Each of those gates or doors weighs 650 tons!

The ship you see here is the largest size that can move through the Canal

we saw a few ships move through the locks. Pretty cool!

Panama Canal

Got a little sweaty on our tour

Assembly Hall

Baptism pool

Another nice picture of our hosts

Branch Commitee conference room, don´t worry we aren´t in a meeting just borrowed it for a picture

Residential building

typical bethel room

Franklin and Melissa, the couple we are staying with you finally get to see him

office of one of the brothers overseeing KH construction in Panama

don´t be fooled it´s not all work and no play

Our tour guide Arnulfo and his wife Carolina joined us for lunch or did we join them......


We not only saw the dining room we got to join the Bethel family for lunch

Old Panama Branch

our tour guide shows us the old branch and the dining room

Leah got some visitors while we waited in the lobby, once they found out she spoke spanish watch out!

Panama Branch!

Paitilla

This is the business district of Panama City, we drove through on our way to the Branch

getting to know our hostess

Franklin and Melissa Sanjur are the couple we are staying with. She was sharing family photos with us. We even got to see wedding pictures, they have been married 16 years and are both from Panama. Franklin's sister is married to the DO that serves in Panama. Stay tuned for photo of Franklin.......

What!

Are you serious? All these bags are ours! Yep three months worth.

nice little tiled and covered sitting area

It seems all the houses in this area have these. Just outside the main living area, it's like an extension of their car port. Very nice area to relax in.

Not a coconut, but a lot like a coconut

Growing right in front of someone's house, I think they call these "palma tree" or something like that. They have a juice in them, but it isn't as sweet as coconut

Arrival day

layover in Houston we just want to be there already