Family Home Evening

President and Sister Rosales have finished their three years as counselor and assistant matron at the temple and will be officially released today, March 15th.  Since both they and we are leaving there was a family home evening held to say goodbye to the four of us on Monday evening. 

President Rosales, Sister Rosales, Sister Norman, Sister Funes, Predent Norman, President Funes

The Fajardo's are our new next door neighbors.  We have been told that he speaks English but not to us.  She doesn't speak any.  He writes a prose for each leaving couple, frames it with a picture of the Savior and them.  It is in Spanish so I am clueless what it says but John translated it as he read it and it was very complimentary. 

                                                             Elder Holman and Elder Reyna

Elder Reyna doesn't speak English either and really doesn't try but he and I have become such good friends with handshakes, hugs, smiles and a little teasing.  We asked them to join us for our trip to the other temple in January and it was fun to have them along.  (Sister Mijangos was there to translate along with Elder Holman). Elder Reyna asked Elder Holman to sing a duet of "God Be With You" in Spanish for the four of us who are leaving.  It was well done and touching that he wanted to leave us a blessing. 

Each of the four of us that were leaving were able to leave our thanks and testimonies and Chris and John thanked each of us in personal, meaningful ways.

It was a lovely evening.