This is what seems to be waiting for us, the city of Praia, capital of Cape Verde (Cabo Verde). This city is in the island of Santiago (one of the 10 islands that constitute the country.) This is the Praia Cape Verde Mission headquarters (the office is close to the pier on the left side.)

As of today, January 4th 2016, we are still waiting for the Missionary Department to give us the new date to enter the Provo MTC (we actually were supposed to check in today) but things changed because of Leonor's new medicine. We are praying we will be on our way soon!!! In the meantime we are still "enjoying" the snow which this winter has brought a lot more than in the last 2 or 3 years, spending time with the Alvarez and Schultz grandchildren.

About a week after I retired Leonor were able to visit the Smiths in Ohio last October and got to visit some Church history sites with the Smith grandchildren

Here in Cleveland at the West Market with the Smith grandchildren (from left Harley, KC, and May)

At the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio (Morgan, May, Leonor, Sunshine, KC, and me

 At the same market with the Smith kids and our daughter Sunshine

 Here Mercedes on her first date with grandpa at the Swirl Ice Cream

 Grandpa with the Alvarez granddaughters (from top left Tiffani, Rebecca, Emma, and Alivia

Grandma reading to the Schultz girls (from left Mercedes, Cora, and Rowan)

Grandpa and Christian Schultz

Here in our Audit training with two other couples, Jacksons (next to me) going to Central America based in Guatemala, and Moyers going to Papua New Guinea and us going to Cape Verde.

While we waited for the Missionary Department to give us a new date to leave for Cape Verde, I made a quick trip to Mexico City and Orizaba.