Rick spent his first three weeks in the Provo MTC
They spent 12 hours a day studying Spanish and the Gospel in this room. At least it seemed like 12 hours a day. I remember, I did it 25 years ago.
Rick and his first companion, Elder King
Rick made lots of friends there
Then he got sent on short notice down the the CCM which is the same thing as the MTC but in Guatemala City, Guatemala. This is his companion Elder Crockett. They were both called as Assistants to the President which meant he was directing meetings in Spanish after only three weeks of Spanish. His first couple of weeks was rather interesting. First they had a small earthquake and then the Volcano by Guatemala city blew. It left three inches of ash on the city. Then a few days later Tropical Storm Agatha hit and made a mess of everything. It clogged the drains and a huge sink hole appeared about five miles away from the CCM. It was 200 feet deep and took out a building and an intersection. They also had mud slides that killed several hundred people. I wasn't worried though. I survived a Cue in Ecuador!
President Steimle of the CCM
The Guatemala City Temple was just across the street
This photo he obviously took from the window of a bus with a tree in the way but I liked it. It looks like a poorer part of Guatemala City
The food looks delicious!
He made many soccer friends here
This is a boy after his mothers heart!
His first area was in Santa Cruz del Quiche
His kitchen
His yard
His study desk
The back of his tag
These are the people he serves and plays with
He loves Eddie who has Down Syndrome like our son Joseph
This looks like a picture right from my mission 25 years ago in Quito, Ecuador except for the little jeep and there were few telephone lines
A cute little family that got baptized just after he left this area
Where's Ricko?
Elder Bryce and Elder Griffey
Washing his own clothes in his Pila! I think he thinks its fun
He takes us on a tour of his house in this video
Indiana Jones
They often don't have electricity and so they study at night by candlelight
Guatemala has beautiful sunsets too
There's nothing better than a bus full of missionaries!
Rick and his Mission President and wife. President Lorenzana
Ruins at Zaculeu
The missionaries have this place to themselves. That's amazing
Some kind of celebration? Dia de la Muerte?
Frying up some platanos
Looks like Crab soup- Yummy!
Merry Christmas!
He says "So these pictures you are recieving are mostly of us at the Mirador. Its a look-out spot really high in Huehue. The volcano in the background on the left is actually in Xela. And my area in Calvario was right below it. To the left is Momostenango and Quiche, and then straight below is Huehue. Pretty much half of Guatemala can be seen from there."
Even President Lorenzana went
Looks like he's eating well
Then he gets transfered to Momostenango which is up in the mountains. This is the branches baptismal font
The roads only go along the tops of the mountains. There's a lot of climbing up and down and he said he lost the extra inch he developed the first part of his mission
This is pretty much their entire house and there were three missionaries living here. They only could buy their food once a month
Wearing out his shoes in the service of the Lord
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