Relief Society Christmas in Uruguay

We had a Relief Society Christmas Luncheon one Saturday (Nov. 20.) Here are some pictures from that day. We all drew names ahead of time, and had a gift exchange from our Secret Sister. After everyone opened their anonymous gift, they went one by one, showed the gift they had received, and the secret giver revealed herself. It was fun. We had a spirit of sisterhood and anticipation for the Christmas season.


The tables were set with the food when we got there. We had a broccoli torta, which is a thick quiche. We also had empanadas which are round pastries with meat filling folded in half and sealed. Yum! There was a roll of some sort, kind of like an egg roll with meat and vegetables inside.


After we had eaten most of the delicious food on our plates, Julia Bengochea, a new convert, came around with pizza with a yummy, thick crust, and a large rolled sandwich with tuna salad in it. The bread was slightly sweet, so the sweet, salty thing kept me wanting more. Yum! The problem was, we were full by then. Everyone ate anyway. Then, of course, we had a big cake (postre) for dessert. I thought I would pop from eating so much!

I got these pictures from the sister missionaries that live in our ward. They took pictures of our investigators. Actually, their investigators, but we have been visiting them and fellowshipping them.

This is Grizelda. She is the mother of a 16-year-old who got baptized the third week we were here. She is SO nice! She works as a server at the Spanish Embassy. The sisters are Sister Casebolt from Farmington, UT, and Sister Gardner from Taylorsville, UT. They are hard workers who have 3 people getting ready to be baptized.

This is Alicia Torres, who was less-active, but came to church once to try our ward out. Everyone is so friendly, she kept coming back.










Yolanda was playing the piano for two of the sisters singing around the piano. I don't know the name of the gal on the left, but Blanca is in the middle. She is outgoing, friendly , and loves music. She tells me all about what she is thinking and what's happening in her life. I catch about 30% of what she is saying, but that is enough to know how to respond. She is a good friend.







This is a better picture of Yolanda. She lives close to us, and she is the one who plays the piano for Sac. Mtg. and Relief Society every week. Her hands are arthritic, but she plays just fine. She is always complementary to me.



We had a special musical number. The sisters sang "Angels we Have Heard on High."

















The bishop came a little later and he took a group picture. The man is the 2nd counselor in the Bishopric. He was putting his tie back on.