Huaraz is Beautiful!

Another Day

Another Conference

With These Great People...

Huaraz Zone includes:

Elders Chun and Nye, Elders Arriola and Cruz, Elders Young and Cheme

Elders Castillo and Dickerson, Elders Farnsworth and Brito, Elders Mikesell and Lobaton

Hermanas Jackson and Olivaros, Elders Fuentealba and Vanden Bosch, 

and Hermanas Doxey and McVey.

Look at this beautiful little boy

His name is

Sammy

He was the child here in Huaraz

that helped with President Turk's talk.

His mom and Aunt brought him.

They are both beautiful women and returned missionaries.

The Hermanitas were enjoying homemade cookies from Lucy

and the Elders in the back were, 

you know,

just being themselves.

They crack me up always.

Elder Chun and Elder Nye

are doing well together.

I went to go look for my companions at lunch

and look what I saw...

They were in their most natural pose 

here in the mission.

It is the triangle of phones.

The President and his

Shadows

Huaraz is so great with the mountain people

and the city people.

I love this place.

These women are the best!

This afternoon President interviewed these men.

They are in the outskirts of Huaraz

so instead of bringing them all the way back in tomorrow

we interviewed, trained and played games today.

It made for a very long day 

but we all enjoyed it.

Here We Come Huaraz!

We are on a Road Trip with these Elders. 

Elder Vera and Elder Wright

Elder Wright has his new spectacles on.

We want to make sure that he can see everything.

This will be his first time in Huaraz.

We are going to have a Zone Conference 

and Interiews with all the Missionaries in Huaraz.

The things that you see along the way are incredible.

I never can catch the amazing things on camera

because we are moving so fast.

Our frist stop was in Viru.

Here are the Zone Leaders ...

Elder Wilkinson is helping Elder Uribe with his 

English Lesson.

I love this church. 

This is such a blessing for the missionaries

to each have language studies.

Elder Uribe's English is getting very good.

We stopped in Viru to let President 

set apart a new missionary that got his call to Bolivia.

He is the sweetest.  I am sure that he has never been

out of his small farming community so he is 

in for some great education along the way.

We also had to stop in Cachipampa

for the same reason...

to set apart another Elder that is leaving.

This is the little house chapel.

I have never seen one so rustic.

the classrooms are small but adequate for this area.

They are always working to make it better.

Thank you Elder Escobar for this great map.

The house capilla over looks lush farmland of Mango trees

and avocado trees.  There are a lot of grapes in the area too.

Here is the cultural hall.

Well, I call it the cultural hall... it has a thatched roof and dirt floors.

the weather again is perfect for this building.

This is the missionary that was set apart.

He was taught and baptized by Elder Cosigua and Elder Chacaltana.

He is going to be a great servant of the Lord.

His family gave us Mangos and grapes that were absolutely beautiful.

Then we were off to Huaraz.

You climb, climb, climb.

We drive from sea level to 13000 feet in a few hours.

There were mud and rock slides everywhere on the roads.

There were trees down...

There are always people with their herds....

and you always reach the top and hit dense fog and clouds.

Then you drop back down into this beautiful

valley of Huaraz.

The population is about 200, 000.  It is surrounded by the snowcapped

mountains that you cannot see in this picture because 

of the clouds.

Yes, we made it again!

Now let's go find our missionaries.

I'm in Trouble and I'm Thankful!

When I quickly gather the masses for a photo shoot for the blog,

for the parents and families, for the friends and relatives... etc..

it is usually a last minute thing.

There is no big placement, it is a free for all basically.

Well, I let it go too far this last week.

We broke 2 tables and a desk.

I am Horrified!

I will be taking care of this financially

 and will be in total control

from now on with the photos.

We will actually go outside!

Brilliant Idea!

I am so sorry to the Institute.

It will never happen again.

We love to meet in this building and will be very careful from 

this time forward.

Now to my sisters...

A HUGE THANK YOU!

We have been enjoying all the gifts you brought

and I never thanked you properly.

The missionaries love the frisbee game. (Bonnie)

They scarfed down the candy  (Ruth)

I'm wearing my socks and moisturizer as I type (Ruth)

The facial machine is awesome (Beth)

The Hermanas loved the chapstick and bath and body products (Julie)

The brown sugar, tortillas, mattas sauce are precious (Amy, Bonnie, Julie)

The money for the missionaries is so kind (All of You)

I am missing some of the gifts... Sorry

But of course the best gift of all was your sacrifice 

to get here and your time.

I will treasure it forever!

Ruth, will you call and tell Molly where to get your waver

for your hair so that she can get one to Jill and Sherri to bring to me.

It would be awesome for my trips!

Thanks

I love you all!

Happy as Clams... East Zone!

It's Friday night and we just got off of skype

with our children and grandchildren.

There is nothing better than watching the 

grandkids play with each other.

It's like looking into a hamster cage.

They never stop running around... and funny things are happening

all over the room.

This happens with our missionaries too.

When it comes to playing the games,

they turn into competitive boys

doing whatever it takes

 to win a treat. 

The East Zone was no exception.

We had the missionaries from Otusco and Huamachuco

stay on Tuesday after the 

Multi zone conference so that they wouldn't have to travel

the extra trip up and back.

The rest of the zone was in today for interviews and training.

These men are diligent.

They are here for the right reason.

They know who they are...

Sons of God.

East Zone Elders are:

Acuña, Albujar, Batz, Bustinsa, Calcina, Cerpa, Chicche, Gómez,

Hoyos, Hyde, Ipi, Jaramillo, Lorenzo, Martinez, Merida, Minaya, Perez,

Pugmire, Quispe, Shaw, Vera, and Villena

Zone Leaders: Elders Gómez and Vera

We Love You All like Crazy...

Because we are a bit Crazy!

RE-RUN Same Conference... Different People

Let me start off by saying

that yes, we are still one of the largest missions 

in the world...

But even better we have the most

Sister missionaries by far.

Here are just 18 of our 32 that we have.

They are FANTASTIC!

We have hard working, disciplined, obedient, baptizing, strong, 

intelligent, beautiful Sister Missionaries.

I LOVE THEM ALL!

They glow with Beauty and the Spirit!

Along with our beautiful sisters...

We have some of the best Zone Leaders ever too.

Thank you Zone Leaders for your trainings today.

They were excellent!

It is great to be with these missionaries

even when it is long, hot, training meetings.

They make everything enjoyable.

They light up a room

and they are lighting up this part of the world.

"Let your light so shine before men

that they may see your good works

and glorify your Father which is in Heaven"

This is what a mission is all about!

Hey, It's Porvenir...

More missionaries were in for interviews today.

Half in the morning and half in the afternoon.

But we all eat lunch together in the middle.

And this is when I snapped the photo.

Is your son in the Porvenir Zone?

Let me assure you, they are all doing very well.

Elders in the Porvenir Zone include:

Canaan, Mecham, Arteaga, Hendrix, Hales, Northcott, Perez,

Felt, Tagle, Briones, Pesantes, Salazar, Aguilar, Olivares,

DelaFuente, Tierra, and Zepana

President loves to interview.... but it is not an easy task.

Our Zone Leaders are in the first square on the left...

Elder DelaFuente and Elder Briones.

Hey... they are also in the bottom right square below.

They played the game in the morning and afternoon.

This district came color coordinated.

I was hoping for a great song with a little choreography.

Nope, Nada, Nothing.

But these guys gave us a song.

They were wonderful but again... no choreography.

But look during our game of snakes and ladders 

Elder DelaFuente and Elder Vera

had to share a square on one leg.  If they let it down they have to go

back to the beginning.  This was kind of like choreography.

And actually Elder DelaFuente is an amazing dancer.

Let's Go Porvenir... You are Awesome!