Sunday, February 2, 2014

Our First week in Panama

Our First week in Panama. Sorry the pictures are our of order. Maybe someone could email and tell me how to move them around. I put them in in the right order so it can't be my fault!
Here are the sisters we serve with here in Las Tablas- Hermana Quintero (El Salvador), Hermana Rondon (Columbia), Hermana Molina (Honduras), Hermana Quispe (Peru)

Here is the beach right outside of Las Tablas where we had our branch activity.

Dad in the water with two little boys from the branch.

These are some beautiful flowers on a tree on the temple lot. They are like a colored puff ball. Some of you girls with nie cameras would have a heyday with this one.





Dad again with his boys.

The Chinese pagoda in the cemetery next to the temple lot.

View of the temple from the cemetery.

The missionary grandma

I took a picture of this tree because it looks like it is just sitting on the ground and has no roots at all.

This is a remaining bunker from the World War I days on Ancon Mountain in Panama

On the temple ground in Panama City. Thanks for the shirt Melanie.

Again on the temple grounds in Panama City

Just so you can see how dense the foliage is here. Try to take a hike through that!

A large ship waiting its turn to go through the Panama Canal. Captain Phillips revisited!

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Panama City from the top of Ancon Hill

Two Old Gringos in Panama City

Got to go to the blessing of Ephriam the day before we left the USA

These are the men from the blessing circle. I really like these guys.

Hours before we left for Panama

These cranes are what are used to lifetthe huge containers off the ships that arrive in Panama


Outside of the Panama City temple

Outside of the Panama City temple

6 comments:

  1. I am so homesick for you guys! Maybe it is part jealousy! How wonderful! I LOVE your white legs in the beach pictures, Joel--I bet those little brown kids were astonished to see whiteness "beyond all description" Love you guys!!!

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  2. Seriously, I've never seen dad wear a white shirt with short sleeves. Also, were all his white shirts dirty and that's why he was wearing that orange one? Austin really wants to know why dad was wearing a t-shirt on temple grounds. Dad truly looks in his element with those boys and his name tag on...minus his very white white legs. What a beautiful place! Please keep adding pictures every night!! Please!!!

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    1. The orange shirt pictures were at 6:30 am when we were taking our morning walk!

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  3. "Knock knock"
    "Who's there?"
    "Orange."
    "Orange who?"
    "Orange you glad I brought this shirt to Panama?"

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  4. It is awesome to see you guys in your missionary attire and all the beautiful greenery around you.

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