Many activities and even a visit from my beautiful sister, Joy and her husband, Lane. We are standing in front of the house of the son of Christopher Columbus. It is a huge stone building which is remarkable given the time period and crude tools used for construction. We also spent some time visiting the old fortress that was built at the mouth of the river to protect the city. It was later turned into a prison. The many prisoners that died there were just thrown into the river which runs next to it. It was humbling to walk through such a place. The picture of the gate is the original entrance into the city from the river. It was built in the early 1500's.

They also spent 4 days in an all inclusive resort on our favorite beach about an hour from Santo Domingo. We joined them for one night and thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

Hermana Finlayson and I were in charge of a family home evening presentation and used our differences in taste in hats to demonstrate that working out our differences as companions while serving in the mission field is important.

We have had a wonderful experience with our institute class. We are teaching "Building and Eternal Marriage" and is for only those who are engaged or married. It is much smaller than we have had in the past so we have been able to do a few more activities with them. They are great kids.

We have had a recent temple trip for the institute youth. We had a good turn out and of course they always like to stay and visit. Hermana Finlayson also feeds them cookies which they love!

I love the temple here in Santo Domingo. Thought you might enjoy some pictures.