuesday: Alma 12-13
Wednesday: Alma 14-15
Thursday: Alma 16-17
Friday: Alma 18-19
Saturday: Alma 20-22
Sunday: Alma 23-24

We're about halfway through the 90 day study program, Saturday May 9th will be the 45th day.

Have a great week!

Could this be part of the problem?

Here is how garbage is collected in our neighborhood This truck drives into the middle of our street and starts ringing a bell, so we all know they are here and we should bring our garbage out. (I like this part, because when we were in Utah, sometimes we would forget to put the garbage out on garbage day)

The men jump right in the back of the truck and sort the garbage with their bare hands! I think this might be a part of the problem with the flu down here. Anyway, every time I see this I can hardly believe my eyes and I worry about these guys. They've really got to change this.

And to top it all off, while I was posting these pictures, we had a little earthquake here! I looked on the CNN site, they said it was in Chilpancingo, which is quite a bit south of Mexico City. They are reporting that there was no damage, so that's a good thing.

What's next?

This week's study chapters

Monday: Mosiah 22-24
Tuesday: Mosiah 25-26
Wednesday: Mosiah 27-29
Thursday: Alma 1-2
Friday: Alma 3-4
Saturday: Alma 5-6
Sunday: Alma 7-9

Happy Birthday to my Mom!!!!

Here are a few things about your birth year –

Average annual salary: $1,750.00

Minimum wage: .30 per hour

Average Costs of:

Milk = .34 a gallon

Bread = .08 a loaf

Gas = .12 a gallon

Car = $850

Stamp = .03

New house = $4,075

Rent = $32

U.S. Population = 133,402,471

Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in for his 3rd term

Other World Leaders:

Prime Minister of Italy: Benito Mussolini

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Winston Churchill

Russian General Secretary: Joseph Stalin

Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler

Unemployment was at 9.9%

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

General Mills introduced a new cereal called CheeriOats

Citizen Kane premiered in New York City

Plutonium was discovered

Mt. Rushmore was completed

Joe DiMaggio has hitting streak in 56 consecutive games

Glenn Miller had a popular song called “Chattanooga Choo Choo”

Musician Paul Simon was born the same year

You were born in a very eventful year!

Hope you have a great day – we love you lots!!!!!

Reading for April 20-26

Monday: Mosiah 2-3
Tuesday: Mosiah 4-5
Wednesday: Mosiah 6-9
Thursday: Mosiah 10-12
Friday Mosiah 13-15
Saturday: Mosiah 16-18
Sunday: Mosiah 19-21

One more zone conference post

After lunch, waiting for their interviews, posing for a picture :)

We had sandwiches for lunch one day, but they are big enough to be a complete meal.
Mine was called "La Gringa"

This one is called "La Cubana"

Ricas tortas!

More Zone Conference

Zone Leaders and District Leaders after a long day. The little guy on the right is thinking about serving a mission, so the zone leaders invited him to come to the conference. He said he really enjoyed it. We hope he'll decide to go on a mission! (He'll need a haircut and shave first :)
Listening to the Zone Leaders teach in La Perla

Zone Leaders in La Perla

"Hamburguesas" are a popular lunch.

When it's Russ' turn to teach, it reminds him of being back in the class room. He loves it!

Zone Conference Week 1 & 2

This is the chapel in the Tecamac Stake

Before the Conference

Practicing lesson 2 from "Predicad Mi Evangelio"

More practice

Studying before the conference

This weeks reading schedule

Monday: 2 Nephi 28-30
Tuesday: 2 Nephi 31-33
Wednesday: Jacob 1-3
Thursday: Jacob 4-5
Friday: Jacob 6-7
Saturday: Enos, Jarmon, Omni
Sunday: Words of Mormon, Mosiah 1

Did you make it through all the Isaiah chapters in 2 Nephi? :)

Ryan's Mission Call

Ryan is going to

Uruguay Montevideo!!!!!

He will enter the MTC in Argentina in July. We are thrilled!

Congratulations Ryan - We love you!!!!!!!!

Book of Mormon Study This Week

Here's the reading schedule for the 90 day study program of the Book of Mormon for this week:

Monday: 2 Nephi 5-7
Tuesday: 2 Nephi 8-9
Wednesday: 2 Nephi 10-12
Thursday: 2 Nephi 13-18
Friday: 2 Nephi 19-23
Saturday: 2 Nephi 24-25
Sunday: 2 Nephi 26-27

Enjoy!!!

Not the Mission Car

Our neighbors have a big family party just about every weekend. Not too long ago one of the family members showed up in this: Ferrari!
I wonder what the missionaries would think if we drove up in this?

Pretty cool huh?

We didn't get to take it for a spin or anything, maybe next weekend. :)

More Predictions!

Here are the predictions we have so far:

Chad: South Africa Johannesburg

Joey: Russia St. Petersburg

Grandpa A: Tennessee

Grandma A: Brazil

Grandma B: Australia

Tyler: Argentina Buenos Aires North

Me: Argentina Rosario

Russ: Peru Lima South

Brent: Chile Santiago

Brad: Mexico (not MCE)

Paula: Ireland

Daniel: Southern States or Mexico

Jessi: North Atlanta or Idaho Boise

David: Portugal

Sarah: Spain

Dave: Spain Madrid

Jill: Ecuador

Joel: Honduras

Dylan: Missouri

Kinlee: Algeria

Kaitlyn: Russia

Christian: Brazil

Blaine: Mexico City East :) (Blaine usually gets the predictions right!)

Jen: Venezuela

Taylor: Honduras

Matt: Hawaii (One of Ryan's best friends is serving here)

Becca: Montana (as in Hannah)

Nicky: California Anaheim Disneyland :)

Brandon: Spain Madrid

Camille: Costa Rica

:) Luke: Puerto Rico

He may get the call letter next Wednesday - we'll keep you posted!

Predictions Update

Chad: South Africa Johannesburg
Joey: Russia St. Petersburg
Grandpa A: Tennessee
Grandma A: Brazil
Tyler: Argentina Buenos Aires North
Me: Argentina Rosario
Russ: Still thinking! :)
Brent: Chile Santiago
Brad: Mexico (not MCE)
Paula: Ireland
Daniel: Southern States or Mexico
Jessi: North Atlanta or Idaho Boise
(welcome to the family Jessi!)
David: Portugal
Sarah: Spain

Book of Mormon Reading for this week

We've really enjoyed our Book of Mormon Study Program so far, I can't wait to hear from the missionaries on how they are doing.

Here's the reading schedule for this week:
Monday: 1 Nephi 13-14
Tuesday: 1 Nephi 15-16
Wednesday: 1 Nephi 17-18
Thursday: 1 Nephi 19-20
Friday: 1 Nephi 21-22
Saturday: 2 Nephi 1-2
Sunday: 2 Nephi 3-4

It's not too late to get started!

Where will Ryan go?

Here are the predictions that we have so far:

Chad: South Africa Johannesburg
Joey: Russia St. Petersburg
Grandpa A: Tennessee
Grandma A: Brazil
Tyler: Argentina Buenos Aires North
Me: Argentina Rosario
Russ: He's still thinking about it :)


Please send yours to me or put your prediction in the comments!

Happy Birthday Chad!

I think this is such an appropriate picture for Chad's birthday! He has always loved to hold the camera out in front of himself and snap pictures. We have A LOT of these from his mission, and throughout his life. This is just something Chad likes to do, and we like to see. :)

We can always count on Chad to come up with nicknames for people (his brothers). Some of the favorites are:

Swaddly-odds

Chachi

Tubs of Luv

Tubs of Joy

Tubs of Peace

The Stallion

Reeyanos

The Chippewa

Tiddlywinks

Child of Joy

The SOURCE of all wisdom

Happy Birthday Chad - We love you! :)

90 Day Study Program

Yesterday our mission began a unified study of the Book of Mormon. We are reading together for the next 90 days.

We are marking four different things in four different colors:

1. Every reference about Jesus Christ (any of His names or pronouns that refer to Him).

2. His words (said by Him or by Prophets when they say: "Thus saith the Lord").

3. His attributes.

4. The doctrines and principles about conversion.

Then we count the number of references marked about Jesus Christ and write the total at the bottom of each page.

"There is a power in the Book of Mormon which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find a greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path."

President Ezra Taft Benson, Ensign, November 1986

We'd love to have anyone and everyone join us for this study program. Yesterday's reading was 1 Nephi 1-3, and today's is 1 Nephi 4-6. Saturday is 1 Nephi 7-10 and Sunday is 1 Nephi 11-12.

"Cambios"

Russ meets with the Assistants, Elders Puga and Zapata, and also the secretaries, Elders Carretaro, Bryan, Olson and Munoz - to go over the transfers for the next cycle. They are a tremendous help and give good insights into what is going on in the mission.

These are the missionaries that finished their mission last Friday. Elder Can, Elder Lozada, Hermana Lome, Hermana Ramirez, and Elder Castaneda went back to their families. We'll miss them!

My New Favorite Picture