Trip to the U.S. with family and friends. :) and most memorable, THE ANNUAL MEETING!!!!

So...it's been a while since I updated the blog. I have so many pictures and things to post so I decided to start little by little. :)
Our trip back to the U.S. to renew our Visa and for me to renew my passport, was amazing. It took a little longer than we anticipated, but we really enjoyed spending time with friends and family. We got to see all the friends from the hall in Charleston, SC, we traveled to Arkansas to visit friends that had just finished the couple school and were assigned to that area. We got to go to Amarillo, TX to visit a very loving family we had not seen in a while, all the family are regular pioneers, parents and the three daughters!!! Beautiful family!! We drove up to Colorado, where my family had a little family reunion, which we had not had for about five years!!! Really enjoyed that! Hard to say goodbye tho. :( After that we drove up to Iowa where we got to see Justin's dad and family and also the brothers from the hall we had attended before there!! Lot's of fun too!! 
After all that traveling we went back to Charleston, SC where we spent the last weeks of our stay, with Justin's mom and sister. We really got to enjoy spending time with them!

The whole Alvarado Family and my beautiful parents in the middle, my dad is hiding there a little, but you can see his little glasses!! :)

My brothers Luis and Jorge and sister in law, Wendy and my little gorgeous nephew, Ariel!! Miss them and love them so much!!

My little sister and brother. Love them!!!!

You will see a lot of Starbucks in pictures!

My little nephew heading to school. Can't believe he is in school already, I still remember taking him with me in service and studies!! They grow up to fast!!

My sister in law Erin and my mother in law Bonnie. They are the sweetest, miss them so much!!

Justin and me at Shem Creek in Mount Pleasant, SC (Oh yeah! That's my mother in laws finger on the top! :):):)

 

Beautiful downtown Charleston, SC

 ...and the most memorable thing of all, THE ANNUAL MEETING!!!!! What a privilege that was for us to be able to attend, what a loving provision from Jehovah!!! This will be forever an unforgettable meeting. Amazing Bible we have now!!! The talks that the brothers gave in that meeting just really lets you feel how loving and wonderful the faithful and discreet slave is and this is truly Jehovah's organization!!! Can't wait til the Bible comes out in Spanish so we can use it here in Panama!!! :)

Assembly hall in South Carolina where we had the privilege to attend.

 All in all it was a wonderful trip. We laughed, cried and had fun, but it was time to go back home to our service in Panama. We were really started to miss it!! We will miss everybody, it was hard to say goodbye, but we know that Jehovah will protect our families and friends and soon there will be no more sad goodbyes only happy reunions!! Really look forward to that day!!!