October 3, 2015
We have so enjoyed gathering with other Senior Missionaries to watch General Conference today. What wonderful and inspiring messages we have received! Thanks to the miracle of the internet we can watch the sessions live.
We have been running as fast as we can since we arrived in Guatemala two weeks ago today. We are starting to get a little more settled and comfortable here, but it has certainly been a big change in our lives! This bustling city suffers from traffic gridlock, and you really can't appreciate what that means from a U.S. perspective--driving here is something from another world. Thanks to my experiences in Colombia more than 40 years ago, I am handling it pretty well, but Hermana Smith hasn't given it a shot yet. The other night we went to a PriceSmart store (like a Costco) and got caught in rush hour traffic. It took us an hour and a half to drive back home! We won't make that mistake again.
We went to the temple last night, and I participated in an endowment session for the first time in Spanish. Felt like I was going for the first time again.
The work in the office has been most interesting and challenging. Doing it in Spanish across 8 foreign countries makes it all the more difficult. I have been working out a lease for a new meeting house in Gangriga, Belize, frantically trying to help two missionaries being thrown out the country by immigration authorities, working on getting approval to file a lawsuit to prevent a neighborhood association in El Salvador from blocking our members access to the chapel, advising leaders on child abuse cases (hearkens back to my former work), appointing new corporate officers in Nicaragua and Belize, and a host of other things. The Area Legal Counsel has been in the U.S. and I have been hopping. I certainly have felt needed.
I love being engaged in the Lord's work and knowing that I am helping build His kingdom on this earth. When we are on the Lord's errand, we can count on the Lord's help.
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