Special Family Came to our Family Home Evening

I am late writing this report, because we returned home to Utah for 10 days.  Our Guatemala visa expires every 90 days, so we have to go home and return, for another 90 days.  

The Sister Missionaries in Fray contacted us, and asked if we could get a Book of Mormon to Mario Rene Caal.  We arranged to meet him in town, and gave him both a Spanish and a Kekchi Book of Mormon.  He said his sons could read Kekchi.  We invited them to come to our home for a visit, but he said his wife was ill, and couldn't walk very well.  We told him we would pray for her.  He also said that he could only bring a couple of his children, because he couldn't afford the bus fare for all of them -- they needed it for their school fees, etc.  So we offered to come and pick them up.  (He said he had 7 children.)

On March 28th, the family came to our home for a family home evening.  Eight of them came.   The mother was able to walk, and so she came also.  They said they were thankful for our prayers, but asked us to keep praying, because she still had some problems.  In the picture below, the father is in the blue striped shirt.  The mother is in the green next to him.  The older daughter, and her six year old son are next, then a 15 yr. old boy.  On the other side, in the gold blouse with a baby, is their daughter-in-law and her 4 month old baby (her husband had to work that day).  Then a 17 yr. old boy in light blue shirt. Bob and I are standing in the back.

We showed them a video about Christ (in Spanish).  Another man had gone with Bob to pick them up (a city employee who knew where they lived), and he spoke Spanish, Kekchi and English, so he was our interpreter.  It was a very nice meeting with them.  The older boy (in the blue shirt) really hugged us when they left.  I think he has been reading the Kekchi Book of Mormon, and he seemed very receptive to the video.  They were planning to come again on April 11th, but we had to take care of some matters with our pickup, so we are just getting back to Cahabon on April 12th.