Here is a photo of Natalie with her fiancé, Scott Jennings.

April 16, 2014 Update:

Dear friends and family,

Thank you so much for your continuing interest and support.  

We are still here is Salt Lake, waiting for our visas, but staying very busy helping Natalie with May 2nd wedding preparations, refining our packing lists, working daily with our language specialist, our tutor, our study buddies--via Sky, personal language study time, purchasing things we will need in Brazil, getting our home and affairs in order, etc.  

Farewell Talks in Church:

For those of you who are geographically close and are planning to attend our farewell talks in church, we will not be speaking on April 27 as originally planned.  We will update this blog as soon as we have our visas in hand and have a new speaking date.   Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend.   

New baby:

In the meantime, it is lots of fun having a new 4 week old baby (today) in the house, with her parents, of course.  Here is a photo of Anna Kate Romrell with her mother, Haylee taken yesterday.    

Wedding:

And, here are a couple of photos of the beautiful bride to be:

We wish  you all a very pleasant Easter Weekend.  Here is a link to a special Easter video we hope you enjoy.  http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694

May the richest blessings of Heaven be yours.

All the best,

The Romrells

Cut and past this link into your browser to learn more about Cuiaba:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g488170-Cuiaba_State_of_Mato_Grosso-Vacations.html

Greetings from Randy and Lou Ellen Romrell

March 26, 2014

Dear friends,
Many of you said you were interested in following our mission activities in Cuiaba, Brazil.  We have created this blog to stay connected with you, and we look forward to reading your posts.  We will try to make our posts interesting.  

Remember, we were scheduled to begin our mission on January 27?  Due to visa delays (a blessing in disguise) we are still in Salt Lake City.  That's a blessing, because our oldest daughter, Natalie, will be married on May 2 to Scott Jennings, father of Wyatt (12), Chloe (10), Kelli (7) and Lyndsie ( ).  We couldn't be happier.      

Here are our new dates:

• Speak in our church Sacrament Meeting April 27 at 1:00, chapel located in East Mill Creek, 3750 South Hillside Lane, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 (all invited)  
• Wedding on May 2
• Enter the Mission Training Center in Provo, Utah, May 12
• Fly to Brazil, May 19

In the meantime, we are still working hard on the language (with a language specialist, a tutor, and study buddies, all provided by the church) and getting our personal affairs in order.  

We are learning more about Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul every day.  Here is today's weather report in Cuiabá - Mato Grosso, Brazil:

Wed

Thunderstorm

90

°F | °C

Precipitation: 80%

Humidity: 90%

Wind: 3 mph

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Precipitation

Wind

Warm regards,

Lou Ellen and Randy Romrell