A 30-Year Service Project and Pizza

If you go to a particular house in San German, Puerto Rico on a Sunday afternoon - approximately 1 o'clock, you will find a sweet couple making homemade pizza with the freshest ingredients for the missionaries who serve there and for those who might need some extra love. This is the Olmo Family and they have been doing this - every Sunday - for more than 30 years.
Yes, 30 years!!!

We have been recipients of the Pizza Pleasure on Sunday several times:
When we were living there 25 years ago, with three children under the age of 3, we were guests many times. Then when we went to visit for a vacation - again - pizza with the Olmos. This weekend, we were blessed to be there again, this time as full-time missionaries.

I asked the Olmos to show us the secrets of Perfect Pizza. So they let us join them in the kitchen to partake in the preparing of the pizza. This experience, serious, gave me the itch to start a similar tradition in my home. What an example of love and service for us and so many.

And yes, we have a deep rooted connection with this good family. President Olmo who was the San German Branch President of the church at one time, now serves as the patriarch for the island of Puerto Rico. The Olmo boys were in my husband's (Kyle) Young Men's Quorum when he served as Young Mens President. I had their daughter, Magda, in the Primary (25 years ago). And this is also the family who adopted our college daughter, Kendy Jo, for six months when she wanted to have a cultural, study-abroad experience. Sister Olmo's mother (age 93 pictured above) - cooked for Kendy Jo and ate lunch with her weekly. The Olmos are like family. The oldest boy, Tomas Olmo, is currently our Stake President of the Toa Baja Stake. Life is a circle indeed!

We are blessed to know the Olmos - and when I get home - you will probably find me making Homemade Pizza every Sunday. 

We love the Olmos!