A day of Adventure

"I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all they marvellous works."
 Psalms 9:1

 

Edwin was our driver today. We are ready to go. We are going to Juayua.  We stopped at an over look of the valley.

We went to Juayua to hike to the 7 waterfalls. A lady was our guide to the falls and she is leading us on this trail. Amy and Lindy are at the first waterfalls that she took us too. 

 

  

 Here we are enjoying the many waterfalls.

 

 

 

 

 

 People do swim in the pool area. At this place, Frank had a bad fall. He was climing up an area to get in the shade, and fell over a small cliff.  He hurt his back, knee and leg.

 

 

 

 Picture on the left, Brent is receiving some information from our guide.  Then she took a picture of me on the right. I like waterfalls and the sound of the rushing waters.  By the time we got through at the falls, it was late and we did not go on the zip line in Apaneca.

 

 

 

We ate at Jardin de Celeste. They have lovely gardens which we walked through. 

 

 Then we went to Concepcion de Ataco, a lovely town. Fun paintings on the buildings and a loom weaving shop.  We got some souvenirs and even frozen chocolate bananas. It was a long day, lots of time on the road.

 

 

 



Ruins San Andres and Joya de Ceren



"having traveled in a land among many waters, having discovered a land which was covered with bones of men, and of beasts, and was also covered with ruins of buildings of every kind," Mosiah 8:8

 

San Andres was the first ruin we went to.  There was a nice museum then we went outside to the ruin, big mounds with some excavation done.

 

Lindy and Amy are standing in front of some underground stairs. A group photo in front of the mound.

 

 

 

 

On the left they are standing on a small mound overlooking the area.  On the right is a picture of the gounds before we exit. 

 

Next we stopped at the Joya de Ceren Ruin.  It is an excavated site of a living village covered by a volcanic eruption.  It was all under a cover to protect it from the weather, so it was a little cooler.



They have excavated housing structures, a kitchen area, bed room area, porch, and religious structures. It was an interesting day.

 

Amy, Brent and Lindy Arrive

And they journeyed a full day to arrive in the land of El Salvador 

They arrive at the airport at 8:05pm.  Notice the armed guards as they exists the terminal. We had to get a picture in front of this stone wall at the airport.

 

 

 

 

 

The picture on the left we are on Temple grounds. The Morans took us to the airport to pick up the kids. Me, Frank, Amy, Brent and Lindy. The next picture is in the apartment complex hall.

 

Sister Petersen had made welcome signs.  We are so grateful they made it here safely. 



Limon Ward

"Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart." Psalms 32:11

 

 Frank spoke to the Limon Ward in Soyapango on Saturday March 9th. After his talk we went outside and played games.  The first one was like Simon Says game. We played another game, we would be in groups of 3 and the person that was it would tell people to change places, and she would try to get in the middle.

 

 In this game they gave you a cracker to put on your forehead.  By moving your face you must try to get it in your mouth. I could not do it but the young girl in the right picture did it.

 

 

 They gave you a ballon to blow up and then you had to pop it.

 

 

We had a fun night.  It was getting dark by the time I got a group picture.  In the other picture Frank is standing with the missionaries and the bishop of the ward is on the left.

Parque Bicentenario

"Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in;  Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever." Alma 26:37

Today Brother and Sister Hall took us to a walking park.  We sat underneath a mango tree.  I am holding a mango in my hand. 

Most of the trails were dirt paths.  I and Nancy Thompson are standing by some tall bamboo shoots.

 The park was really dry but it was a pleasant walk.  We saw many butterflies and I got this great picture of one.

 

 

 

 

Frank, Rich Hall and Lon Thompson take a rest.  One area had lots of steps that Nancy and Lon Thompson, Frank and Rich and Joanne Hall are standing on the steps.

 

 

On the left we were able to get a group picture at the bottom of the steps.  Then we are climing up them.  



The Halls had us for lunch at their place, after our walk through the park.  He picked up  the Clarks to join us for lunch. It is great to have such good friends, good times, and good food.    The Clarks, Us, Thompsons, and Halls.

 This evening I went to a bridel party.  Sister Sontos and her daughter in law to be, Celeste.  They served papusas and charritos with jamica to drink and donuts for dessert.