We arrived in the late morning and we had a training with the new mission president and MSR (membership records and statistics) . We all met at the new mission home . The Posadas Mission is a newly created mission and includes all of Misiones province plus some districts in Pilar, La Paloma and Encarnacion, Paraguay. The mission president and his wife, President LaPierre and his lovely wife, Dottie, (I asked if her name was Dorothy and indeed it is!) have a huge task ahead of them. They are from Boston, very down to earth and very warm and friendly. They have 10 children, 2 sets of twins which makes them very real indeed! When we arrived at the mission home , the house was filled with about thirty missionaries ready to head to Paraguay! They had just been fed a lovely lunch prepared by Hermana LaPierre. ..... sloppy joes, and good old American potatoe salad,, and homemade brownies!
Our new auditor, Manuel Franco, attended our meetings on this day. He is a very , very nice person and we are looking forward to working with him. We were there until about 6:30 and then Omar and Michael and I drove south to Apostoles for another training which went until 11:00 at night. We loved the people we met with and were able to explain and cover alot of information on the audit work.
The next morning, early we went back to the mission home to further train Hermano Franco and also the mission president. We had a great visit and learned more about Hermano Franco and his family and his South American Heritage. After Hermano Franco left, around noon, President La Pierre and his wife invited us to share lunch with them.... leftovers from the missionary lunch the day before. We ate outside on the patio, it was a perfect spring day..... we shared laughs, experiences new and old, and a little information about ourselves...... it is always fun to meet people from the Boston area as we traveled to there and through there when we lived in New Hampshire and we have wonderful memories of family trips...........
On Saturday, we met with the Posadas Stake.... and had a great meeting and Michael was able to answer many quesrions. Hermano Franco also attended..... After the meeting we shared a snack of sweet treats and the traditional white thin sandwiches that are filled with various fillings.
Sunday we left early in the morning to head north to Eldorado...to meet with the Eldorado District and small district that had the wrong audit forms! They were so happy to talk with us and get some updated information. These four men loved Mike's sense of humor and there was a good amount of laughs and teasing going on among us all!
Here are photos of our trainings, each of which we enjoyed to the fullest. Meeting the people and associating with them is always the highlight of our travels.
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| Apostoles District! These guys were so young and so nice! |
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| Aposotles... As you enter this town of Apostoles, there are two enormous statues of two of the apostels which are lit up! It is an incredible sight at night! |
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| Eldorado District! |
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| Enrique, President LaPierre, Osmar and Michael Posadas Mission Home |
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| Our new AAA, Hermano Franco is next to Michael. He is a big guy! These people were sooo nice! The shortest man was so jovial and smile and laughed alot! We enjoyed the evening with these fine people! |
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