Coming Home!

Last month of our mission has been completed.  There are some other senior missionaries here who are supposed to be working on education.  However the couple to replace us was assigned to a different location and so we needed to train the Longhurst’s our duties so they can do them until a new replacement can be called and arrive.  Our time has been occupied with this and a final assignment to compile a book of success stories. 

It took quite a bit of work to get the stories compiled and then to get them printed.  But we think we have a good product to leave in the office.  We did a big Spanish book and a smaller book in English. 

Bonnie has served in the nursery for the past several months.  The parents of the children planned a little farewell party for us on the 19^th.  When we arrived at the church there were the children outside playing, when they saw Bonnie they ran to give her a big hug.  It was a lot of fun and we took lots of photos.  The children played a lot of the games that we have played in the nursery the past few months.  Each on having their own balloon was a favorite activity, they could do that for hours. We did some songs and they played with musical instruments.  Also, I had made some fishing poles with magnets and fish with paper clips that they played with for a long time.  The fishing always settled them down.  Bonnie will miss their calling her “Hermana Anderson” and giving her their unconditional love.  What a great reward for serving in the nursery.

The senior missionaries had a nice dinner out at a good restaurant to bid us and the Stevens (who leave the same day as us) good bye.  Then our last Family Home Evening as a good was a farewell of talents to also bid us farewell. The office also took us to lunch the week before we left and gave Bonnie this huge flower arrangement about as big as she is.  It has been very sweet. 

We have had a very good experience with the Mexican members and seeing them grow in the gospel and in temporal things has been very rewarding.  Our love for them has definitely grown and we feel that the Lord knew where we needed to be at this time.  We will miss what we have been doing, but we look forward to what is next for us.

Also our family at home has been really blessed.  We are so grateful to each one of them and the support they gave us while we were away. Also, our friends who have lovingly read our blog and sent us messages. 

We are home now and we are adjusting to life back in the states.  Staying busier than ever.

The office staff gave us a nice TalaVera plate as a gift.

We now have retired the missionary badges.

 

 

 

Thank you all.  See you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last month of our mission has been completed.  There are some other senior missionaries here who are supposed to be working on education.  However the couple to replace us was assigned to a different location and so we needed to train the Longhurst’s our duties so they can do them until a new replacement can be called and arrive.  Our time has been occupied with this and a final assignment to compile a book of success stories. 

It took quite a bit of work to get the stories compiled and then to get them printed.  But we think we have a good product to leave in the office.  We did a big Spanish book and a smaller book in English. 

Bonnie has served in the nursery for the past several months.  The parents of the children planned a little farewell party for us on the 19^th.  When we arrived at the church there were the children outside playing, when they saw Bonnie they ran to give her a big hug.  It was a lot of fun and we took lots of photos.  The children played a lot of the games that we have played in the nursery the past few months.  Each on having their own balloon was a favorite activity, they could do that for hours. We did some songs and they played with musical instruments.  Also, I had made some fishing poles with magnets and fish with paper clips that they played with for a long time.  The fishing always settled them down.  Bonnie will miss their calling her “Hermana Anderson” and giving her their unconditional love.  What a great reward for serving in the nursery.

The senior missionaries had a nice dinner out at a good restaurant to bid us and the Stevens (who leave the same day as us) good bye.  Then our last Family Home Evening as a good was a farewell of talents to also bid us farewell. The office also took us to lunch the week before we left and gave Bonnie this huge flower arrangement about as big as she is.  It has been very sweet. 

We have had a very good experience with the Mexican members and seeing them grow in the gospel and in temporal things has been very rewarding.  Our love for them has definitely grown and we feel that the Lord knew where we needed to be at this time.  We will miss what we have been doing, but we look forward to what is next for us.

Also our family at home has been really blessed.  We are so grateful to each one of them and the support they gave us while we were away. Also, our friends who have lovingly read our blog and sent us messages. 

Thank you all.  See you soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marching through March

March was quite eventful.  Were able to take a trip to Tampico, where Craig served his mission there nearly 50 years ago. Craig had a list of people who he had baptized and with the help of Brother Abraham Martinez he was able to locate and speak with 2 of the people he baptized.  While we were in Tampico we called one of the ladies he had baptized and we were able to visit with her and her family.  She is now 75 years old and most of her family is active in the church.  In fact, we attended a party for her grandson who was leaving on a mission to Oaxaca Mexico.  What a fun experience and to see that the seeds of testimony that were planted so many years ago have borne fruit was very rewarding for us both.

Also this past month we were able to travel and visit one of what are known as the ‘magical’ cities of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende.  We went with the Stevens, another missionary couple, and we traveled there by bus.  I was on Sister Stevens bucket list to take a bus.  She usually drives, because they are one couple who has a car.  What a fun place to visit!  It is a very colorful city.  The buildings are painted a wide variety of colors, mostly in earth tones.  The city is charming and small enough to walk around.  We walked from our hotel to the town square (Zocalo) in the center of the city.  The afternoon we arrived, after checking into our really quaint hotel, we took our first walk, snapping pictures all along the way -- well, as least Craig was!  At the Zocalo there were hundreds of people dressed in native Indian (Aztec-like) costumes dancing in the streets. And, they were dancing in groups to really LOUD drums! There were men, women, youth and children.  We were looking for a place to eat and found a wonderful restaurant and had a great meal.  We were hungry after the bus trip which took about 4 hours.  When we left the restaurant there were many more groups dancing in the street. The drums were loud and each group had their own drums.  It was quite a site to see this typical dress and ceremonials that were going on.  We walked around for a while and then found the “churros and chocolate” place that was recommended. We bought some churros and took them back to the hotel and ordered hot chocolate. That was one thing that had been recommended for us to have in San Miguel. Churros are a sort of Mexican sweet cake but deep fried, sugared, and they are in long, thin sections. The next day we went again to the center of town and walked around for a while. Photography was again the order of the day and we took lots of pictures.  We also took a bus tour of the city, and saw many parts of the city we wouldn’t have if we had only walked around. It seems like weddings are very popular in San Miguel. We ate lunch and when we came out of the restaurant there was a wedding coming out of the church on the square. They had mariachis and the bride and groom were in from. There were also these bigger than life puppets of a bride and groom, the mariachis and those of the wedding party marching around the square. It was just really fun to watch, and interesting. They were having a great time, I dare say that the free flowing tequila probably aided their merriment.  What a fun place to go and visit and we don’t wonder why it is a magical city.  Oh, there are also a lot of foreigners in the town.

Easter week is big time in Mexico, and a lot of people leave Mexico City and go to the beaches.  So it is quiet in Mexico City.  We only had to work two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, of Easter Week. On Monday, we did a little artesian shopping at the bazaar and had tacos with our friends the Piepers. Then on Thursday we went to the Ruins of Tula.  On the way we visited a small LDS church in the town of Conejos (that means ‘rabbits’ in Spanish).  The building was built by the members there about 50 years ago. They used local stone, and the walls on the inside of the building and outside were made of the same stone. It is really a lovely building. In Tula are ruins not too far outside the city and we had a nice visit there.  We have been there before, but the two missionary couples that we went with had not.  Just outside the town of Tula is another small town called San Marcos. It is the town where two LDS Mexicans were executed (shot) during the Mexican Revolution because they wouldn’t deny their faith and hand over their weapons (which they didn’t have). There is a movie, available on U-Tube, about the martyrdom of these two men. Their posterity has greatly benefited the church in Mexico and Elder Montoya of the Seventy is a great grand-son of one of the martyrs. We visited the Monroy store (not owned by the family anymore), and weren’t sure of the site of the shooting. I hope the church adds this to their historical sites someday. We also went to the LDS chapel in town. It is a fun little church built in the 1950s, and in a very unusual style. It was open, so we were able to walk around inside and see the building, which was a real treat for us all.

We have been super busy putting together a book of success stories for Elder Salinas, who we work for.  It has been a huge project and we still have to get the printing done and a few other things together.  We are also busy training the couple who will take over our duties. So our time here is winding down!  We are indeed short-timers, but with a lot left to do.

Thank you all for your support and prayers during our mission service.

Tampico Temple 

 Craig and lady he baptized 49 years ago with her posterity

 Craig with Sister Nemoria Altamira

 Purpose for going to Tampico to attend this "Mi Camino" meeting.  It was help in Panuco

 Pictures in San Miguel de Allende

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Chapel in Conejos (means Rabbits) This church was built by members with local stone 50 years ago.

Inside and outside is built of stone

 Look close and see if you see 2 Conejos (rabbits)  Clever isn't it.  This is above the door that leads into the chapel.

 Tula (our second time there)

 Lunch below is the picture of Craig's escamole taco lunch.  He thought it was chicken but it was really ant larve.  (Don't tell him!) Yum!

 

 

February, better late than never

Our internet has not been working very well since Chirstmas, so we are finally able to get this post up.  It is hanging in with a prayer right now, so hopefully it will be fairly good until we leave.

February went by so quickly.  We had a few nice warm days and then the last few days there was rain in the afternoon.  This is a bit earlier than normal but we doubt this indicates the weather will change dramatically. At least not yet. Starting later in March, then in April, we will have more rain but also warmer weather, so humidity, as well.  Right now, the jacaranda trees are starting to bloom.  They have beautiful purple flowers on a leafless tree this time of year.  Those with allergies are feeling the effects, of course, of this time of year as there is considerable pollen with tress in bloom. All throughout the city there are several types of beautiful flowering trees, but our favorite seems to be the truly beautiful and stately Jacarandas. We include a picture of them.

Both of us had colds in February, but we are doing well now and getting back into the groove. We missed a bit of work time, but not too much. Elder Salinas, our leader, asked us to do a couple of special assignments for him -- that is, for the Self-Reliance effort -- before we leave at the end of April. One is to make some special visits to the initial self-reliance meetings conducted at the Stake level, generally. Also talk with a number of different folks involved with these meetings and come back with a set of recommendations as to how they could be more successful. The other is to put together a book of all the meaningful self-reliance success stories we received since our arrival.  It is a lot of work!  But, as we review these stories, it is truly amazing to see how many people’s lives have changed for the better! With a little help, they are helping themselves. It is inspiring.  So, we are busy these last two months of our mission, but that is good!   

Elder Oaks made a visit here in February.  He spoke at a devotional for the church employees, and we were able to attend. That was very nice.  Elder Clayton of the Seventy was traveling with him. He was busy visiting other parts of the country.  It turns out as purely coincidental, but the Pope was visiting Mexico during the same basic time period and both the Pope and Elder Oaks were in many of the same areas, but on different days.  Incidentally, the Pope’s visit to Mexico was really a huge event. His public appearances were broadcast everywhere around the world. Basically, the entire country was really focused on him the days here was here.    

On March 1, we had the second Self-Reliance group graduation in the ward.  There were two groups that graduated.  One for “Starting and Growing my Business” and the other was “My Job Search”.  Six members received their certificates. One sister took both classes and attended all 12 meetings of each class.  She started a little business and also got a very good part time job to help supplement her family income.  Her name is Estella and she is really awesome.  We are so proud of her, and of all the graduates.   There are many success stories that we have heard from other groups throughout the country, as mentioned above, and this is just one more example

Jacaranda Trees

 

Graduation Group 

Pictures with Elder Oak

 

2016 is here!

First of all we want to wish everyone the very best in 2016. For us, 2015 was a super year and we hope that for each of you, and for ourselves, that 2016 can be as good as better.

 

January has been quite an eventful month.  First, our new granddaughter, Grace Anderson, was blessed on January 3.  Grace is the daughter of our son Larry and his wife Liz.  She was born November 27, the day after Thanksgiving.  She is such a beautiful baby and we are grateful for her, and all the other sweet little spirits in our lives. Grace is our ninth grandchild, so we are, indeed, blessed!

 

Then on the 16^th of January, our daughters Anita and Brenda came to Mexico for a little visit.  We were able to take the time to show them around for a few days. We enjoyed seeing them and having them here.  They participated in some of our church assignments and we did some sight-seeing around the city. Their visit gave us the energy we need to keep going the next few months.  We are so blessed to have them in our family. We really have gained a greater appreciation for family during our time here and we are so thankful for them and the joy each one brings in our lives.  They each mean so much to each of us, from the oldest to the youngest.

 

After the girls left we had a week-long conference with all the Self-Reliance managers in the Mexico Area.  They came from all over the country and we first did a temple session together and then went to Cuernavaca (about 1 ½ hours out of the city) for our conference.  It was actually like an in-xxx training or seminar, under the direction of the Area Manager, Elder Salinas. We have mentioned him several times in the past because he is our supervisor. It was wonderful to see all of the managers again after a year, however we do see them on WebEx each Friday in the weekly meeting.  Four of them are actually new managers, replacing some who went for school or other positions.  These are all truly inspiring men, because of the work that they do and the difference they are making in moving the initiative of Self-Reliance forward.  The week was full of meetings of great inspiration and very productive.  We returned to Mexico City with renewed drive to keep us going. And, of course, after an intense week, we were very tired.  So we have taken the weekend to catch our breath before the coming week. It is hard to realize that February is already here! Where did January go????

 

We thank you all for your prayers and support. 

 

 

 This is Grace Anderson on her blessing day.

 

 Visit to Teotihuacan with the Anita and Brenda.

 

Saying good-bye to the girls in front of the apartment.  We will see them in a few months.

 

 At the Self-Reliance seminar in Cuernavaca, Mexico with all of the managers and office staff.

We have a new missionary couple working in our office now.  They are working on Education Projects.

 

Merry Christmas 2015

Christmas and Seasonal Greetings to All!  

May you find joy this season and throughout the New Year!

 

As we write this Christmas message this year, we are so very thankful for each of you, for your thoughts, prayers and support.  Serving a mission for our church far from home and family is challenging, especially now that we are older. We just welcomed into the family a new granddaughter, Grace Anderson, but we had to do it by Skype! As our family grows and the grandchildren get older, we seem to miss them more and more. We realize that ‘family’ is a very critical part of our lives. We also value friends highly and are so grateful for all of you.  We look forward to being able to see you each again.

We have just less than five months remaining in our mission. The time has gone so quickly for us. We continue to be fully occupied in activities that support the Self-Reliance Initiative of our church in the entire country of Mexico. We work with many outstanding people and feel inspired in the work. It is an initiative aimed at providing support and resources to individuals and families that enable them to improve their temporal and spiritual self-reliance -- the ability to support themselves financially, with sufficient to help others with their time or other resources, as well.  It helps find better jobs for people, helps them get a better education, improve their ability to move forward in their current career, and helps teach principles to assist individuals in starting or growing their own business. It is a very comprehensive program and has had a tremendous impact in Mexico. It literally helps hundreds of people each month improve their lives. What could be a more fulfilling assignment than this?

Our wish is that each of you will have a wonderful Christmas and New Year Season this year, whatever your faith or family traditions may be.  May you be thankful and may you find joy in your life is our greatest hope. 

Craig & Bonnie Anderson

Pictures of us with Christmas trees.

This one is in the office of the Area Presidency

 

This one is with Elder Salinas and Esteban.  We work with them in Self-Reliance.  The tree is in the devotional room of the area office.

 

 

 This Tree is in a Restaurant in Hacienda Vista Hermosa. The building was built in 1529. It was a fun place to have brunch before visiting Tuxla. 

 

 This is in the visitors center next to the temple.

 

 This was in the parking lot of the temple.  Interesting tree.  And nearly a full moon

 

 We visited the temple grounds to see the lights.  We have another picture like this one in the day taken about one year ago.

 

This wonderful time of year

Greetings on a sunny day in Mexico City. Things have really started to slow down here. Many employees have already started their Christmas vacays and most of the rest will start next week. For two weeks, or even a bit more, little happens in the Area Office in Mexico. Even the Area Presidency is on vacay with family coming to visit, and such. This is the way it is in all Latin America at Christmas. The week of Holy week is the same. No business gets done by the Government, or virtually any standard non-direct service business, because it is traditionally a time for folks to be with family, travel somewhere for Christmas, or stay at home -- but not work.  This is something like our 17^th Christmas in Latin America, and it is the same everywhere. Until after the New Year, many things grind to a halt!  Don’t know why I started all this but I am not going to delete it now!

Many of our fellow missionary couples (there are 10 couples of us, at present) have family members coming to visit for portions of the next two weeks. Those of us who do not, are planning a number of things together so that Christmas will be less lonely that it might be otherwise. We ALL miss our family members, for sure, so we will do next best and do things together. And, the senior couples of us who do not have family coming are getting together for dinners and movies and such. So, it will be OK. But, we do miss home and being with family and closer to those we love this time of year. Before retirement we did too, but not the same as now

Our Area Manager (boss) is among those who are gone now and has pretty much told us to take time to “smell the roses”, so to speak. We will be doing things at home, etc. many days, I think, including things for the office. I (Craig) have some success stories I need to write up in English, there is also an interview with a local service missionary to be transcribed. We did the interview months ago when visiting Puebla, and recorded it, but have not yet had the time to listen to it and get it on paper. It is her personal story as a service missionary, and is really a sweet story. We would like to preserve it for ourselves, of course, but also make a nice story of it to send to Salt Lake.

We do have a day trip planned to the old and famous colonial-era city of Tasco for Monday, Dec. 21. It is going to be great! It is a city that is super famous for silver mining, and naturally, the making of silver jewelry and other artifacts. I have personally wanted to go there since I heard about it when I was a missionary here years ago.

It might be interesting for all of you to learn about two nice things that have occurred here recently for us. The first has to do with Bonnie and her work to -design a new website for Self-Reliance Mexico. When we came, there was an existing site, but it was very inadequate and incomplete, lacking a lot of important material and information, and even nice pictures to accompany things and make the site more interesting. Bonnie began taking on this task after getting settled in and getting to know the program well. It needed a lot of attention and work and she has been truly dedicated to completing that task, in addition to the other normal duties she performs. After many hours of design, review by the Area Manager, re-design, re-review, more redesign, and so forth, the go-ahead was finally given. Everything then had to be vetted by the Area Communications Manager. Only specific individuals are allowed to actually upload pages to the internet for the Area, and that took some time, as well. But …. The Website is finally complete and is on-line! You can see the product of Bonnie’s effort at the following: http://sud.org.mx/autosuficiencia

The other nice thing is that has occurred is that the main Self-Reliance Office, in Salt Lake, of course, has been writing back to me more and more about how much they enjoy the Success Vignettes I send them. I call them Success Vignettes because they are fairly short little stories that highlight some sort of success the SR Initiative has had, or is having, in Mexico. Most of them focus on a person or persons, and they highlight the changes that have occurred in their lives, both temporal and spiritual. So many individuals are benefitting from the courses that are currently being offered. If they follow what is presented in the 12-week courses, and complete the weekly commitments they are supposed to fulfill, they learn many, many principles that guide them to success. I wish I could go into more detail, and perhaps I will in a future post, to really give you readers an appreciation for it. But, we receive monthly reports with many stories of how people have followed what they have learned and how it is making their lives better. So, I pick a variety of these and make a story of them for Salt Lake. It is not obligatory, but is something I started doing early this year as a way of informing the main office about the impact in Mexico -- and they have become quite popular! It has been amazing!

Well, this is perhaps sufficient for now. Of course, there are pictures to follow. And, next week, we will post our Christmas message to all, separate from this post. We pray that each of you is well, and that you have joy in your hearts, particularly at this time of year. Know that we think of you often, and miss everyone, both family and friends.

 

Packing posters for Christmas gifts for all the Self-Reliance Service Missionaries in Mexico.  Over 600 posters sent

President Whitehead carving the Thanksgiving Turkey.  All the Senior Missionaries were invited to have Thanksgiving Dinner at the Mission Home.

 

 

 Next two pictures are of the missionaires at the Mission Home.

 

 

 Nursery children painted the stables for their nativity made of popsicle sticks.  They thought it was great fun.  Bonnie has been working in the nursery for about 3 months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 2105 news from Mexico

Time again to let you know how we are doing. It seems we are writing less and less, and we apologize for that. However, things are progressing for us, and time seems to go by more quickly, as well. In fact, some weeks just fly by -- like the first two weeks of this month!  We keep busy tracking success stories and other statistics as we are assigned. And, in the middle of last week, on Oct. 7, we did something totally new and very exciting. More about that later in this report update!  

A few weeks ago we had to change our office location.  We are now located in a real office with windows and a door! We are still on the 11^th Floor, which in the building is the designated Pent House, though it is just offices like everything else. But, the Area Presidency and a lot of other office directors are on that floor. We have a super view, too.  When the day is clear we are able to see the beautiful mountain volcanos around Mexico City. It is sometimes hard to make such changes, but we have learned to flow with it and we quite enjoy our new location. 

The self-reliance group from our own ward that we had been helping Elder Salinas facilitate finally had its graduation ceremony, on September 29. There were 12 that started the group and 9 that finished, which is pretty good.  We had a nice little program and the passing out of the certificates -- from LDS Business College, no less! They really like having certificates here, so they were all proud of their accomplishments as they well should be. It was a real effort for the members to keep coming week after week, so to see their efforts rewarded and their businesses improve because of the class was a great satisfaction to them, and to us. Most important of all, they all expressed in their short testimonies that their faith had grown as well.  That was the real benefit of the class. Now, the ward in on the verge of starting a new round so we are likey to be well-involved again. But, this is what we came here to do, we fell, not just sit in an office all day! We get the chance to actually help members in a very direct and impactful way. It is very satisfying.  

The webpage that Bonnie has been working is almost ready to go live!  It respresents the culmination of a lot of work by Bonnie! She did a absolutely wonderful job of getting it all organized, get all the permissions requied for pictures and such, just EVERYTHING CREATING AND PRUDUCING A WEBPAGE REQUIRES! It has a few little kinks to work out.  Why do all these things take much longer than one thinks they should?  But when the final product hit the web, it will be super. We will send a link in the update following when it finally goes live, for you all to see. 

Craig has recently had success in contacting a member he baptized in Tampico in January 1968! It was a young couple, at the time, the Altamira family. The husband passed away 22 years ago. It was quite interesting how locating Sister Altamira came about. She has an unusual first name and almost by chance we located someone that works for the church in Tampico that knows her, and one of her three daughters.  Craig spent some time talking with the daughter and getting more information, then on Saturday, Oct. 10, he spoke with the Sister he taugh and baptized all those years ago! They talked for more than ½ hour on the phone. We have learned that she and her husband went to the Temple in Mesa, Arizona a few years after being baptized, and were sealed. She is now 74 years old and remains active in the church, along with 2 of their 3 daughters and their families.  The oldest grandson just returned from a mission and another is preparing to go.  It was a dream come true for Craig to see that some of the ‘seeds’ that he planted many years ago, have developed strong roots in the gospel.  He continues to look for members he baptized, but just this one has brought him great joy.

Now, a bit about what we did that was special on Oct. 7. Since I previously wrote about the experience to someone else, I am just going to paste that in at this point, so enjoy!

“On this past Wednesday, just 48 hours ago, Bonnie and I were at the office of the Southeast Mexico City Mission. After a tasty lunch of pizzas from Domino’s, (side bar here -- there were about 20 elders around, plus the Mission President and his wife, and we polished off something like 14 or 16 large pizzas!) we gave a presentation to 16 Elders who are going home between now and the end of the year, about Self-Reliance. They were all Elders because no Latin sisters are leaving in that time period.  I had prepared the presentation, all in Spanish of course, specifically for that occasion and audience. Bonnie chipped in, and the Mission President and his wife did, as well, with their real-life experiences. We wanted to help them learn about self-reliance, the doctrine behind it, and the resources that are available to them when they return home soon. They were all Latin Elders. About half were from here in Mexico and the other half from Ecuador, Chile, Dominican Republic, and I think one other country, as I recall. Oh, and one from Spain, too.

The afternoon with them went very well. They were interested, they paid attention and participated with questions and discussion and it was, altogether, a wonderful afternoon. We finished up around 4:00 p.m. and they had arranged for a member in that part of the city, who owns a taxi, to take us back home. Bonnie and I felt so very good. We felt like we had really been missionaries! It was a missionary-like activity, and we taught and shared the gospel and one of the greatest programs offered by the Church today, in these countries. We had sort of thought, before we came here, that we would be performing more service of this type, but it just has not been that way, so far. I think they will invite us again, for a new group of returning missionaries, in a few months’ time, which will be great, and perhaps other missions in this area will also get the spirit and also ask us. Our leader thinks it is great”! 

So, with that little story to end on, we will once again say, “Adios” for now. May the Lord bless you, each and every one, with his love and peace in your hearts and minds. We miss you but are happy in the work in which we are engaged.

Bonnie & Craig

3 pics - Teaching returning missionaries  about self-reliance in the Mexico City Southeast mission.

 

 Self-Reliance Group Graduation, Palmas Ward - We helped facilitate the course.

 

Elder Salinas(r) and Raul Campos (l) preparing to hand out certificates at graduation.