Our mission
- LindaZ
- We are serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Buenos Aires, Argentina and work with the Perpetual Education Fund and Welfare. We are priviledged to work with wonderful people are here to serve.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Sunday Night
We have had a great first week in our mission and are learning a lot about to help here in Argentina. There are other senior couples here and they have really made us feel welcome.
Mission photos
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| Gourneys & computer donated by LDS church to Hospital Pinero in Buenos Aires, Arg. |
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| Members of Congreso Stake at Hospital Pinero presentation, including scouts and leaders |
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| Mark; Dr. Ricardo Capresi-Director of Pinero Hospital; Claudio Fernandez from the Humanitarian Dept.; Nelson Catara, Pres. of the Congreso Stake |
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| Leaving SLC |
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| Provo Temple at sunset |
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| Our district in the MTC: l to r: Gary & Diane Morley (Tucson), Mark & Linda, Earl & Sharon Bean (Philippines), Gary & Carolann Maughn (Siberia), & Marv & Jill Jensen (Michigan) |
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
New Chapter in our lives!
We are sitting in our temporary apartment here after walking to the grocery store
and taking a taxi back with our purchases! Our apartment is tiny and we
have only 1 electric adaptor to plug in our US things, and no TV. Dad
was given a wireless USB stick so we can be on the internet here.
We actually had a good trip down. When we checked in at the airport
in SLC we paid for a 1st class upgrade and it was really nice. Our
flight left almost an hour late but we got to Dallas in time to catch
the flight to BA. The miracle happened in Dallas. Dad went to the
American Airlines desk and tried to get an aisle seat for me. (Our
seats were in the middle of a 5-seat row). Anyway, Dad talked to her
and told her what we were being sent to do and she found us seats in
First Business Class! She said, "I can tell that you are doing the
Lord's work!" What a blessing. It was over a 10 hour red eye flight
and I was a little worried. Our seats actually totally reclined, we
were given soft quilts and a pillow, and great food. It was wonderful
to get to be comfortable and sleep.
Then Pres. Arnold and his wife, Devonna, picked us up at the airport.
We spent the day at the area office and had dinner at their house last
night. They are taking good care of us.
Today we had a pretty intense day at the area office getting info
about the PEF here and finding out that there is so much for us to
do. We spent the morning with the head of the PEF and the afternoon
with the head of WELFARE, who has us scheduled to go to Montevideo,
Uruguay; Ascunsion & Abundancia (up north with the Indians),
Paraguay; & Cordoba, Argentina within the next 2 weeks. We should
have cell phones in a few days but will
probably have to buy a car. We were told that we could rent one from
the car pool here but there aren't any extra ones. Life is very different here
for us but we are happy working together and helping do the Lord's work.
and taking a taxi back with our purchases! Our apartment is tiny and we
have only 1 electric adaptor to plug in our US things, and no TV. Dad
was given a wireless USB stick so we can be on the internet here.
We actually had a good trip down. When we checked in at the airport
in SLC we paid for a 1st class upgrade and it was really nice. Our
flight left almost an hour late but we got to Dallas in time to catch
the flight to BA. The miracle happened in Dallas. Dad went to the
American Airlines desk and tried to get an aisle seat for me. (Our
seats were in the middle of a 5-seat row). Anyway, Dad talked to her
and told her what we were being sent to do and she found us seats in
First Business Class! She said, "I can tell that you are doing the
Lord's work!" What a blessing. It was over a 10 hour red eye flight
and I was a little worried. Our seats actually totally reclined, we
were given soft quilts and a pillow, and great food. It was wonderful
to get to be comfortable and sleep.
Then Pres. Arnold and his wife, Devonna, picked us up at the airport.
We spent the day at the area office and had dinner at their house last
night. They are taking good care of us.
Today we had a pretty intense day at the area office getting info
about the PEF here and finding out that there is so much for us to
do. We spent the morning with the head of the PEF and the afternoon
with the head of WELFARE, who has us scheduled to go to Montevideo,
Uruguay; Ascunsion & Abundancia (up north with the Indians),
Paraguay; & Cordoba, Argentina within the next 2 weeks. We should
have cell phones in a few days but will
probably have to buy a car. We were told that we could rent one from
the car pool here but there aren't any extra ones. Life is very different here
for us but we are happy working together and helping do the Lord's work.
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