We love SANTA FE NORTH

What has been so fun about this second group is we knew half of them before they came to the workshop. It has been a lot of fun teaching them. This picture is not the best, but it kinda shows me teaching the class. The girl looking at me is Ileana (cookie) and she is amazing in the workshop. She is one of the younger ones, but she is very knowledgable. The exciting adventure is the dry erase markers we have are poor quality, and the overhead projecter had to be brought to this stake center (they don't all have one). We probably won't use it except for in Santa Fe. The other exciting thing, was waiting for the bus afterwards (about 10:30 at night) in a bad neighborhood, so we went back to the church and called a taxi (remis)- which costs us 15 times what is would have cost to take the bus (hopefully we get reimbursed). Everything we do, every moment is an adventure. Making copies, buying bus tickets- it's not that easy- it takes time and planning. No jumping in the car and running around to Staples and walmart. I love these people. The three people on the bottom picture are amazing. Claudio on the left is a bishop here. Jorge in the middle is a branch president. Mariela is Jorges wife and for her to get baptized was a big leap of faith- her family still disowns her to this day. (This is a common story for many who get baptized here, because if your whole family is of another religion, you are looked down upon if you change to being "mormon"). Be grateful for the family you have you accepts you no-matter what religion you are! Mariela has a voice of an angel and she sang some Mariah Carey to me (she doesn't know english, but can sing it). Her husband and her sing duets and it is beautiful! The red and green cards are for when someone does something good they hold the green one up and if someone says something negative they hold the red one up (we applaud more than we use the cards).