Moving To Fogo

Farewell Dinner

A big week with many goodbyes.  It started with a farewell dinner for ourselves and the Andersons, the office couple who are going home.  Our sweet Brazilian friends the Moraes and the Portelas did the work and President and Sister Amo joined us.  Delicious Brazilian foods and fun and laughter in Portuguese.  What a wonderful group of people.

Two photos of the dinner

Farewell Dinner 1

Farewell Dinner 2

On To Fogo

Plane to Fogo

Then we flew to Fogo to our new assignment.

Volcano over Cova Figeira

The volcano looms over the island and can be seen from many places, here is a photo from around Cova Figeira.

Sunset on Fogo

And the sunsets can be spectacular, here is a photo of the sunset over Brava from our hotel room window.

Sao Felipe 2 Relief Society

We arrived on Friday and stayed in a hotel for a couple days as the the Martineaus prepared to leave.  We attended our new ward and the sisters in Relief Society sang a beautiful song of parting “Cesara” I believe it was called, to Sister Martineau.  It was so touching.

Sisters Dutkewietz and Miller

Then, on Monday, the Martineaus and the departing junior missionaries flew to Praia to begin their journey home.  We felt very blessed that we we are to say goodbye to Sister Miller, who is the granddaughter of the Millers, assistant matrons of the Kansas City temple.  She returns to her family in Nashville.