On P-day we all went to Lake Atitlan, rode in a boat across the lake, ate lunch then back (one way was over an hour) Lots of fun.

Guatemala is literally in the mountains.

These are called "Toot-Toots". They are three wheel taxis. Pretty cool and efficient in the narrow streets.

Mazatenango is in the tropics. It was hot and humid and banana stands were along the roadside.

Cute young Bishop and his wife in Mazatenango. Bishop Maldonado

The missionaries that went to the Mazatenango Stake to talk in the Wards and Branches

The lovely pictures we have hanging in our apartment.. Ernie asks: "Where is the sacrifice?"

View from our Apt. on a busy Saturday. The people love to come to the Temple. They come incolorful buses, cars,open trucks or any way they can. It is a busy beehive each week.

The large downtown outdoor market in Xela. Very colorful and they have everything!

Strange to see these public phones all over town. They seem to be in pretty good condition too. This picture was taken in the downtown area near the public plaza.

The three couples that came to Guatamala together. Elder and Sister Maes-- Jeanine And Spencer Brown from Prescott, AZ and Chrys and Ken Meadows from Tucson, AZ, in front of our new Apt building across from the Quetzaltenange Temple

Women go to a neighborhood laundromat to do their laundry in a common pool. This woman was scrubbing while her child bobbed back and forth and slept through it all. The babies are so adorable here!

Xela apartments-across the driveway from the Quetzaltenango Temple. Ernie counted 93 steps from the white doorway entrance to the front door of the Temple!! What a Sacrafice!!

No seatbelt law in Guatamala!! This is a group that was travelling along the highway. We saw them as we were going to Joyabaj, a village, to a Sacrament Meeting.

Our living rooom in our apt. We even have a nice TV on the right.. Ernie watched superbowl in spanish!!