Fiesta!

good food, good people

elders gonzalez, ashcroft, hastings, araujo, mattice, & montoya
hermanas smith & nalbandyan

We are getting ready for transfers and for two of our missionaries here on Mallorca to head for home. Hermana Nalbandyan and Elder Mattice will be gone sometime this weekend and will be replaced the first of the week. We had a farewell fiesta at our weekly district meeting.  I made chicken enchiladas, pico de gallo, and guacamole, and Elder Gonzalez made his yummy rice. It all turned out--first time making enchiladas without cream of chicken soup!--and was a delicious feast.  We have become a tight little family here away from the peninsula, and we will miss our two missionaries. Who will join us here in Paradise?!  Stay tuned. . .

The Missionary Wardrobe

happy feet!

Well, it's been about two months of living here in Palma, and I am officially sick of my clothes. Everyday I open my closet and say, "what should I wear today?" and the same skirts and shirts are staring back at me. This past week the weather has warmed up enough to wear my comfy sandals! (which also means no tights:). There is a reason they tell you to bring flat shoes and I, of course, thought I would be fine in heels. I was wrong. Heels are ok for church when you drive there, but not for walking on uneven sidewalks and cobblestones. My feet are very happy to be enjoying fresh air and sandals. Maybe the guys do have it better. Steve laughs at me when I ask what should I wear because his choices are: one of two suits, short or long sleeve white shirt, and what tie--which is why he brought 18:). He is also glad for warm weather--it means no suit coat all day, only to church and meetings. He just took the photos of our closets and informed me that I have about 8 outfits and he has 3,456 combinations if he includes his watches.  Sounds like I need to go shopping!

karen's closet

steve's closet

Trash

trash cans like these are on every street 

It is quite the procedure to take out the trash here.  First, you must sort everything--recycling is strongly encouraged here.  Steve, Mr. Organizer, bought two extra shopping bags to store under the sink so we can sort as we throw away--plastic and cans in one bag, cardboard and paper in the other.  The rest is put in the trash can.  When our landlord was giving us our piso orientation, she let us know that we could only take the trash out after 8:30 pm.  I guess no one wants to see you hauling everything out until after dark!