EL TIEMPO SE VUELE - AS TIME FLIES BY

Puerto Limon (Corales) Branch where we spoke on May 17th.

Very excited for son-in-law Joseph, who got his U.S. Citizenship.

Went hiking to Tapanti (Orosi Valley) with a young
family, the McCunes. They live in Escazu.
 

Workshop in San Francisco de Heredia ward.

Fun to see our former next door neighbor, Alison Boone (now living in Oklahoma)

The Limon District set up a new C.A.S.  (Centro de Auto Suficiencia)
 to help members locally.
  It's 3 hours east of San Jose on the Mar Caribe
(Caribbean Sea)

This is our new Branch Specialist in Corales, Kicha Davis. She has been a member
7 months and is preparing to serve a mission.
 Her father is an investigator.

The McCune's with Tapanti Waterfall in the
background. Their cute little chica does
not like her picture taken : )

Joseph G. Nochebuena.  One of the USA's newest citizens.

This cartoon on cooling needs of women of advancing
years gave us all a good laugh with Sister Petersen's
lack of love of the heat & humidity.

We toured Fantasy Canyon near Vernal, Utah by Skype with
the Heads and Ryan over Memorial Day weekend.

Temporary Office while electrical system next door,
@ Capilla Don Bosco, was being renovated.
 

Our friends Karla Zuniga & Michael Aguilar, came by one Saturday
 to help us with cleaning.  Here they are, shaking our rugs on top of
Torres Paseo Colon. 

Some of the La Sabana Stake Ward Specialists up on 27th floor after
a training session with Stake Specialist Ali Porras. Don't know
where she was at this minute, but she isn't in the foto.
On the left is our friend Ana Chavarria, Stake Relief Society
President, La Sabana Stake.

In front of rented house used as meetinghouse for Santiago Puriscal Branch.

In the next room to the right (Rama Puriscal) was a 1 inch
crack that ran the entire width of the building,
from a recent earthquake.

Rodrigo Rivera leading a recently returned missionary seminar.
 

We went to the Cineplex in Curridibat and saw "Meet the Mormons".  Everything
said it was subtitled in English but Sister Petersen got to watch it entirely in Espanol.

Karla Zuniga with her parents and friends.  It was Michael's birthday.

Fast Day for June was in Siquirres, Limon Providence.  The stake just
made this strong branch a ward.  This is Bishop Alvarado & his wife.

On the way home from Siquierres we stopped by Turriaba . This
small ward chapel is scheduled for renovation this fall.

Back in Siquirres we asked everyone who was a member circa 1995,
 when our son-in-law, Jeff's cousin,
Corrine Berrett served there. Quite a few members gave
her a thumbs-up.
 

Went to Turriabla to give Kennia Monestel a PEF check she needed,
 AND...

To drive to the top of Volcon Turriabla the most active of the
volcanoes currently. 

This goat herd came running out to meet Sister Petersen until
they found out she did not have any food for them. This
is ther U turn.

We made it to within 6km of the Volcano where there was a ranger blocking
the way.  For safety reasons???

Once outside of San Jose, this is the biggest travel challenge!
With all the rain & steep mountain-sides, hardly a month goes by
without some kind of road closure.

Final new missionaries & their trainers with the Wilkinson's!!

Happy birthday to Office Elder Nelson from Draper, with the  Burts (Mission Secretaries)
and Mission Nurses Hna Petersen & Markle and Sister Markle's companion,
Hermana Ramirez.