Nancy Andrews | October 31, 2009
Our young adult group has been planning a Noche de Naciones (Night of the Nations) for a ward activity. We have members who came here from Venezuela to get away from Chavez and his dictatorship,– people from Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and of course Spain, and the Canary Islands. We also have one [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 28, 2009
We have been very busy. There are so many things to share- but not enough time for writing. So I will add to this a few lines at a time when I get time. We have been busy building relationships with the members here, as well as many part member families. We went to [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 21, 2009
Our first preparation day, we got our laundry done and as you can see, Ron is refreshing his skills in ironing! Then we took off in our little car with Sister Swenson, and Sister Campbell to see the ocean, and some of the other areas of the Island. We hadn’t had time to get to the [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 17, 2009
We had a great day today! The Sister missionaries, and I went together to a District Relief Society Conference in La Laguna. It is a beautiful mountain city about 15 minutes away. It was an all day affair. Sisters from all of the islands got together for a day of fun and sharing. We [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 15, 2009
Well, the plane arrived safe and sound in Tenerife- the city of Santa Cruz, towards the northern end of the island. This is the airport where the worst air disaster in history took place! It was a few years ago- but 2 -747’s collided head on killing over 600 people! So we were a bit [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 10, 2009
On Monday the 5th of October we went with our friends, Marcia and Rodney Ford, who are now serving in the Madrid Temple, but served before in Tenerife,-To see some of the sights of Madrid. I can’t really tell you what they all are but the pictures will speak for themselves as to the beauty [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 10, 2009
We went to Segovia on Friday with some new friends the Shaws and Haus, and saw so many wonderful old buildings. We went to a castle- see in the pictures- built out on the edge of a cliff. No enemies could conquer this!! The mote is empty now but , what a fortress. I’ll bet [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 10, 2009
Before we left for Spain we looked up two of my cousins on my father’s side of the family. Aunt Zola’s daughter Melanie , I haven’t seen since we were kids. She is so talented, like her mother teaches Drama. You can see how tiny she is. We went out to dinner together before we [...]
Nancy Andrews | October 4, 2009
Hi to everyone! We have had so many things we’ve wanted to share with you, but haven’t been able to connect into the internet yet here in Spain. We are borrowing Brother and Sister Ford’s computer tonight. They are the people that we are replacing from Tenerife. They are here in Madrid now working as [...]