During the Spring of 2007 my wife and I found ourselves for the second time in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We were with a wonderful group of people doing dentistry, humanitarian work, audiology screening and other things. It is quite a deal to be involved in one of these things. It is constant work during the day into the evening. Sundays we typically go to an outlying town, usually smaller in population for worship services. We take with us duffles full of things to give, kind of a Sub for Santa thing in the Spring.
This particular year we went to a little town called Tatumbla. We met there a sharp looking, articulate family the Buitragos. We have kept our acquaintance since that time. The father told me that he wanted his kids to go to BYU. It was kind of his goal in life in some ways. Well, his daughter Valeria came up a year and a half ago, roughly. His other daughter Marcela appeared on the scene this past summer; she is attending LDS Business College.
I bring this up because yesterday I received the accompanying picture in the mail, along with an announcement of a wedding. Evidently Valeria has captured the heart of a guy, which would be pretty easy to do. That day in 2007 I found myself seated next to her during the church meeting. I asked her name, etc and was impressed with her maturity and her sweet smile. Marcela, her sister, and her younger sister Raquel have the same characteristics, you can melt when they smile at you.
Anyway, I guess this guy, lets call him Stephen, has decided that his life won't be complete without her, so they are having a wedding during this Christmas season. Her family is going to come up from Honduras, it is going to be a whirlwind time I'm sure. We wish them all the best and especially a very Merry Christmas during this special time for them all.
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