I Spy With My Little Eye.... the Trujillo Temple!

Another drive by shooting with the camera

of the Trujillo Temple 

finally coming up over the barricades.

the two cranes are still moving like crazy...

This is the view from the cemetery.

EXCITING!

I needed to get up on something

but I can't climb on the statues.

We were with the Central Zone today.

So much fun...

I am not sure what the training was with the Zone Leaders ...

I only saw these photos that 

Elder Castillo took.

It looked pretty interesting...

Zone Leaders:  Elder Levos and Elder Richards

 Hermanas Coronel and Semorile

 Elders Mano and Jimenez

 Elders Randall and Minaya

 Elder Pugmire

 Elder Calderon

 Zone Leaders again.

 Elder Zapana and Elder Cruz

 Elder Mano again and Elder Cruz in the background again...

 Elder King and Elder Nye were in today too.

Every one of these missionaries were interviewed by 

President Turk today.

They are all discussing their personal prayers

and what it means to "Pray Always"

this round of interviews.

There are always some Great Insights

Sweet stories

Thought Provoking Questions

and Great Growth.

Meaningful prayers every single day

are essential for our spiritual growth.

It is so sweet to hear our missionaries say that they 

have stopped praying for their own needs

and are now asking our Heavenly Father what they need

to pray for  and who they need to pray for...

If we follow the example of Enos and we pray and 

work for the salvation of others...

our Faith can become unshakable!

Just Another Day in Paradise...

These are our Zone Leaders and the Assistants

and the Office Elders...

 

Birthday Boys Today are Elder Massey and Elder Levos....

They had some of Lucy's special 

 Ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, Hot Fudge,  topped with whip cream.

Happy Birthday twins....

Then we were off to the fields for some nice stress reduction...

Zone Leaders Include:

Elders Vera, Zarian, Cerpa, Armstrong, Northcott, May

Richards, Cook, Gamboa, Olivares,

Farfan, Mieles, Mendoza, Levos, Hurley, Davila,

Quispe, Massey, Perez, Brian,

Saldivia, Wallace, Escobar, Johnson, Felt, Yat

Office Elders Fackrell, Castillo, Martinez, Smith

Assistants: Elders Mecham and Castillo 

A wonderful day ... with some wonderful Elders....

We are so happy that you are here with us.

Casa Grande ... Big House Interviews

Very strange day....  It has been raining all day

This does not happen in Trujillo.

I start to feel very anxious for those that 

don't have adequate roofs here.

The electricity keeps popping in and out.

A few more giant cockroaches have entered my room

But good news, President Turk was home

and took care of them...

Maybe it's the rain.

We were with the Casa Grande Elders today for interviews.

 They are all fantastic...

 Sad story happened with Elder Ramos and his companion Elder Paredes.

Elder Paredes is a mini missionary.

They baptized a woman on Saturday.

She was on a bus later that day that rolled.

A few were killed on the bus.

She is in critical condition.

Her new ward has been rallying around her

and will help in any way that they can.

We are praying for a complete recovery.

 The Zone Leaders were really creative today.

Looks like hopscotch....

Zone Leaders are Elder Massey and Elder Davila.

Casa Grande Zone Includes:

Elder Dennis, Elder Aquino, Elder Ramos, Elder Huaman, Elder Astill,

Elder Contreras, Elder Hansen, Elder Perez,

Elder Casanova, Elder Paredes, Elder Bulmini, Elder Montesino

Zone Leaders: Elder Davila and Elder Massey

The Lord heareth the prayers of the righteous....
Keep praying Casa Grande... We love you all!

Dreams...

This last week President Turk received a phone call

from Elder Colonio's Aunt telling us 

that Elder Colonio's Uncle had passed away.

She wanted us to please tell

him because this sweet Uncle had been 

a Father figure to him.

So of course President Turk met with him 

and told him about his Uncle.

Elder Colonio told the President that he had
just had a dream two days ago.

His Uncle came to him all dressed in white

and asked him to please look after his Aunt and to 

not give up on her with the Gospel.

She has not been baptized.

Elder Colonio received this dream right after his Uncle

had passed away.  It was so vivid and real to him

that he had called and told his Zone Leaders all about it.

This was all right before President Turk told him of his Uncle's passing.

President Turk asked Elder Colonio to call his aunt and tell her

all about this .... She loved hearing this story.  

She is now moving to Lima and when she is settled

she wants the missionaries to come to her home 

and teach her the gospel.

Heaven and Earth..  So Close!

We feel and hear from Heaven every day.

Sweet Pumpkin Pie....

Elder May and Hermana Petherbridge both 

had received pumpkin pie filling in their Christmas packages.

They are in the same Zone...

So they planned a district activity 

in the mission home today for their Preparation day

with me and with Lucy

So that they could make pumpkin pies.

Better late than never.

 They all thought it was worth the wait.

Even the Latins that had never tasted it before thought it was good.

It made all the gringos think of Thanksgiving of course...

Thanksgiving in February...  Fun!

 They had to be patient ...  they had a few planned activities...

and then it was time....

 They all enjoyed it very much. 

Thanks to the Zone Leaders Elder May and Elder Vera

and the Hermanas for planning.

We are all Making Memories in the Mission Home.

What a great day!

Children... Come Sing With Us!

Vengan y Canten con Nosotros!

Niños de 7 a 11 años de edad... 

Vengan para disfrutar de una hora 

de diversión, estupenda y fabulosa con: 

Hermana Petherbridge, Hermana Bond y Hermana Turk

VAMOS A CANTAR: 

Los Miércoles   6, 13, y 20 de Febrero

Desde las 4:00 hasta las 5:00

Capilla de Laureles

Al espalda del Ovalo Grau

No vas a querer perderse esta oportunidad!

Todo es GRATIS! Traigan sus amigos y familiares!

Huaraz....

These photos are from Huaraz.... 

Thank you Assistants for taking these pictures.

The Zone Leaders in Huaraz are Elder Brian and Elder Quispe

 Here they are repeating the same activities 

from all of our Interviews this round.

 Elders Quispe and Prestwich are working their muscles.

 Hermanas Lujan, Martos and Doxey and Elder Salazar and Lorenzo

are working the puzzles.

The Assistants with the one man band lunch entertainment

 The Huaraz Zone was lucky to enjoy Lucy´s yummy 

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

 Our performers are 

Elder Perez on the piano

Elders Albujar, DelaFuente, Hill, Román, Acuña

 Come on Elder DelaFuente.... You can do it!

 Winner, Winner,  Pringle Dinner.

 The match game is always a big hit....

 They are not very lucky today...

The Huaraz Zone includes...

Zone Leaders .. Elder Brian and Elder Quispe

Hermanas Doxey and Lujan, Mini Missionary Hermana Martos

Elders Acuña, Albujar, DelaFuente, Garcia, Hill, Lorenzo,

Perez, Prestwich, Román and Salazar

Take Care Huaraz... Much Love