Celebrating our 35th Anniversary in Mallorca, Spain

I surprised Sharon with a trip to Mallorca for our 35th Anniversary. Was a very enjoyable time and it seemed like we were back in Venezuela. The island was a lot bigger than what we had imagined. Thanks to our friends Andrew and Vivienne who let us stay in their home while they were out of town and offered the use of their car!

35 of the best years ever!

 S' Almonia Beach

 Moro Beach

 Sa Farinera Resturant was the best

 Calobara Beach

 Varques Beach was our favorite Beach

 Varques

The Cave of Drach

9 Marks Weekender & Half Marathon in Washington DC

While Peter was up in Washington DC to help out with the International 9Marks Weekender he also ran the DC Half Marathon. Was a great time to be running through DC as the cheery blossoms were just coming out.

 Was great running thru the capitol

 

Boy was I sore when I finished

 Checking out DC with the weekender guys

 Think tank with Jamie and Giancarlo

 

Great time of fellowship, 

David on left and Javi on right came over from Spain

 Discussion time with Mark

Nicolas & Sam, (Argentina) Javi & David (Spain)

Watching Mark and the interns

 Elders meeting at CHBC

 Mark's great preaching on Sunday

Our Spanish connect with Mark, From the left Felix, Giancarlo, 

Daniel, Mark, Enrique, Jorge, Peter, Rick and Ryan

Melissa's and Bryants wedding

Sure was a joy to be with Family at the End of the year and Celebrate the beginning of a new chapter for our daughter Melissa and her husband Bryant. Great time with so many family and friends! Thanks to all who made the effort to celebrate with us.

 

 

 

 

Hiking the Camino with friends from Siloam Springs, Arkansas

It was great to receive a team of Friends this summer to hike the "Camino de Santiago." Fun and refreshing getting to know them and having good times together. Thanks for taking the time and investing your summer in getting to know us and culture and needs in Spain.

A quick tour of Madrid

 

Heading off to get the train

Community festival in Oporrino

Roman bridge leaving Pontevedra

Storage bins for garden crops

Yeah we made it! Picking up our certificates

A visit from Heather

It was great to have Heather with us for a couple of weeks on her way back to the States from South Korea. We enjoyed a outing with her to Portugal and Galicia.

 

 Porto, Portugal

 Cathedral Beach, Northern Spain

Construction at the IBM Church in Venezuela

I wanted to add some pictures of the construction at the IBM church in Lecheria, Venezuela. Little by little the construction is coming along.

 This open area that you see will be the main Hall for the worship service. When finish they should be able to seat 300-400 people. This is a view from the apartment building next to the church properity.

 Getting ready to pour the first floor

 Elder Alejandro Molero at work doing some plastering

Work day to help hand pour the second level floor.
There were 56 Men from church helping to pour the roof by hand, 19 of them were engineers. There were also 30 plus women there cooking food and serving refreshments. A true church project.

 Notice the walls have grates in them to make it harder to break into the church, the windows are also narrow so that no one will try and fit through the window.

 All poured by hand

This is where they will have the second floor classrooms.