All I want for Chrifmaf...

Thanksgiving Day, 2006. Yep, I broke my
tooth off again. So now I can whistle again.

Some folks from Hickory

This is us with Angel, Carmen, and Laura.
They are amazing people, I love them to death.


This is a very dark picture of the Quino family
in Hudson, NC. They are from Peru, and they
had just moved in from Rhode Island. They
were the first family I met in Hickory. 

Some folks from Hickory

This is us with Edmundo. We were teaching
him English and he liked to eat with us every
Sunday evening. The stuffed animals aren't his.


Us with Mario Vasquez, a Costa Rican. He fed
us every other Monday, always Japanese food.


Hermana Flores with her pass-along card. She
moved into the branch from Charlotte about
half a week before I finished my mission. We
went to visit her in Mills River, NC.

This is the Aranda family, one of our all time
favorite families in the area. Top: Raquel,
Jareth, Alfredo, me, Elder Livingston.
Bottom: Raquel, Hiram. 

Some folks from Hickory

Us with Samuel Patoni. His floor is
only messy because we were helping
him assemble a huge entertainment
center. He's the guy who sang at the
talent show in Charlotte.


Familia Vasquez. Top: us. Middle: Daniel,
Hno. Brenes, Hna. y Hno. Vasquez.
Bottom: Mosiah, Axel.

Some of the coolest kids ever. They are with
the Chavez family.


The Chavez family, minus Hno. Chavez.