Farewell to Guatemala

Our time in this beautiful country is almost over.  This post covers our farewell lunch with President and Sister Burk and the Roberts as well as our despedida and pictures of our beloved temple staff.  We went to lunch at San Martin on April 6.  Here we are posing as we were leaving.

                               Pres. & Hna Burk, Hna & Pres Roberts, Elder & Hna Eberhard

The next pictures are our temple staff along with some of the missionaries and presidency.

Bro. Carranza, the recorder who works with Gary, Bro. Ibanez, an engineer, Maggie, a secretary, Hna Guzman, a missionary who often works in the office with Gary, Hna Guerra, maintenance, Bro. Zea maintenance, Marta, secretary.

                              Two secretaries, Brenda & Hna Estrada, laundry worker, Hna Carcamo, the Barneys Allreds, and Burks

 Bro.  Jimenez, Hna Rosades, Bro. Ibanez, Bro. Carranza, Sister Roberts, Maggie, Pres. Roberts, Hna Guzman

   Center back not shown in pictures above is Jose Martinez from the Laundry

                                            The temple presidency and their wives.

                                                         Eberhards at the despedida

                                                             The Roberts

 

                                    Above, the Allreds and Thompsons.  Below the Rosales.

This is Erick, the temple gardener who keeps our patio flowers so beautiful.

And these two pictures are our housekeeper, Sandra.  She came by on our last day here to get this picture with  both of us.  We will really miss her and all the work she did for us!  We  never thought we would have a housekeeper, but everyone hires her because she is a single mother with two missionaries out and three younger children still at home, and it costs so little to keep our apartment clean and help her to provide for her family.