Flowers... Mountain Views... Condega Style Church...

The rains have come and the flowers are popping. The mountain highlands are beautiful, green, and lush. This tree would be perfect for a tree house.

As we were driving to Condega, the fog was hanging onto the mountains. Laurie about fell out of the car taking these pictures. It's become a beautiful drive we get to enjoy each week and sometimes more when we have a branch assignment there.

Our little group in Condega, which is part of our branch, meet in one of our members homes. We average 15-20 in attendance each week. We hold Sacrament meeting and Sunday School (combined) on the back patio. For the third hour (our meetings total 2 hours) the Relief Society stays here and the Priesthood moves 20' to the front porch. We usually have one member bless the Sacrament and one pass. Elder Howland (left) is the group leader and he and Elder Russell take care of the meeting (speakers, prayers, etc.) There is a RS, SS, and Priesthood teacher and one Priesthood holder is being trained as the Assistant Group Leader. Though we're small, the spirit is strong and they are progressing.

Happy Mother's Day to the mother of my awesome children. She gets to celebrate this special day twice as the "Nicas" celebrate el día de la madre on May 30. We are trying to get our small group of primary children to learn and sing a Mother's Day song which they have never done before. This should be fun and interesting.