Fun phone call from gal who just returned from Guatemala 11-25-2012

We just got off the phone with a gal, Melanie McVee from Pleasant Grove who just returned from Guatemala.  She spent 10 days there on a Humanitarian Service Mission ( her husband is an oral surgeon).  They saw 840 youth from morning to night, giving hair cuts, dental work, medical exams, wisdom teeth, in helping them to be ready to send their paper work in for mission calls.  There were 110 people who went on this service misison (5 doctors, 22 dentists, 6 oral surgeons, assistants, and others) that went.  While they were there, different sets of missionary's got to come and help, and guess who was one of the missionaries that got to translate for her, of course our  Seth.  She said he was so darling, fun and happy.  She said that he was speaking really good spanish  with all the youth, and translated nicely for her.  She said she loved his laugh, and he laughed a lot and had fun with the youth.  She also said that he was wearing a Guatemalan tie, and she asked him where she could find a tie like it to send to her son on his mission in California who was in a spanish speaking mission.  He told her he would just give her his tie, so at the end of the day, he took his tie off and gave to her as a souvenir.  She was so grateful, and told him she would call and tell us all about their visit.  She also mentioned that some of the missionaries who were getting close to returning home were talking of how they couldn't wait to see carpet, because in Guatemala they usually have all tile, wood or mud floors.

We had a great time visitng with Melanie, and so happy to hear that Seth is doing well.

Marilyn

A bunch of youth with Elder Gates and Banks

Family from Nahuala

Helping out at the check-in desk

Here are some photos that she sent us: