Ned & Mary in Guatemala

Wheelchair Donantions Friday we were asked to help with the Donation Ceremony at the facilities of an organization that serves handicap people. The Church donated over 550 wheelchairs and other items used by those with physical restrictions.  This lady is sitting in one of the donated wheelchairs. She became quite emotional as she expressed gratitude to the Church for their significant donation. The gentleman on the left and the couple on the right work for Intermountain Health Care and they donated a week in which they provided training to employees so they could train the end users of the wheel chairs. The two men in the center are from the Church. One is the stake president in the area and the other works in the Area Offices. His department is charged will learning about needs, and where appropriate, making needed donations. The other two people are leaders in the organization to which the donation was made.

  Visiting Belize with Kevin and his Family - January 2023 We were delighted to meet Kevin and his family in Belize for a little vacation. Kevin served a good chunk of his mission there, and it is part of the Central America Area. This is a look out of the front door of the place where we stayed. Very nice! We stayed on San Pedro Island which is across a bay from the Belize mainland. This is the plane that flew us there from Belize City. Kevin and his family walked out on the dock that was in front of where we stayed.  I didn't get a good picture of this woman carrying the goods they sought to sell on her head, as she left for home at the end of the day. We learned that all beaches are public and so they hung their goods on our fence and sat in the shade of the dock waiting for customers. The branch on the island has sacrament meeting in the morning for visitors to the island and the full block in the evening for local members. Kevin and I went back in the evening in hopes of meeti