Sun Dublan
Nellie and Maurice Bowman Family 

Merry Christmas to all, and a happy 2006!

We just completed our second year of our temple calling here in Oaxaca, one more to go. It was so neat to have Bruce, Lastenia and family come and visit us last January. It was great fun to see these Book of Mormon lands with them, go to the ancient ruins of Monte Alban and Mitla, see the famous 2000 year old "Tule" tree, and also spend a few days at the beaches of Puerta Escondido. It was a must to swim in the Pacific ocean and build sand forts on the beach! To get there we had to travel on very windy roads and drive through "the wilderness" of the Book of Mornon lands! We had a great time, and it was sad to have them go back to cold Utah! Other visitors have included Maurice's brother Donn and wife, and also some of our friends from Utah.

The rest of the year has been filled with challenging, stretching, but fulfilling experiences as we serve in this beautiful small temple, speak at every stake conference, entertain General Authorities, and mingle with these faithful descendents of Father Lehi.

We are looking forward with excitement toward our trip to Salt Lake this December for a very special occasion: the marriage of our grandson Aaron (Bybee) and Mary on the 15th. He has asked his grandpa Bowman to perform the sealing in the Salt Lake Temple. Most of our family will be present for that blessed event, and what a joy that will be!

It has been quite the experience, living here in this land of the eternal spring, with beautiful flowering trees, fruits of every kind, (some you've never heard of) and many more delights and delicacies such as fried grasshoppers! We love the people and their diligence in serving in the temple. And we're even going to have a new home to live in soon, as the church is building a home for the temple president and three apartments for temple missionaries. They poured the concrete floor today, and it should be finished in the middle of February.

May we all enjoy the wonder of Christmas, as we remember our Saviour's birth so long ago. May we all be preparing for his Second coming, because it is getting closer you know!

// Webmaster: Troy Bowman