Capital of New York

 

Buenas! 

We had stake conference this past week. It was SO fun to see all the Villa Verde members. The conference was top notch and the congregation was huge. I looked back at all the members and just wondered how many missionaries it took over the past few decades to fill all those seats. The church is relatively new here; about forty years now. Most of the members are first or second generation members. It will just continue to grow. It’s true that sometimes you don’t see the fruits of your labor but the fruits come.

We have now hit the rainy season. But, the weather definitely has not started to cool down yet and it’s more humid and raining quite a bit. The vegetables here are pretty cheap so i've started making lots of soup. It’s been fun to experiment. 

There are about one million Dominicans that live in New York. Hermana Thomas and I always laugh because Dominicans consider The United States and New York to be the same thing. We often get asked, "when are you going back to New York, What part of New York are you from? Do you miss New York?" This week a man asked where we are from and when Hermana Thomas said Washington D.C he said, "Wow the capital of New York".

We haven't had water for the past few days so we are starting to smell. But life is good!

I am so happy for Hillary and her engagment... but someone please sabatoge this wedding and get her to postpone it until next summer.

Happy 25 years of marriage mami y papi!!! Love your emails and pictures. 

Cuídense!!!! 

Meg