Mid September

 Sunday was a busy day. We drove the 2 hours up to Bogo for their District Conference. It was well attended. They were told by the area seventy that they only need about 200 more members to become a Stake, of course there are other requirements but number wise that is what they needed.

Tarpaulins are used for everything. Every event seems to have a Tarpaulin.
This one is at the entrance to the church
telling the schedule of conference in Bogo 

More floral arrangements. This is Stephanie

When you start taking pictures. Everyone joins in.
This started out as 4 sisters then there was 5 and then there were 7.
The more the merrier when it comes to pictures.

Such a dear friend. Her husband passed away  a while back. 

  My hair is sure flat in these pictures. Probably time to get a hair cut.

Jenny Rose

Delores and her children. Her husband is Canadian and just went back to get a job.
They hope to join him soon.

After church we returned to Consolacion to visit the Luego family. We have enjoyed working with them. Their marriage was struggling and she wanted to leave. But they have since been able to work it out and are back together. He has heart problems. We visited him last week in the hospital and wanted to visit them now that he is home. They are going to have to build a home down along the road he can no longer climb the 42 steps up to his home.

Dad walking along the narrow walkway. The road is usually very muddy.
The trouble with the walk is it is so narrow and drops off into a wash that is about
6-8 feet deep. I am getting better at walking it. But when we first walked it.  it was
at night and  my balance was off. It is a much easier walk in the day time.

As we walked along the walkway some kids started shouting that we were coming.
Then low and behold some of our Sister missionaries stuck their heads out of a door way.
They were also visiting in the area and were at the home where the children lived.

This is the first section of the 42 stairs we climb to get to the Luego family home.
If it has rained there are huge snails in the grass and as I walk I hear them
crunch under my feet as it is dark and I can not see them in the grass

At the top of he climb we arrive at the Luego home.

This is Juliet the daughter in law and a good friend. She is rocking her baby to sleep in the sheet.
This is the kitchen area. He turns one in a week and we are invited to the birthday party.

The view from the Luego home. On the other side of the walkway where we were walking
 there is a high school. They were practicing their drum and bugle corp. It was very noisy
 and they were play the same music over and over. The Luego's told us they are
 getting  ready for a competition for the Consolacion Fiesta and practice every night until 8:00pm, 

This picture hangs in their living room. When you pick up your house
and move it, it is called bayahihan.