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| Connie, Dale, Victoria, departing missionary Elder Goll from Austrailia, Michael Olazava |
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| Connie & Dale at La Chola's Spanish Restaurant Connie ordered fajitas and Dale ordered a history combination dish Delicious! |
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| LA is a foreign country |
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| Visa Waiters at the Mexican Consulate. Elder Oliver, (Who was leaving for Mexico), Elder Quo, and Dale We waited 4 1/2 hours--everyone in the room was laughing when I took the picture! Elder Oliver opened his eyes just as I took the picture. |
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| Man working on the dome of a church on Wilshire Blvd. I was about a block away. I could see him slowly moving down the dome. I hope he is paid well. |
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| Dale, Victoria Olazava, Connie in front of the Los Angeles Temple. Connie escorted her through the temple. |
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| Los Angeles Temple |
There
is nothing noble in being superior to some other man.
True
nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
(Thought was given by a missionary at the
departing missionary fireside.)
Last Sunday the
6th Ward got a new bishop. We
really enjoyed working with Bishop Jose Estrada and we will always remember how
he took care of his little “flock.” The
new bishop is Jose Segovia and we are very excited to work with him. He has already met with us, has stopped by the
Arzus and visited with them and has been to early morning seminary at 5 a.m.
three times this week. Thursday he and
his wife received their U.S. citizenship.
They are from San Salvador and he is a special ed. Teacher.
Last Monday night we fed 7 elders and
they were just buzzing about transfers.
Four of them had interviews after dinner and so there was lots of
guessing going on about what was going to happen. Transfers came Tuesday and there were lots of
changes in 6th ward. We lost
4 elders and gained 4 new ones. We went with Victoria Olazava to take out our
her own endowments Saturday morning, so were not able the meet the new 6th
ward Elders. There are always changes in
the mission field.
Well Brother
Guzman went three weeks without drinking and then he got drunk last Saturday. We were so disappointed but not as
disappointed as his wife, Maria was. She
is such a great lady. We just love
her. She is fun to be around.
Pedro Portillo
is home from the hospital. He has
pneumonia. He had to have oxygen 24
hours a day and was not feeling very well so we visited with him just a few
minutes. We took him and his wife a batch of dinner rolls.
Mabel Hernandez is still in a lot
of pain and is not doing well unless she has pain pills. She shared with us some of the things that have
happened to her. We feel so blessed
after listening to her tell of so many tragedies that have happened to her and
her family. She had to pay $7500 for the
month and half journey to get from El Salvador to California. She described the
horrible things they went through to get here. She explained that life was so
hard for the poor in in El Salvador. There was not enough food and the living
conditions were terrible. She had to start working when she was 10 years old to
buy food for her family. She has nine
brothers and sisters, so their family is very poor.
Andres Ascension
is back from his training. We had a
great Book of Mormon lesson with him. He agrees that the book of Mormon is
true, but still has not received the feeling in his heart that he should be
baptized.
Jorge Arzu told
us he is going to be baptized but he doesn’t know when yet. We visited with him for a long time. He has been studying and trying so hard to be
a good dad. While we were there the
new bishop and his wife came so we left so they could visit.
We had a good
but short visit with Sylvia Campos. She
has been trying to get her grandkids to come to church.
Friday night we
had dinner with Adrian and Brenda Genis.
They are getting ready to go to the temple. Her daughter Tania and her fiancé, Taylor,
were there. They are outstanding young
people. He has a job lined up in
Washington D.C. when he graduates. They
are getting married in August before they go back east. The Shumans were
invited too. It was an excellent
dinner. Adrian is a professional
chef! He is also a body builder. He is a handsome guy. Brenda is very pretty and is an excellent
conversationalist.
We had a great
lesson with Celzo Castillo. He had some
problems with his eyes and had to miss work.
He doesn’t have “papers,” which means he isn’t here legally. He must be a good worker because they are
giving him sick leave with pay and medical expenses. Usually those without papers are fired if
they have problems. The elders will be
giving him the lessons starting right away.
Saturday was a
wonderful day. I was able to escort
Victoria Olazava through the temple. She
has so happy and excited. We were able
to communicate remarkably well. She
shared many feelings about their conversion with me. I was honored to escort her through the
temple. I am taller than most of the
women and several of the men in our wards.
Those Latinos are just little.
The little tiny temple workers were wonderful. Of course, I was grateful for the English
headsets. Afterwards we took her to eat
at Souplantation—they have an all you can eat salad, soup, pasta, bread,
dessert bar. It was one of those “never
to be forgotten days.”
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