Temple Trip and Painting (Tuesday)

Tuesday, January 22

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Tuesday activities included a temple trip to the Mexico City Temple, visit with CEBA Administrators about AHS and distance education, painting CEBA curbs and other street signals, and a game of Capture the Flag.

One of the highlights of the Temple Trip was witnessing a sweet reunion between Robbie and his brother, Elder Bigelow, who is serving a mission in Mexico City and received permission from his mission president to visit his brother on the temple grounds. The students had a wonderful time participating in the temple work.

The Mexico City Temple Grounds are the "Temple Square" of Mexico. although the Visitor's Center was closed for remodeling, we were able to visit the distribution center, the MTC, the privately owned Museum of the History of Mormonism in Mexico, and a local ice-cream shop, and taking many photos.

Benemerito is considering starting a distance education program, after the manner of BYU-Idahos's "Pathways Program" through which several teachers and administrators are taking courses.
Bob Sorensen and Leland Anderson enjoyed discussions about this topic with school leaders, and we even tuned in to AHS's live broadcast of Nick Gentile's "The Minutemen and their World" course. Leaders quickly saw a vision for how they could provide curriculum and courses to interested students around the world.

Painting curbs, parking stalls, crosswalks, and earthquake meeting markers, AHS and CEBA students worked together diligently and accomplished more than was expected. Brittani Bills commented, "It was amazing to see how nice it looked when we finished." Michelle Morris said, "It was good to see how efficient we cold be."

About the Capture the Flag game, Ayalte from CEBA said, "It was fun. I really liked it."

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AHS and CEBA students enjoy the ride to the temple.

AHS and CEBA students prepare to enter the baptistry.

Robbie met his brother at the temple.

Jerusha and Cierra browse in the distribution center.

Spencer, Davin, Mr. Anderson, and Peyton pause for a photo in front of the Mexico City Temple.

We enjoyed a tour of the Museum of the History of Mormonism in Mexico.

Olivia, Claire, Sidney, and Mr. Young pause while shopping in the Distribution Center.

More shopping in the Distribution Center.

Pausing for a picture in the Museum of the History of Mormonism in Mexico.

Cierra took this beautiful photo.

Visiting about AHS and Distance Education with CEBA Administration.

Preparing the street for painting.

Painting the Earthquake and Emergency Evacuation designated meeting points.

Kathy, Ricardo, and Lela repaint the parking stalls.

Cleaning up after dinner!

Jail in Capture the Flag!

More Jail in Capture the Flag!

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