Mexican Moments with Greg and Peg: Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Nov 28th Friday - you would never know it was Black Friday down here today! So we are moving forward with the missionary stuff! We went back to the Temple clinic where Greg will be the doctor on Fridays from 10-2. We saw probably 10 missionaries. The cute funny Elders - 4 of them - came in together. They had eaten off the street at a little taco stand (which they have been told a thousand times not to do) and now they all had bad diarrhea, headaches and chills! They all lived together - just think of that poor potty!!! We just patted them on the back and wished them good luck and gave them a prescription for Cipro! Poor guys, I bet they won't do that again! HOPEFULLY! We also had a poor Elder that had been here in Mexico since Monday. He had been to the doctor already 2 other times since then. I could tell he just wanted to go home! This time at the doctor he had a bad stomach ache and was nervous he had parasites. You don't get parasites in 4 days! Greg patted him on the back and told him he was OK, but I knew he would be back soon! We had a sister who had bursitis in her shoulder. Another doctor wrapped her up like a mummy! Greg gave her a shot of cortisone and sent her on her way. She was a cute little thing from Guatemala! We will be specialized in diarrhea and stomach pains by the time we get home!
After the clinic we didn't have the energy to stop and see anything so we headed for home! It took us 1/2 hour to get to the temple and 2 hours to get home! I had to have a nap. I was exhausted due to driving for that long! Seriously, the driving down here is something to witness! ONCE!
We spent the evening visiting with another couple - the Rices - from New Mexico. They have been here for almost 5 months! I am enjoying getting to know the other couples here!

Making designs out of the poinsettias in a corner of the Temple

Another pic for how they put poinsettias around the
trees and everything else!

Nov 29th Saturday - YAY! WE HAVE SURVIVED A WHOLE WEEK IN MEXICO! Neither one of us has had diarrhea - YET! Oh my, I just wrote all about Saturday and Sunday, but I was at the office where the Internet is horrible and no of it saved!!! So here we go again. We had a busy day on Saturday. We drove back down to the Temple where we had a meeting to meet all of the area service missionary doctors. They take care of the missionaries in the Temple clinic and in outlying areas. They are such kind and awesome people. They serve so much and so willingly! We had a 2 hour meeting where each doctor stood up and told us about themselves. I didn't get 99.4% of what they were saying, but I could feel their sweet spirits. We had an authentic lunch afterwards with flat meat, frioles, rice, weird fruit, corn with bacon and other veggies in it and tortillas. We had flan for dessert. They don't usually have dessert down here, so that was our first one. The people are getting ready on the Temple grounds for the Christmas Temple lighting on Sunday. They are power washing everything from the buildings, sidewalks, trees, bushes, grass and you if you don't watch out!!!
It took us a 1/2 hour to make it to the Temple and 2 hours to get home. Traffic! UGH!
I witnessed a miracle Saturday afternoon. People keep telling us that miracles will happen on our mission and I did witness one. Greg actually sat down and watched a BYU football game at the neighbors! They have a projector they use. I took a pic of Greg and in the background is a very nice Christmas tree! NO that isn't our tree! I wish it were! We have a pot of sticks I think we will use as our tree this year!. These same neighbors - the Olsons - gave us green sparkly balls and gold sparkly snowflakes they used last year to put on our sticks! Hope they stay on! I don't know how to put lights on our sticks! I need tape or twist ties or something! I will show you what I mean in a pic. Any who, the game was exciting and BYU won by literally inches!! The Olsons invited us back in an hour to watch the BYU basketball game! Greg just couldn't do it! We missed the game! We spent the evening studying and reading FUN!

A big old building where tons of people live!

An angel monument downtown in the smog!
See the fun traffic!

See Miracle Proof!
Greg watching the BYU game!
Nice tree in the corner huh?
Wish we were so lucky!
The Olsons take living here very seriously!
You'd think they were home!

Here is how we celebrated the BYU win!
Our corn tortillas dried up hard so we used
wheat bread with fajita meat and ketchup
cause the salsa we bought is way too spicy!

Nov 30th Sunday - Wahoo, it's past a week and I actually woke up knowing what to expect today. We went to the English speaking ward for RS and Priesthood! We then had choir practice - English - for a couple of Christmas songs! To sing in English! At 1 pm we had our Spanish sacrament meeting, followed by Sunday school. We left after that to go on a great adventure. Our mission president - President Whitehead has put together a fireside for a stake. 3 couples piled in his van and he drove us (I thought I drove fast) down to a zone in his mission called Metepec. It was 1 hour away from the city. We got there and gathered with all the sisters and Elders from this area and practiced songs to sing at the fireside. One song was even in English! The others - hummm - I don't know what I sang but I am sure they were perfect!! You know how the spirit can work in mysterious ways! President had hoped there would be 200 people there. About 40 showed up! It was a very nice evening and so fun to get out of the city and see other parts of Mexico. We drove through a whole area that is built up with huge buildings and lots of other stuff. Greg served in this part of Mexico 43 years ago, and there was nothing there then. President told us all kinds of stuff along the way such as all the companies that have manufacturing businesses down here. We had a blast going on this adventure. I have to say that when we walked into the chapel there were beautiful flower arrangements that had been used for the Primary program. I took a pic because they were so beautiful. They looked like they were from General Conference or something. Flowers are very cheap and very - muy- beautiful here. We got home around 10 pm and were so happy to have gone. I hope they invite us to sing in the choir again, maybe I will even know what I am singing next time!