March Madness - Mexico (in no particular order)

Great Grandfather Served in Mexico City Mission

 Me Too!

Raul Muñoz (Sr. Missionaries), Emron Pratt (legal), Hermana Muñoz, Julia Pratt, John, Dixie Whitehead (Mission Pres wife), me, President Whitehead (Mexico City West Mission President), Michelle Hatch Sandberg, Gilbert Sandberg (Exec Secretary to Area Pres.), Peggy Stevens, Greg Stevens (Area Medical Advisor), Marilee Hacking, David Hacking (Bienestar), Hermana Calderon, GayLynne Longhurst, Elder Calderon (Church History), Marvin Longhurst (Self-Reliance), Bonnie Andersen, Craig Andersen (Self-Reliance)

Concurso de Calcetinas

President Camarillo, Craig Anderson, Felix Conde, Mike, John, Elder Hacking

Elder Cook Visit

John greeting Elder Cook at the Mexico City Airport with Elder Arnufo Valenzuela (Right) (Clint Fairborn - Security far right)

Samuel Gallegos - keeping it spit spot

Elder Quinten L. Cook and Mary Cook, Me and John

Out And About

Just another day on the periferico

There is no way you can get on there.  

World Trade Center

Another batch of LaOnda Fans 

Valle de Bravo

Tula

John and I with Michelle and Gilbert Sandberg

Gilbert Sandberg, Michelle Hatch Sandberg, Craig Andersen, John and I, Bonnie Andersen

Conejos and San Marcos  Mexico Church History Spot

Elder Andersen enjoyed the dish immensely, thought it was chicken until the waiter informed him it was ant eggs.

San Marcos

the first chapel built in Mexico.....

One of the first villages in central Mexico to receive the gospel was an isolated settlement in the state of Hidalgo named Santiago. Today, Santiago’s Latter-day Saints worship in a chapel built on a two-and-one-half-acre parcel—the legacy of a pioneer many still remember.

That pioneer, Trinidad Hernández, was born in 1879 and joined the Church while still a young man. Members of his family, as owners of small agricultural plots, were better off economically than were many of their fellow villagers. Aware that his Heavenly Father was the source of his blessings, Brother Hernández offered seasonal work to many in need of a job.

As the Santiago branch grew, so did the need for a chapel. To meet that need, Brother Hernández purchased and donated land as a chapel site. He also supplied brick, lava rock, and other construction materials, donated funds for the chapel’s furnishings, and joined other Latter-day Saints in building the chapel. President Rey L. Pratt, later of the Seventy, called the chapel, in which five generations of Latter-day Saints have worshiped, “a credit to the faith of the people.” 3

Brother Hernández not only helped build the chapel, he strengthened the testimonies of those who worshiped in it. Through precept and example, he taught three generations of Santiago Latter-day Saints the importance of service. “Serving the Lord,” he reminded his family, “means blessing the lives of others.” 4 His example strengthened members and attracted investigators.

Paseo de Cortez

Jacaranda Tree - Beautiful lavender blooms that precede the leaves in the spring

Popo is spouting off for our arrival

Popo is peaking out

Movie premier in Mexico