59th-61st Weeks-October 23-November 11, 2012

Connie, Dale, Elder Clements, Elder Panta--These were two great Elders
we were privileged to work with

Sculpture of Lights on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Sculpture of Lights

The Arzu Family
Marisol, Jorge Jr. Lesly, Jorge Sr.

Connie and Rilda waiting to meet Renae and Danae at the LAX
We used to call Renae "Bernie Bee" when she was little.  Connie's sign
says, "Welcome Bernie Bee" and Rilda's sign says, "Welcome Bernie Bee's Bebe!"
Bebe is Baby in Spanish.

Connie, Rilda, Renae at LAX

Renae, Dale, Rilda
Rilda had a boa of red feathers.  It has been two weeks and we still find
red feathers in the car and in the apt.

 

Renae, Connie, and Rilda at Disneyland on Halloween

Dale and Danae on the Ferris Wheel

Rilda, Connie, and Renae on the Ferris Wheel

Rilda, Connie, Dale

Danae and Renae

Ferris Wheel at night

World of Color at Disneyland

 

Space Shuttle Endeavor

Rilda and Danae by the Space Shuttle Simulator

Endeavor at its final resting place in the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

 

Connie, Renae, Rilda at the Santa Monica Pier



Danae and Renae

 

 

View overlooking the ocean at sunset at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant.

Celebrating Renae's 57th birthday! (She's the "baby girl" of the family.)

 

 

Connie, Renae, Rilda, Renae shopping at "The Alley"

 

 

Renae, Danae, Rilda at the LA Stake Center.

          NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Happy Birthday Dear Lisa—November 8—40+ years old!

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE VETERANS, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD WHO HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR FREEDOMS.

MISSIONARY WORK

          Our weeks have been fairly the same.  We have been asked to do other tasks other than the proselyting work we enjoyed in the past.  We are substituting at the Los Angeles Temple Visitors Center during November and December.  The Hardys went home and their replacements won’t be here until after Christmas. We have also been inspecting many many missionary apts.  We are also trying to keep our missionary efforts going.  But come January we will be back to our regular schedule.  We are enjoying doing something different but we do miss working with the non members and less active members more. 

          Jorge and Marisol Arzu’s son came home and that was such a happy time for their family.  They all came to part of church Sunday and that was a red letter day for them.  It was so good to have them there altogether and see how the ward members embraced them and welcomed them.  We are still meeting with them and the elders are still teaching the father, Jorge.  Hopefully he will be ready to be baptized the end of November. 

          The elders are still visiting with Sylvia Campos.  She still comes to church but doesn’t seem to be ready to be baptized.  We are going to try to teach her again.

          Irma Xicaparic has been sick and has had company.  We haven’t been able to visit her but the elders have started teaching her again and she has committed to baptism the middle of December.  We are so excited about that.

          We were able to meet with Andres Ascension again.  He has been very busy with his work and has been worried about being laid off and hasn’t had time to read the Book of Mormon like he planned.

          We are still teaching Roberto Cartegenas about the Book of Mormon and he seems to be progressing.  He helps with the scouts on their activities and seems to enjoy that.

FUN TIMES

          October 31 my sisters Rilda, Renae, and Renae’s daughter, Danae, came to see us.  We had a great time laughing and visiting.   It has been many, many years since we were together and we had so much fun we will have to do it again sometime.  We went to “the happiest place on earth,” Disneyland.  We went and saw the space shuttle, Endeavor, and a Cleopatra exhibit.  We then went to the Santa Monica pier and waded in the ocean and had so much fun feeling young again.  Rilda wanted to eat with a view of the ocean at sunset.  We did that at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant.  We also celebrated Renae’s birthday there.  We shopped at “The Alley” and at the Citadel Discount Mall.  If you shop with Renae you “shop till you drop.”  The problem is –she never drops!!  They went home to work and I went back to Missionary Work so we could get some rest.  We played till we were exhausted…....great times.