Sister Maria Villalba (Wearing the pink shirt) found my blog on line before we arrived on Tenerife, so she knew I was a painter. Her daughter was suppose to be one of our JAS kids but ended up getting married before we arrived. It was actually Maria's husband, who is in the district presidency, who was responsible for getting us here in the first place, but that is a long story. Anyway, Maria asked me to paint with her 12 year old daughter, Aurora, soon after we came and I told her I would during the summer. Maria's friend Angeles (see story below) was baptized not long ago and she has a daughter Aurora's age and another daughter who loves art. Maria wanted to invite more friends, another daughter of Angeles and the missionaries because the daughters are now investigators. I thought the best thing to do was to have a rock painting party because the JAS kids really enjoyed it.
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| This is our group, painting away, minus the Elders |
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Elder McKeighan and Elder Malan
These are the finished rocks. I don't know what is with the young girls and the mustaches but they must be "in", because they all painted them.
Erika would have received the prize for the best rock if prizes were given.
This is our group with their finished rocks. It was a great day!
Sister Nydgger told a story about prayer rocks they painted when she was in Young Women so I am calling rocks we paint "prayer rocks' from now on. The is how it goes: You put your painted rock on your pillow so when you lay your head down at night it will remind you to say your prayers. Then when you finish your night prayer you put your rock on the floor by your bed so that you will see it or step on it in the morning to remind you of your morning prayer. After morning prayers it goes back on the pillow. NEAT idea!
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