Congratulations to our friend Ethne on being selected as a Student Ambassador. She will be traveling to England and France in June to do all kinds of very cool stuff. Lorena, Kelly, Christian and I all went to see the life size copy of Stonehenge on the Columbia River Gorge a couple of months ago on our way to the Special Meetings in George, Washington, but Ethne gets to go see the REAL THING. WOW! In addition to that, another one of our friends, Idalia Nerpel, made her a quilt that she is raffling off to raise money for the trip. If you want to buy a raffle ticket ($1), let us know and we will help you out with it. Here is the amazing quilt, but this picture does not do it justice:
Grandpa Lauro and Grandma Conchita are going home today. Lorena will drive them to the airport in Portland to leave a little after 2:00 this afternoon. They will fly through Los Angeles to San Antonio, catch a taxi to the bus terminal, and arrive home early tomorrow morning. We have enjoyed them very much. It is pretty hard to stay organized when they are here because everyone enjoys being with them and talking about life, friends and family. It is always very sad to see them go. We are going to try to go to Mexico for a week or so during the early spring, then have Lauro and Conchita come back for convention in August.
TOTALLY COOL ETHNE!!! Be sure to tell me all about Europe! how long will you be there?