Jan 2015

 (remember, dates are posted day/month/year)

Ringing in the New Year 2015

On the 1st, we went to some member´s house (in a different ward and she had a house it was crazy) and barbequed loads of meat and they played pranks on all (16) of us which included sitting on a wet rag and eating soap yeah it was great. 

Where we had New Year´s. This house had it´s own guards, gate, overlookng much of Medellín and it was real cool.

 The super long driveway through jungley palms and greenery leading up to the house.

Walking up the driveway overlooking Medellin

From L to R, Crispín, Ruiz, Johnson, and if you look closely you can see Hna Chuquimia

a 5D simulator. I, like, understand where they think they have 5D, but that isn´t what 5D is. 

Ask Renen what a 5D anything would look like.

 waiting on the lawn right before one of the pranks (the one with the soap)

January 3, 2015
Flores, Hurtado, Hicken, Muñoz before a baptism

 

Couple of us in Burger King in SantaFe mall (super huge) having milkshakes

 We went to Hard Rock Cafe in Medellin to say farewell to Elder Ruiz

 

 Our own Best Two Years photo on our way to Hard Rock Cafe

 Elder Pastrana and me. 

Johnson baby, Johnson cowboy, Hicken, Hurtado

 "I get to eat American food"

 

Jan 6, 2015

Recognize this picture? [We have a framed poster of this (in English) hanging at home.]

We watched God´s Not Dead as a ward and if you´ve seen the movie, you´ll understand why we got this message.

We climbed the steps up this road and I took the picture as Hurtado rested

My drawer one day. JetBars are important. Also sunglasses and watches are super cheap. 

The drawer is filled with less than 20 dollars of stuff

Jan 10, 2015: Eating Sancocho (a traditional soup) with the office and some members. Hurtado and I have shirts and ties because this was not our pday, but it was the office´s pday.

After a baptism

buying soda after the baptism

 

 Walking home after the baptism

Johnson, Hicken, Routson

Routson, Ruiz, Chuquimia, Muñoz

Ruiz, Johnson, Hicken

Muñoz, Hurtado, Ruiz

Johnson, Hicken, Routson 

View from some hill

What we saw when we got to the LZ home at 9:35 last night

 [We close the door at 9:00 pm, no later than 9:30]

the first half of the song we sang to Ruiz 

second half of the song 

Hicken, Pastrana

The View and Stairs of Regina's house

Jan 19, 2015

 Pday Bowling!  It´s great to see Elder Tolman every couple weeks.

Bowling scores from pday. I got better! Make sure Mackenzie sees these. It´s important.

Jan 21, 2015: some dog watching some action below, it was just cute

chickens sleeping in a tree

Bridge over the Río Medellín

 

River

Just a street shot that I thought turned out pretty.

January 26, 2015

PDAY in La Bruja mountain

 a whole bunch of vultures circling above a chicken factory

Starting our hike up La Bruja

 View of the River

 Cows we passed, there were like 15 in this little pasture

View from halfway up

View from farther up

 Forest Berries we were eating

All that water is from a hose with a hole in it...there was a lot of water.

 Talking in the forest

Elder Hurtado and me

Say cheese - Elder Hurtado and me

 Hicken, Hurtado, Gajardo, Crispin, Flores

 Hicken, Chuquimia, Gajardo, Crispin, Flores

 Crispín, Chuquimia, Gajardo, Flores, Hicken, under the cross at the top

Crispín, Hurtado, Chuquimia, Flores, Hicken

 

  Gajardo, Hicken, Chuquimia

Hurtado, Hicken, while someone else was taking a different picture and I didn´t want to look at the camera

Crispín taking a picture of us and I rebelled

Hurtado, Crispín, Hicken, still rebelling. I was super done taking pictures on top of this place

Chuquimia taking a selfie of us, and I rebelling 

in this area of the road, there were a bunch of men working and essentially throwing plants and trash over the side of the mountain and in a corner also burning massive amounts of wood. I don´t have a great explanation for all of it. 

 Pretty Picture

 picture with this really nice car they kept in their garage

 River

 Me with a waterfall

 The waterfall without me

 Crispín, Hicken, Chuquimia, 

I went down to the waterfall and took a picture and afterwards everyone else wanted a picture with it too and I was like let´s pass another 8 hours here taking picture yes and then I stepped in poop but washed it off under the waterfall.

 Chuquimia, Hicken, Flores

 River

 Orange trees, palm tree, and in the back you can see these blue trees that were spotting this little hillside

 my hardcore sumburn, yes I did use aloevera