Ana Patricia

We were honored by one of our amazing Pathway students, Ana Patricia Rotellini, asking us to attend her endowment session in the Santo Domingo Temple.  We were thrilled!  Having been her Pathway teachers over the past year, she recently received her mission call to serve in Guatemala leaving in early October, so this time was extra special and will always be a highlight for us.

We have grown to love the Rotellini family--Jose, Dayanara, Ana, Luigi and Jose Jr. Jose Sr. has been our bishop in the Piantini Ward and then he was called to be the second counselor in the Santo Domingo Central Stake.

Ana, Jose Jr., Dayanara, Jose Sr., Luigi Rotellini

Joining with the Diaz family in their home, we have enjoyed several fun family night dinners together singing and talking with the Rotellini's and Diaz families.

The Santo Domingo Temple has been closed for a month for preventative maintenance, some remodeling and upgrading of the air conditioning system, so it was good to return and feel the Spirit of the Lord.  We had just been talking about setting a temple date when Ana called and invited us to attend with her. Conflicts with a major  Institute teacher's meeting and our opening social student dance activity the same night created a scheduling challenge.  "This is a special time for her AND she wouldn't have asked us if she didn't want us to be there," we agreed, so the decision was easy-- we have to attend.  Her mother and father, Dayanara and Jose, along with our bishop Julio Lee and another Pathway student and friend Wilfry Gil attended.  We hugged and shared some very tender moments in the Celestial Room enjoying a spirit of love and friendship.  We are going to miss Ana and her family when the time comes to leave this wonderful country.  We have grown to love this special young lady.