goals

To be To do

Loving 1 act of service a day

Peace maker Praise Paul every day and pray for the strength to be humble

witness of Christ Go out with the missionaries once a week/give out Book of Mormon monthly

A good husband Go on one date a week

A provider Make 10k this summer

disciple of Christ Read the scriptures 30 minutes a day

Short conversation with Grandma on June 13, 2010

(I only began recording this conversation in the middle.)

Olga: The neighborhood in Beachhurst didn’t allow apartments. It was a nice neighborhood. Maybe we’ll visit together some time.

Me: What do you do these days, Grandma?

Olga: We play Pinochle everyday. Sometimes twice. We cook together and clean up together. Of course she does more than me.

Olga: I was thinking about Guatemala the other day and the chick that you loved. Didn't a clown give you that?

Me: Yes

Olga: I heard you saw that actor who played that character in the movie “A beautiful mind.”

Me: Actually, even better, I saw the real person.

Olga: I really loved that picture. I saw it several times.

Munequita Linda

For those of us who have wanted to have the words to Grandma's most famous song, here are the words (thanks to Grandma and Vivian).

Munequita Linda,
De cabellos d'oro,
De dientes de perlas,
Labios de rubi.

Dime si me quieres,
Como yo te'adoro,
Si de mi te'acuerdas,
Como yo de ti.

Y'a veces escucho,
Un eco divino,
Qu'envuelto'en la brisa,
Parace decir:

Yo te quireo mucho,
Mucho, mucho, mucho,
Tanto como'entonces,
Siempre'haste'l morir.

Beautiful Grandma

Grandma's Food/Health Tips

Grandma has really taught me the importance of eating a big, healthy breakfast. It is crucial to good overall health. She suggested a hearty omelet with vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, garlic, leeks, peppers and mushrooms. She teaches that garlic, onions and lemons are natures cures. She says to not drink juice or eat citrus fruits on an empty stomach because of the acid.

What s the most important thing in life?

Grandma

What s the most important thing in life?

Knowledge of God and of His Son is the most important thing to gain in this life. I learned this directly from my mother and father. In the Catholic Church all we have to do is memorize prayers. I rebelled against that. My sister Ophe followed me. Every day at 6 at our grandmother’s house we would pray together (rosary-joy-pain-glory). It got boring saying the same things. I never thought of that prayer as being communication with God. We never knew the true meaning of baptism.

Do you have any regrets in life?

I adore my mother and father. I don’t remember any regrets. We loved our home, not the world. We lived under my mother and father’s law, not the country’s. We had few friends from school, but not many.

Once a young man was over at the house and as my sister was bending down to pick something up, he slapped her on the bottom. My father saw this and grabbed him by the collar and told him “you have five seconds to get your stuff and get out of here.”

We went on vacation to the beach a few times. They were good memories except for one incident. Once a friend from Spain was visiting. He was swimming in the ocean, but it seemed like something was wrong with him. We sent Mario out to get him. When he got there, he saw blood in the water and couldn’t reach him. Mario came back quick and we looked out in the ocean and saw a group of sharks. The sharks ate our friend from Spain.

The natives loved my father. They built some toilets for us, so when we went to the beach we could use the bathroom. They would carry it with mules and bring it to the beach.

We didn’t wear sun block.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 5:30pm

I love sports. I ran when I was in school, and I played basketball too. Then I got married and I didn't have time to run any more. But the kids would go early to play basketball in the morning, and they would take me along to play with them. That was fun.

The mission was the peak of my life. It was so beautiful to help people all of the time. I never got sick, and Frank never got sick either. We didn't have time to be sick. You don't have time to think of yourself. When you don't have time to focus on yourself, you don't have time to think about being sick. We were up at 6:00 every morning, eating breakfast and trying to plan out our day and all of the things that we would do with all of the people that we were trying to help.

Try not to keep the foods in plastics. I hate the plastics. And now they have people who are saying not to buy the water in plastic bottles.

Do exercises with the kids. You move their arms, their legs, their heads, their bodies. Be close to your children. If I hadn't been close to Vivian she would not have lived. They thought she had polio. But I said know, that it was different. Every time she had a fever I kept a record of them. She would be outside playing and would come in and tell me "Mommy I don't feel good." And she would have a fever of 105 degrees and I would have to give her ice and a cold bath. And I would show them the records and they saw that they were wrong, that the fevers were not like the fevers you get with polio. But they would have treated her for polio.

Don't buy the mineral calcium. Only use the organic calcium from HerbaLife or corral calcium.

The best protection you can have is your immune system.

Everything is knowledge.

Something I would ask of you kids is to ask the schools and board of education to make sure to teach human anatomy so that they kids know how it is that the body works.

Time goes by so fast, and every minute of your life you can learn something new.

(Matthew)