Happy 4th of July!

No matter where you are on the 4th of July---you have to have a BBQ! And being in Guatemala is no exception! We had a wonderful BBQ on the top of our apartment building with our other friends and there were pies, hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon, potato salad, and you name it!
Everyone chipped in to pay for the little grill that Neil bought at Cemaco (like a Target store). Sister Barney (an LDS missionary, previously from Orem, Utah) and Sister Baldwin (the wife of the president of the Guatemala City Central Mission, from Arizona) did a nice job of arranging everything---even the American flag centerpiece!



We all enjoy the times when we can just sit down and talk with each other. This is Bro. and Sis. Bawden (the Central America Area Humanitarian Specialists, from South Jordan, Utah) and they travel alot, so this gave us time to catch up on what they had been doing. The lower right is Bro. Tilley (in charge of Church Security for Central America, from Montana)---our BBQ man for the day. Upper right is Sis. Barney again (a missionary working in the Guatemala City Central Mission Office).


We have a tremdous 360 deg. view from the top of our building and July 4th was a beautiful day for a celebration. Speaking of celebrating....Neil took this photo just as I pulled the string on my popper! Can you see the streamers flying away at the top of the photo?? Sis. Bawden and her husband were at the same table with us.


What happy ladies! From left to right---Sis. Oreamundo is a new missionary from Alajuela, Costa Rica and is working in the Guatemala City North Mission with her companion Sis. Bingham (on far right--from St. George, Utah). Sis. Tilley is in the middle.


Isn't this a great view? You can see mountains (on a clear and not raining day) all around us and also some of the volcanos that surround Guatemala City. We had a nice relaxing time together and now we are looking forward to Pioneer Day---July 24!