Close up of little pesebre.

This is a close up of our little tiniest pesebre. It is made of clay. We love all of our pesebres.

Oh yes, the "yellow tie dinner". This all started soon after we arrived in Colombia. We were in Bucaramanga for our Get Acquainted visits with the missionaries. Dad knew he had to speak in a priesthood training meeting, but he did not take a suit coat because his two assistants assured him no one would be wearing suits as it was too hot there. When we got to Bucaramanga, Dad was confirming with the stake president about the meeting and said he understood no one would be in a suit coat. Well, the stake president assured him everyone would be in a suit. Needless to day, Dad went to the mall and bought a new suit. While there two Elders came in and helped him pick out a tie. When he got back gto the hotel and showed me his bright yellow tie, I vetoed it and said it was too bright for a mission president to wear. Sooo, now Dad makes it a big deal with the missionaries that they can not get trunky until they ring our doorbell and Dad is wearing his bright yellow tie for the last supper with the missionaries.

Our success story.

These two Elders are both from Peru, and they will always be remembered as our success stories.

The church for the Madrid branch.

This warehouse serves as the church for this small branch. This is not a common church building here in our mission, unless you get outside Bogota. This little branch is right outside the city limits. We enjoyed our visit.

Madrid Branch chapel.

This is the chapel for this little branch. Upstairs is two other floors with classrooms. It really is quite spacious.

Inside the front door.

You can see the little door in the bottom right side of the door. This is not a common church, but for the time being it works for this little branch.

Baptismal font in the chapel.

This is the baptismal font in the Madrid Branch. It is right in the same big room that is used as the chapel. The front legs of the ladder is placed inside the font and the people climb up the outside leg and go down into the water on the other side.