I am so sorry that I haven't blogged in ages!! We have been so busy and then I did promise the missionaries that I would update my blog and we lost internet to our area where we live due to road construction repair. After a few days of calling the internet company we finally have it back. Yeah!!! So I will be blogging every chance that I get to be updated! I have so much to show and tell you about. To all of you missionary mom and dad's, enjoy all of your wonderful sons and daughters! They are the best and we love them just like they are our own! To our family that thinks that our mission is a vacation, just remember that most of our photos are taken on P-day! (I have to admit that our p-days are pretty awesome!)
This was back in July with our "around the island" P-day. We rented a van and drove all the way around the island. Our district looks so small! This is before we ventured out and we are on our famous balcony that everyone takes pictures on.
Our first top was the cathedral in Arucas on the north end of the island. We taught everyone how to "scrunch". Check out Elder Blanchard in the middle, great scrunching!
On the cliff overlooking the other side of the island. There isn't much on the other side of the island but beautiful cliffs, ocean views and a very narrow, windy road that really makes driving exciting!
This is our Elders "urban pose". They did a pretty good job posing!
Our last stop was in Puerto Mogan, a city on the south end of the island. It is the "Venice" of Grand Canaria because of it's harbor and canal that runs through it. It is very beautiful and touristy! We had lunch overlooking the beautiful harbor.
Hermanas Floyd and Zitting sharing their Marisco Paella for lunch. They said it was awesome!
This was a very sad day because we lost Hermanas Zitting and Shepard and Elder Blanchard to transfers. Elders Day, Delgado and Diez are there for support! We miss them all so much!! This is at the airport.
This is Hermanas Zitting and Shepard on our way to the airport. Hermana Zitting was transferred to an area in Madrid and Hermana Shepard finished her mission and returned to Darby, England. We love and miss you!
Welcome Elder Larsen!! We were excited to have Elder Larsen join our missionary family the next day! Elder Day is Elder Larsen's companion.
Welcome Hermana Schaumann!!! Here is Hermana Floyd, her companion, on the street in front of their piso (apartment) in Las Palmas. We are always excited to get additional Hermanas!!
Welcome Hermana Cassinat! Hermana Cassinat came to us from the Madrid area. Hermana Hansen is her companion and here they are in front of their piso (apartment) in Telde. We now have four Hermanas on our island!!
We had a young adult ping pong tournament in Telde that was put on by Patricio (he is in the green shirt). He did a fantastic job and everyone enjoyed it! Thanks Pato!
Here are our winners of the Ping Pong tournament! Pato even had a gold, silver and bronze medals made to give to the winners! Congrats winners!
Jaime's baptism!! Elder Buhler had the privilege of baptizing Jaime on July 31st. Elder Buhler and I met Jaime our first week here on the island back in February. He was our waiter at an Italian restaurant. He was so excited to see us and recognized that we were missionaries for our church. We helped the Hermanas teach him and here we are at his baptism in the Las Palmas Chapel. Great day! He is such a strong member and we love him so much!! The other girl in the picture is Desiree that was baptized a month later.
Everyone eating and visiting after Jaime's baptism!
Elder Buhler and I had the privilege of going to Madrid to go through the Temple with Yanira, one of our young adults, before she left on her mission. It was an awesome experience! While we were there, we were invited to attend all of the sunday meetings in the MTC in Madrid. We even were invited to speak at their sunday afternoon devotional. This is sunday night where all of the missionaries stand on the steps of the Madrid Temple and sing Hymns to the community. There were over 100 missionaries there while we were there and wow, they can sing!! Sister Sitterud, the MTC President's wife is on the left in the white jacket. We really enjoyed out short time back at the MTC in Madrid!
While we were in Madrid we visited Segovia, the ancient capital of Spain. It is a beautiful city in the mountains. This is a huge monastery right next to Segovia. It was so beautiful! Quite a change from what we are used to here on Gran Canaria!
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