Welcome committee

But when we got to the St George airport this is what we saw as we got off the plane. It was so good to hug everyone again. My mom promised to wait for me to get home and there she is standing to the right. This is good too!!!!

The Poulsens and Johnsons came to our homecoming talk.  They were so good to  us.

Going away party

Carlos and his wife, Pres. Henry Herrera, Alicia Herrera, Pres. Javier's wife, Javier,
Bevin, Susan, Iryana and QuiQue

The night before we left we had dinner at the mission home with the mission presidency. I got very close because we traveled a lot together. I really do miss these folks.

Some of our Friends

Two of our dear friends in Cusco. We visited Hermana Alicia (bottom) and Hermana Juanita many times. We  also visited Elva and Julio Cesar many times and many more. When we went to andahuaylas and Abancay and all the districts we tried to eat in the pensions of the missionaries and visit as many people as we could in their homes. Looking back we realized how much we loved the people.

 Leaving them was very hard to do. We felt like we were abandoning them. We loved being in the houses of the people. I never got sick when we ate their food. If I go on another mission I am not going to make friends because it is too hard to leave them.

Zone conference

We always tought English in zone meetings but we weren't expecting what what they he'd planned for us. The three zones of Cusco, Inti Raymi, and Sicuani prepared big cards for us and presented them to us with the president. We cried like babies. I love the hermanas and elders so much. We loved the interaction with them. So many of these elders will go home this month and next. I feel so bad that we are leaving them with no English program because so many are progressing so well. I hope they keep it up. The president is becoming so fluent. When we traveled we spoke a lot of English. Im sure he will be a general authority one day.

Last trip to Quillabamba.

We ended up coming home a few weeks earlier than we expected for the funeral of Susan mother.The weekend before we had district conference in Quillabamba so we crossed the tall pass one last time. We were expecting to leave with Elder Valenzuela but we had to leave before him. He is one of our very dear friends. We spent a lot of time with him when he was assistant. He is finishing here in Quillabamba.