THOUGHT:
If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
We were up early again and off to the airport! Dejavu! We were late getting to the airport because Greg had to go back to the bank where he got some cash out of the automatic teller machine. Greg paid our fast offerings last Sunday and the Bishop called him the other day. He had given the Bishop a counterfeit 500 paso bill. There Greg goes again - trying to rip off the church!!! He got caught this time! HAHA! So this morning Greg went back to the bank where he got the counterfeit bill to tell them the problem thinking full well that they would fix the problem! BIG HAHA! I'm not sure what Greg is thinking but I am sure they laughed and laughed at him after he left! Well, the bank told him they would have to send the bill to the central bank in Mexico and they would get back to him! Does anyone want to put bets on whether they will ever call him and make this right! How many people do you think have gone into a bank with a counterfeit bill and explained they got it from the bank! Greg thinks everyone here in Mexico is perfectly honest! He needs a reality check!!! You can kiss that bill and the money goodbye! It is worth about $35.
Well, we made it to the plane in good time nonetheless! The flight was uneventful and the Garcias were at the airport to meet us! I love the Garcias - especially sister Garcia. She is one spunky chick!
The doctor that has been seeing all the missionaries here in Merida just up and quit 2 weeks ago! The reason we are here in Merida is to find new doctors and hospitals. ( I guess that's the reason we are in Mexico all the way around!!) Anywho.... they picked us up and off we went to the mission office. Greg and President Garcia spent all afternoon calling Stake Presidents to get some names of doctors they could call. They found a few and called for interviews. The mission office is next to the Merida Temple and a stake center. We got to take a few pics of and around the temple. Late afternoon we went to a fancy?? hotel with a restaurant in it. We walked in and it was very warm and quiet. Come to find out someone was doing maintenance on the electrical system. All the power was out and it was getting hotter by the minute! They promised the power would be back on in 10 min. so we sat down and ordered food! Question?? Where has the food been while the power is out??? Don't answer that! I don't want to know! Just pray for us and our intestinal fortitude!! Eventually - 30 min later the power came back on, I had heat stroke and we had a sandwich... and hopefully all is well! Time will tell! President Garcia drove us around Merida to see the sights. We then went to the downtown square to watch some native dancing from this region. We sat in a folding chair in the street for 3 hours - 2 hours waiting and 1 hour show! The dancers were great and we loved watching the dances. The guys had gotten us some dinner from a nearby restaurant. My sandwich wasn't very good so I saved myself a few calories! We couldn't find where the guys parked the car afterward so we got a nice walk in!😬
We got to the mission home after dark. This home is as nice as all the others we have seen. I love how the church takes care of their very busy mission presidents and wives. Sister Garcia tried to feed us a whole other dinner. She is a true Mexican - trying to feed us every few minutes and insisting we eat everything while she watches. I haven't seen her eat very much. We had quesadillas and grape juice. Buenos noche!
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| A big memorial in the center of Merida The history of Mexico is carved into it that goes all the way around! |
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| Pretty building with clock tower! |
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| Folklore dancers - dancing in the street! They put this program on every Monday night! |
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| The pig's head dance! |
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| Happy us! |
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| President & Sister Garcia! Sister Garcia is one classy chick! She wears high heels 24 hours a day! She is one of those that has a matching purse with every outfit! Oh My!! But I couldn't find a sweeter lady in all the world! |
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| A fancy dance with glass bottles and glasses full of water on these trays in their heads! |
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| They were spinning and twirling around!! |
Tuesday, May 19th
Today is Sister Garcias birthday!We were up early and off to a zone conference where the Garcias had almost 200 of their missionaries there. Greg did his schpeel and I got to do something new and talk to and answer questions for the sister missionaries. (about 50 of them) We had a good visit and I was able to answer a lot of their questions so that turned out well. Greg ended up seeing most of the missionaries that were at the meeting anyway. They come up with the darndest things wrong with their bodies!
I wonder sometimes if they do much missionary work! It appears they spend a lot of time examining their bodies for every little spot and bump and hair follicle! Just go work already!!!
We literally spent the entire day talking to and taking care of missionaries. Then we needed to stop at the hospital to see a sister who couldn't stop throwing up. There were about 8 other missionaries there getting tests done that Greg had ordered for them. It was a party! We do need to find some doctors here to take care of these people! We got a late lunch at Chilis and went home to bed!
This was a very long day!
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| Mission Home backyard! Great Pool! |
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| Front door with a circle of cut glass |
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| Front of home! |
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| Us with the Garcias! |
Wednesday, May 20th
Groundhog day! Another day of up early and we packed up and were off to Campeche. This was a
2 1/2 hour drive away from Merida. The zone conference there was much smaller and again I got to talk to the 8 sister missionaries there and Greg saw most all of the missionaries for one thing or another! The church was hot cause they don't turn on the air conditioning in the whole building. I had a nice visit with a bunch of the Elders and sisters while they were waiting to see Greg. They are all so cute. We were at that church until about 4 pm. President was doing interviews so we had to wait for him to finish. We went to another Chilis because Sister Garcia wanted the salad I got yesterday. I was so thirsty - I drank and drank and drank! It is hot here! I feel bad for all the missionaries. The heat and humidity is a killer! I never did like the heat anyway - in Arizona!
We finally got back on the road and got home about 9:30. This poor mission president couple - are so busy and have tons on their plate right now... along with sick missionaries.
We arrived home to find out the air conditioner in our room is not working! UGH! Luckily they have another room and we slept in there in the freezing air blowing on us! Never a happy medium!
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| This is our drive to Campeche This is suppose to be thick green jungle but there is a drought here so this is sad! |
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| The shoreline in Campeche They haven't developed the beaches so this isn't a beach town like Cancun |
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| Another shoreline pic It's hard to see the neat little fishing boats out in the water |
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| Look who came to our mission! President Obama! HAHA! This poor Elder looks just like Pres. Obama! He gets a lot of grief! |
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| The Elders were waiting for interviews with President! They started singing and harmonizing here in the hallway! They sounded great and Greg joined right in! |
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