Just a Little Heads Up!

We noticed during Zone Conferences that about 45 minutes after lunch we were starting to lose the missionaries...drooping eyelids, blank stares and nodding heads. I was sure it had nothing to do with my spell binding presentation! Nevertheless, we decided that at right about half an hour after lunch we would interject a little mixer game. We put the names of characters from The Book of Mormon on post-its, placed a post-it on each missionary and gave them 10 minutes to go around and ask "si" o "no" questions to try and figure out which character they were. It was just what the doctor ordered...check the energy level out for yourself...




















No, I did not have a post-it on my forehead.




Then it was back to more role playing.




And everyone lived happily ever after.




So, guess whose idea it was to mix things up with the little game? I will give you a hint...she's the magical one in the middle...

Good Morning, Charlotte!

As we were going to bed last night Diane decided to put the phone next to the bed just in case our daughter-in-law Candace went into labor. At 1:30 am the phone rang and our son, Curtis called to say they just arrived at the hospital. Good-bye sleep! We stayed up and talked and waited. Not too long, though. At 2:17 am we received an e-mail that our granddaughter, Charlotte Marian Heyman, all 7 pounds, 12 ounces and 21.5 inches of her had arrived and that Mother and daughter were fine. Father was ok, too! He called again after Charlotte was born. Diane talked to Curtis and Candace and heard Charlotte making her presence known in the background.
The emails kept coming steady throughout the early morning hours...












Oh, Charlotte get plenty of rest while you can...




Because the Three Amigos are planning your welcome home party!




I have hidden Grandma Heyman's passport just to be sure temptation does not get the best of her!

Oops, We Knew We Forgot To Build Something...

The Hotel we are staying at in Misiones does not have any parking. As in none, zero, nada. So, 4 lucky guests are allowed to park their vehicles overnight in the delivery lane. Yes, that is our HiLux parked perpendicular to the other 3. We were lucky guest number 4!



No. 1: I hope no one tries to make deliveries until we leave in the morning.

No. 2: I hope we are the first ones to leave in the morning.

No. 3: I have no idea where the other guests' cars are.

No. 4: I can't wait to see what they charge me for parking!

Sunday Afternoon Traffic

Driving through Pirane we ran into some heavy traffic...









You have to enlarge the pictures to appreciate all the horsepower...

Lost in the Translation

A sign at our hotel in Formosa...




"No throwing of head" (they meant to say "No diving") reminds me of Rudyard Kipling's line, "If you can keep your head while all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you..." and more significantly that classic literary line from the movie "Dumb and Dumber", when Lloyd says to Harry, "We got no food, no jobs... our pets' heads are falling off!" (My children used to watch the video a thousand times in the back of the Suburban during our trips to Utah and Colorado...I practically know the dialogue by heart!)
Just in case we are staying away from the pool...

Winter Survival Kit

Here is what we pack in the back of our car for our "winter trips"...



Diane's styling rubber boots...check

Ray's ugly industrial boots...check

Enough water to drown a fish...check

Two ponchos...check

Kleenex...check

Sports Illustrated Green Fleece blanket (thank you Lori for renewing our subscription in 2009)...check

Toolman...check

Satellite phone (Jack Bauer model)...check

Pen flashlight...check

Two portable electric heaters...check

Four umbrellas (I don't know why we have four)...check

Goretex jacket...check

Carboard box (some parts are edible)...check

Combine that with our luggage and Diane's bag of treats and we are ready for the road! I am working on something that will help us turn mud into solid ground...

Zone Conferences--Llamadas Animadas

Zone Conferences start today! During the training session in the conference with the Zones of Resistencia and Roque Saenz Peña the missionaries were role playing talking on the phone...watching them reminded me that these incredible miracle workers were just teenagers talking on their cell phones a few months ago...






And now...they are young adults going about changing the world!