Saturday, November 26, 2016

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Thanksgiving Day in the Mission Home

We enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving dinner with our office staff and those who serve nearest the mission home in Barcelona. We express gratitude for the three things we are most grateful for. We enjoy the traditional Thanksgiving turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green peas, yams, jello and Spanish bread. For dessert we have apple and pumpkin pie with ice cream.

Elder Maxfield and President Dayton carving the turkey.

President Dayton, Elder Jacobson and Elder Hamren are the potato peelers and turkey carvers.

Our wonderful missionaries help us decorate the Christmas Tree.

Family Home Evening in the mission home with our investigators, recent converts, and less active members. President teaches about Joseph Smith the prophet and then we enjoy ice cream and cookies for dessert. We feel grateful that over 40 people attend this special family home evening making it a wonderful Thanksgiving Day for us.

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Specialized Training in Zaragoza, Bilbao, and Hospitalet

We recognize Sister Johnson in celebrating her birthday during our break at specialized Conference.

President Dayton teaches about Faith and Being an Effective Teacher. I teach about the Power of One, the assistants teach about asking inspired questions. We also enjoy a lesson in Spanish and a very special testimony meeting.

We conclude our meeting by announcing we will all receive flu shots...a very fun part of the meeting!

Bilbao Specialized Conference.

We celebrate the birthday of Elder Barton during our break. We sing Happy Birthday to him and give him candy bars!

We once agin end with flu shots....

Hospitalet Specialized Conference

We enjoy our 15 minute break with a mini Thanksgiving dinner snack--a slice of turkey, mashed potatoes and a roll.

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

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November Baptisms/Family Home Evening/Sister Dayton's Birthday

Carolina makes a Tres Leche cake for dessert. I enjoy blowing out 62 candles...no easy feat!

The perfect way to celebrate my birthday...with wonderful missionaries!

Blowing 62 candles out....

Family Home Evening in the mission home on Thursday November 10th. President Dayton taught about differences of our church and other churches.

We had great helpers in the kitchen serving and cleaning up the pazookis we had for refreshments.

Such special baptisms we are privileged to attend.

Church in the Islands on Sunday November 13th.

My brother and wife, Mike and Marlene HJutchings, share time with us in Spain. They speak at our Missioanry Leadership Meeting, attend Family Home Evening and travel with us to the Islands for a baptism. We enjoy a wonderful week together.