Sunday In Honduras

Sunday we attended a branch about an hour away from Tegucigalpa in an area called the Valley of Angels.  We loaded onto buses and drove through the countryside to the church building.  It was a very nice building, but small.  We attended sacrament meeting with the branch members.  After sacrament meeting the branch members were able to go from one classroom to the next and we had items to give to them.  They started with a family picture that we took and then printed and framed for them to take home.  It was such a neat experience to see their reaction as they received their pictures, I'm sure most of them had never had a framed picture of their families.  Some of the things they received were toys, stuffed animals, princess outfits, aprons, schools kits, blankets, soccer balls, books of mormon, jewelry etc.

Jon and I were assigned to help hand out stuffed animals and candy to the kids in one of the rooms.

Heidi stayed in the chapel and played the piano as the families sang and waited for their turn to come to each of the classrooms.  She also played the closing song for sacrament meeting.

The kids were so cute!  

After sacrament meeting we were able to go to the Tegucigalpa Temple and spend some time walking around the temple grounds.  

This is the neighborhood around the temple.

The trees and plants around the temple were beautiful.  Heidi loved the palm trees!

After the temple we got on the buses again and headed to a fireside.  It was a fireside for the youth on missionary work. Elder Laboriel who is the area authority and Elder Ochoa who is in the area presidency were the speakers.  

We had dinner at a restaurant on top of a mountain that overlooked Tegucigalpa.  It was a long day but a wonderful day of church and service.