Holiday Week... Alzar La Voz

We have had a few days of Holiday Celebrations going on all over the City

and in the different neighborhoods.

There were a few funny little parades ...

to honor the Independence Day of Peru.

Our missionaries love to be out with the people.

So holidays are the best for our missionaries.

They all head out to contact as many people as they can.

They can get a lot of referrals this way.

President Turk went out with a bunch of these missionaries contacting.

 Elder Retamal and Elder Elmer

 Elder Jaramillo and Elder Pickett

Elder Fajardo and Elder Cosigua

 

 Elder Romero and Elder Erickson

Elder Zetina and Elder Fernandez

There are so many photos... I can't list all the missionaries...

Use a magnifying glass and go find "Waldo"

Alzar La Voz means Raise the Voice... This is when Districts and Zones get together

to blitz one area for contacts and referrals.

This one was very successful.

Congrats!

The Patriarch and his Taxi

Last week the Laureles Zone decided to do a service project on the 

Temple grounds.  They gathered bags and bags of garbage.

It was a great service project and they all jumped in and did their part.

But what do you do with all these bags of garbage.

You call the Patriarch who drives a taxi.

He is the best.  I have seen his taxi stacked with mattresses for the Elders.

I have seen desks and chairs hanging out the back,

I have seen it full of gatorade and bananas

You name it, he has done it for our missionaries.

We love him!

For the next service project I would like a zone to please

Wash and Detail his Taxi for him.

Please make sure you sanitize and deodorize it very well.

Thank you Laureles Zone and Thank you Patriarch.

Les Amamos Mucho

The Wedding Planners

This is Elder Ralph and Elder De Leon.

They are our wedding planners.

Well, they were the wedding planners for the mission last week.  

They had several couples needing to get married

so that they could be baptized.

Not many couples get married here in Trujillo.

It is a hassle with all the paper work and it costs money.

But if they want to be baptized they have to be married.

This is when our missionaries turn into the 

WEDDING PLANNERS

After all the planning and paper work and details

Elder Ralph said that he was never going to get married.

Ha Ha

They did a great job.

All of the couples were very happy to be married.

And now they were all ready to be baptized.

This is the proper step in the great plan of happiness

given to us through the 

Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

Here are a few other pictures of the baptisms in the 

Porvenir Zone last week.

Thank you for your hard work and sacrifice Elders.
This is the work of the Lord

You will not fully understand the importance

of what you are doing until much later in your lives.

When these people have grown in the gospel 

and have been sealed together ...

they will thank you continuously.

These people will love you forever and ever...

and so do we.

Independence Day

Happy Independence Day 

PERU!

Today they have sworn in the new President.

We wish the best for this great Country of Peru.

We will have 3 or 4 nights of loud fireworks

and parties in the parks.  Yippy.

I love the red and white flag.

Bold and Clean

The people fly the flag that is just red and white... my personal favorite.

The emblem in the center on the flag below is flown by the government.

Here is the flag flying at the Lima Temple.

We feel so lucky to be here in Peru.  We have been treated so nicely.

The people are warm and the saints are wonderful. 

We thank Heavenly Father every day for the privilege to serve here

with all these glorious missionaries.

Pet Penguins in Peru?

Elder Andersen and Elder Romero some of our Zone Leaders

were out in their area in Moche

and they came across

this sweet little

scene...

They couldn't  believe what they were seeing.

Yes... it was a Penguin!

This young boy has had this penguin as a pet for about 2 years.

He said that his father found it on the beach all by itself.

He brought it home and fed it anchovies.

When they took it back to the beach it just kept following them...

and they have had it ever since.

It is very comfortable with people and dogs obviously.

And it looks like he wants to take the lessons.

How Cute!

Hello Viru!

Elder Wright from Oregon and Elder Vera from Chile

are the Zone Leaders for Viru.

Elder Huaman and Elder Cotrina share the same love for 

Huacos as I do.  I am so happy.

Here is the whole Zone from Viru

along with the President and the Assistants.

Great Group...  We love them

Below are their names...

Elders Sandoval      Elder Huntington

Elder Serrano        Elder Zapana

Elder Cotrina      Elder Márquez

Elder Facer      Elder Rodriguez

Elder Barinas      Elder Chacaltana

Elder Glasgow      Elder Pickett

Elder Wright      Elder Quispe

Elder Mendoza      Elder Vera

Elder Cornejo      Elder Mamani

Elder Astoyauri      Elder Huaman

Rerun... Casa Grande

These fantastic missionaries were with us today in the offices.

They are good eggs.

I love to write things in my blog that will translate very funny.

Many of my readers only read in Spanish

So I wonder what they think of my wording.

While these gentlemen were singing a special number,

President Turk and I were whispering that they are all from

different Countries.  And they all get along so well.

These are the countries they are from...

Elder Briones - Ecuador

Elder Rivas - Chile

Elder Hargis - USA

Elder Ortellado - Paraguay

Elder Reyna - Peru

Elder Mendieta - Nicaragua

Elder Urbano on the left and Elder Weathers on the far right are the

 Zone Leaders for the Casa Grande group.

These Elders were all singing in English today.  They sounded great.

A few darts... Man I am a good photographer.  

I stopped those darts in mid air.

I am trying to get away from this little activity... 

but each group wants to try this game.

My beautiful Hermanas...

A few more photos for the moms.

Great things are happening in Casa Grande Zone.

We are proud of you.  Keep up the good work.

Love,   Me