April 11 - 17

 

We had a great FHE with the temple missionaries, temple presidency, and other senior couples serving in Guatemala.  We get together twice a month.  Monday two couples were there for the last time.  They both finished their missions this week and took off for home.  Elder and Sister Plaskett are from California.  They served as mental health missionaries for the young missionaries.  They lived in our apartment complex and we got to be good friends.

 Elder and Sister Allred are from Santaquin and this is their 4th mission.  He is quite a "walker" and we have gone with him on long walks early in the morning. 

We went to an archaeological museum and saw a lot of artifacts, including these arrowheads.

One of the statues in the museum.

Intricate carvings in the stone face.

 They used to write books on this "paper" and fold it together like a fan.  It was easy to read and folded into a nice "book".

More artifacts.

 We also went to the textile museum.  It was amazing to see the beautiful needlework and how they are able to make such intricate designs.

 This showed how they work to make the designs on the blouses .

 Beautiful pillow covers - all done by hand.

A loom that they use to weave the cloth.

 There are several of us that walk in the morning.  Each Mon., Wed., and Fri., we stop at the CCM (MTC) gym on the way back to our homes.  We have permission to use the gym while the missionaries are eating from 7:30 to 8:00.  So we use the equipment.  We should be really "fit" by the time we get home.