Darwin and Vicki Blogs

It’s Darwin writing this time.We have missed a lot of our friends in Great Falls, so yesterday we were glad to see Lola Tracy for a little while. She has

Our life got a little hectic day before yesterday. We thought the house was taken care of. We were working with a management company to rent it to students of

This was a much easier way to do the fence. Br. Bingham was a life saver, thank you, thank you. It went on so much faster with the right equipment

We are now at Ben and KiKi’s enjoying the heat – 97 – and the three of them. Kate is a sweatheart. Right now she is headed to bed with

We have a lot of pictures this time. There has been alot happening. We are still with Ben and Kirsten and Kate. Kate is fun to be with and she

I have not posted for a while so I am going to do some catching up. Darwin and I were in Phoenix with Ben, Kirsten and Kate. Ben graduated on

After Ben’s graduation we flew to Sacramento, California. We stayed with Kaye and Dan Wilson my cousins whom I have not seen for over 15 years. Alma is the wife

Darwin and I were set apart tonight by President Bues. We will be leaving Idaho on Friday. We hope to be back to Salt Lake City on the 16th to

We have had a wonderful time this past week as we have finished our preprations for leaving the country for two years. We have visited family and friends and said

t is time for bed but I wanted to write a little bit about today. Today is May 26, 2008. We entered the MTC today. It was interesting. They didn’t

This is just a note to all of you that we promised to keep informed. We entered the MTC yesterday (Mission Training Center for the non members of our church-

The Milling Crowd while new young Elders and Sisters come in. Groups like this are all over the lobby. Outside the MTC Christy and Anthony saying goodby Our Room in

Below are some pictures of a few of the couples that we have been with all week. There were 15 couples plus one single older sister this week. This was

Yesterday was incredable. We were assigned to the 57th branch. There are 57 branches (ie church congregations) at the MTC but there are not that many that are Comprised of

Ok here we go. It has been a couple of weeks since I have been able to update this blog and a lot has happened. First of all we are

Vicki’s putting the pictures together, so I’m going to write a little about what’s been going on the last two weeks. We arrived in Bogotá late June 13th. We had

We are now riding the bus to work in the morning and walking home in the evening. Let me tell you in a little more detail what our part of

This city is so very interesting. There are street vendors everywhere. There are little stands on every corner almost and in the middle of the block people lay out blankets

This evening we went over the the chapel by the temple for a festival in Migel Angel and Nancy’s ward. It was wonderful. They had a dance celelebrating the Atlantic

Dad and I in Central Mexico City. Mexico City is built on the ruins of another city, and that city was built on a lake. All of Mexico City sits

We did our first full training for auditors in Cartegena. Miguel Angel was with us and did the training while we watched. Next week in Duitama Darwin does the training

Today was a holiday in Colombia. Again we are not sure what holiday but we took advantage of it since the office was closed. I did end up with one

This is a short post. Just wanted to get up the last of the Ecuador photos. I will try to do a regular post tomorrow with some shots of things

The sign below was on one of the bus stops just down from our apartment building. It says “My city is divine.” It has now changed (they change quite frequently)

I have wanted to do this post for a long time. I have lots of pictures but I don’t know if pictures can ever give you the true flavor of

Merry Christmas from Bogota!! I told you I thought we were done traveling until after Jan 1. Well that turned out to be rather short sighted. Two weeks ago we

Merry Christmas – Feliz Navidad from Bogotá Below are some of the lights that decorate our area of the city. The Nativity is sculpted in sand. Tonight they will sculpt

I decided to look at the Chile pictures in another way. I am experimenting with how best to show the pictures we have in a way that is the most

It has been a long while since I updated our blog. We have been on the road again and will be gone again tomorrow and then again next week. Two

I Promised a look at our trip to Venezuela and here it is. Most things in Venezuela are much more expensive than in Colombia or especially in Ecuador. However, gasoline

Here we are again. We have been home from another major trip for just a short time and I want to get some pitures up. First we had a quick

This is about 3 minutes of what it is like in front of our apartment in the early mornings. We were waiting for the person from the University of Sabana

I am going to try to post several updates to the blog all at once or in close proximity so hopefully this all won’t be too much all at once.  I

This is a video of the Vocanos in Ecuador. I can´t seem to get it into the other blog page

Our trip to the Equator just a little outside of Quito, Ecuador. Hope you enjoy

This is from one of my all time favorite talks by Elder Holland. I was so glad to see it on the Church You Tube Site. I thought you might

This is the area around where we live now. We love it.

I am so sorry that I have not updated this blog. We have been busy but that is no excuse. I actually take pictures and upload them to my computer

There is a 5.5 minute video below this text about our hike. We have not been traveling as much with Darwin working on new training formates and waiting for the

This has been an exhilarating few days. We were invited to attend the mission presidents seminar in Lima, Peru. All 23 mission presidents and wives that I work with in

I really am going to try to get some video up of our trip. I am waiting because someone has a video of Darwin dancing at the dinner at the

WoW!! Here it is December and I haven’t written a post since late October. I have been putting things up on YouTube and linking them to our webpage and to

Below are a few photos that we took on a family home evening outing of the lights in one of the 4 lighted areas of the city. We have set

Sorry we have been so long. It has been more than a bit hectic. I think missions get more involved the longer you are out. You understand your job better

Since we are home and will be for a while, I have changed the design of our blog. This post is to let you know that we are still around

Well here we are again on foreign soil and getting settled in for another 18 months as mental health advisers to the area presidency and 27 mission presidents and one

For those of you who follow our blog especially those of you who are not members of our church, I hope this post will help you understand some things about

Well yesterday and today have been interesting. We are going to do the family home evening lesson on Monday night for the Senior Couples and we decide to teach them