Starting Our Day

We were thinking of things we could write home about.  Nothing came to mind, but, I thought it would be nice to show you our daily routine. 

When the sun comes up in the fall, it's pretty.  This was the sunrise I saw one morning.   I took the picture through the windows, but you get the idea.



This one was beautiful.



But this one was spectacular!



We catch the bus outside our apartment about 8:15 a.m.  When we get off, there are a couple of portero-type of guys who always greet us.  They don't say "Buenos Dias" all the time here, they say "Buen Dia."  Here is one of the guys.  He says, "Buen Dia, Buenos Dias."  I think one of the greetings is for me, and one for Jerry.  I don't know which is which, though. :)

We are in front of the San Antonio Pharmacy which is right around the corner from our office, so we use that all the time.  It is open 24 hours. 



This is the entrance to our building, Plaza Mayor.  Who is that handsome missionary going in?




Inside, it has a lovely lobby.





The porteros there are very kind, and greet us.  The man gives us the newpapers for the office every day.   The four elevators are right behind them.





We get two newspapers everyday for the office. 
One is El Pais (The Country) the other is El Observador (The Observer.)   I put them on the manager's desk.  He must read two different points of view everyday to keep in touch with the market and social problems.  He makes an analysis of how major events impact the job market.


The buttons on the elevators are strange.  1E  is first floor parking (estacionamiento) 2E, second floor parking.  1S (looks like 15)  goes to the street behind the building-it is part of the parking also.  Our floor is number 2, but it is the 4th floor of the building.  The lobby is PB  (Primero Bis.)  It was pretty confusing to me at first, but the 2 was always easy to figure out. 

Here is a view from the 1E  parking level that looks out on the Plaza Independencia.  Our building faces the huge building, but our office is on the other side, facing a quieter street. 


 I stood on the sidewalk behind where that bus is turning the corner and took a picture of our office.  So if the bus was still there, I would have just got a picture of the side of the bus.   But, I waited for the traffic, and got this picture of our building.

I still got a picture of a bus, but at least you can see our office building with the mirror windows.  It's a beautiful, modern building.  We are very blessed to be able to work in such a nice office.



This is the hall to our office.  There is a German Company at the end of the hall.  Our office is on the right.  Our sign is on the edge of the picture.



Front view of the office with the sign.

Reception desk with the manager's office in the background.

                          A typical scene in the office.
Usually Jerry is at the computers helping people enroll in ldsjobs.org.  I am often at the reception desk.
We leave the office about 5:10 or so.  We walk a few blocks to the bus stop and it takes about 30 minutes to get home.  After dinner, Jerry and I walk on the rambla sometimes.  One night, we saw a beautiful moon rise. 

I didn't think we would see a harvest moon here without all the dust and smoke in the air.  Goes to show....  It reminded me of harvest time, though.  The only thing is...it's April!  I'm so confused!!


Sometimes the moon shines on the water.  It's gorgeous!

That is our work week, but on Saturdays, we look out the window and see the sailboats.

So that's our day.  We love our mission and are so happy to be serving in this beautiful area of Uruguay. 

One day, we had two investigators come into the office, and two other people who wanted the missionaries to come to their home and teach them about the church.  I called in the referrals.  We are doing missionary work after all.  Sometimes I forget that.  We are accumulating quite a stack of referrals we have made.  We hope to get another baptism. 

The church is true and it is the way to happiness in this life and the next.  We are so grateful to be able to do our part in the work of this amazing church.