This is the view from the street, Puebla Norte. It is seriously close to the dead end of town. But this is it on the right, Paraiso Escondido, hidden paradise.
See the door behind those trees there?
...I consider it a miracle we ever found the place.
Below, the view from the back of the room, behind the congregation. Actually those 3 rows of chairs are all there are.
The room is open air and to the left of the chairs is the garden I mentioned. It's fun to watch birds fly in and play in the shade. Wait... what was the speaker talking about again? It's too easy to get distracted. I have to really focus on the Spanish.Oh wait, the roof is really cool. How do they do that?
There are 2 fans at the back of the room to keep us from overheating. Behind the curtain is the Branch President's office.
There is only one person to bless the sacrament and one person to pass it. Good thing they don't need a microphone cause they definitely don't have one. There is the one single light bulb in the whole building and it goes off and on randomly during our meetings (so many bad jokes about bright ideas).
The chalk board is used for our Sunday School lessons. Sister Anaya does an awesome job at making them easy to understand. And on the right is little Jahaziel (Hasee-el), pretending to be shy. You're not fooling me for one second, bub.
Us with La Familia Anaya:
Jade, Jahaziel, Lisa, Lilia, Francisco, Gisele, and Anel
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| Anel was here visiting this week from college in Guadalajara.It was our first time meeting her. She gave an awesome talk in Sacrament though. I didn't even need to translate her testimony of prayer. It was so beautiful. |
Awesome. That causes me to miss the simplicity of life in rural Mexico. Looks like Jade would make a good counselor in the branch presidency. Too cool. Love, Pops
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing the photos. So colorful and so different than what we know here in Las Vegas. It is amazing that you found the place!! What a beautiful picture with the family!
ReplyDelete@Pops LOL! Yeah that would be so fun. I bet they'd love to have him. I think Jade is going to start fishing with Brother Anaya soon so maybe they can brainstorm a good way for us to serve.
ReplyDelete@Lynette Right! It's so different and yet so perfectly the same. This family works so hard to serve the church and the people here. They are amazing. And everyone here is so loving and hopeful about the gospel. They work hard for their testimonies and it's beautiful.
Thanks for your comments! I love them.