Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

          Glade was working at the desk this afternoon when a group of eight to ten English-speaking youth aged 15 to 21 came into the temple.  It turned out that most of them were from Arizona and they were here doing service with the LDS Dental Academy—you know, the one in Provo that we supported for so many years.  They were accompanied by a man who is a dentist, his wife, and their two daughters from St. George.  One of the temple workers who first greeted them told them that Glade was a dentist and worked in the temple.   So, when this man saw Glade, he went right up to him and said, “I hear you are a dentist.”  What a coincidence.  They had a great conversation. 

Just a little later, a lady was leaving the temple and had just opened the door to leave when the wind from a sudden storm outside caught the door and slammed it open and against the outside wall shattering the beautiful cut glass that made up the huge door.  It shattered like safety glass in a windshield in that it didn’t fall to pieces, but stayed together in pieces seemingly held together with fibers of some kind.  It was all covered and taped tonight when we left--so sad.  It was lucky that no one was hurt.  The glass in this huge door was the same as the other beautiful glass windows that I have described in earlier posts.

          Here are a few more random photos from Monday’s outing.

These are oranges of some kind that were growing on the grounds of the restaurant where we ate.

Another banana photo--notice the big purple shape at the end of the "tail."

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but this road was very, very steep!

Random house in the town of Santa Lucia where most of these pictures were taken.  The couple who drove wanted us to see the sights in this town.  The streets were very narrow and very scary-steep.

Taken from the car while driving.

This one gives a better idea about the steep roads.

Wash Day!

Roof samples.  There were several housetops with these baked-clay bricks that had
plants and weeds growing up from them.  It would be pretty funny to have to weed your roof!

The view was beautiful, but the pictures don't show it very well.
 There were too many obstacles in the way and it was a little hazy.

More of the view.

More of the town.

Last one of the town.

This is the only pond we have seen since we have been here and it appeared on our drive home.
 Glade was trying to get a picture of the one duck in the water.  If there were any fish in there,
 they wouldn't be fit to eat because of the contaminated water.