Iguacu or Iguassu (it depends what side of the border you are on)

I thought I would put up a few pictures of our trip to Foz do Iguacu where we attended the Mission Presidents Seminar last week. All of the Mission Presidents from Brazil were there. Elder Scott presided and taught along with Elder Neil A. Andersen and the Area Presidency, Elder Didier, Elder Ellis, and Elder Soares. We learned a lot and had a good time too.
Hey! Where is everybody? That's what we thought when we arrived at the airport in Fortaleza. We found out our plane had just left. For reasons that take too long to explain, our ticket was printed with the wrong time.

Luckily, we were able to catch a flight on another airline and make it on time for the meetings. The grounds of the hotel were beautiful. This was the view of the gardens outside our window.

Alan thought the place cards they had for us in the dining room of the hotel were pretty funny, so I took this picture. Nobody calls us by the right name here either.

These are all the mission presidents and wives that are in the "Freshmen" class this year. We have a pretty big class. So far, no one has dropped out, but as we compared notes, we found out that we weren't the only ones that had wondered if we should. The upper classmen assured us that the first months are the roughest. We will all hang in there I'm pretty sure.

I snapped a picture of Alan during one of the breaks. We had meetings morning and afternoon for 2 and 1/2 days. You can see all the microphones and headsets so everyone could hear and get the translation if needed. May I just say I was grateful for those little puppies.

All work and no play? No way! This picture was taken with Elder Didier and his wife and his mother-in-law just before we headed out on the trail around the falls. The mother-in-law is 98 years old and lives with them. They take her with them whenever they can. I just asked if I could take a picture of Sister Didier and her mom, but the next thing I knew Elder Didier was there and said for us to hop in too. So we did. I think we would all like to live to 98 if we could be as perky as Sister Didier's mom was. We even heard that when the boat ride to the falls was over, she said she wanted to go again. I was just glad to be off the boat and still alive.

The day was rainy, but the view was still awesome. The couple posing are Walter and Claudia Queiroz. They are from Brazil, but have lived in the United States for 25 years. They are a really fun, hard-working couple. We really enjoy them. She always looks so cute. Check out her shoes. They were darling, but halfway up the trail, she was asking around for a bandaid.

I, on the other hand was my regular frump self, but the water falls were so close here, I had to put this picture on.

It feels pretty crazy to walk out on this walkway, but it is there, so you just have to do it.

In the center of this picture you can see Elder Scott. He is wearing the long sleeved white shirt and dark blue hat. We didn't want to bug him or act like paparazzi so this is the best shot we got of him. We were waiting around for the jeeps to take us down to get on the boats that take you right up to, and it felt like under, some of the falls. It really started to pour about the time we got on the boat, so I didn't get any more pictures. You are probably relieved about that. I know this has been sort of an overload. Anyway, we had a fun adventure along with some great meetings.