¡Hola a Todos! (Hello All!)
Last week in our blog we mentioned that one of our
sons-in-law had won an Oculus (a virtual reality headset gaming system) that we
were able to try out when we visited them over the weekend. It’s quite amazing
and realistic – even to the point that Lane started to get motion sick when he
played and I got freaked out when our grandson said, “Grandma, it gets really
cool when the zombie comes up through the floor…I didn’t want to wait around to
see that! Right now our mission experience is a little like virtual
reality…super realistic in some ways, but lacking in others. Regardless, we
love being part of the Peru Lima North Mission!
This week we had the opportunity to learn more about the
“missionary health” aspect of the mission. First, I was able to participate in
a missionary medical Zoom call in which an Area doctor explained basic
treatments for four common types of headaches. It was very interesting and
informative. Also, Hermana Packard (Lane’s sister and the mission president’s
wife) walked us through the process for scheduling (online) a medical
appointment for a missionary. Then later in the week, I (LeAnn) was able to
schedule an actual medical appointment for one of the missionaries! When I
logged in to the Lima medical clinic, I saw an option to switch the language to
English. I had walked through the process in Spanish, but thought that it may
be easier in English. Anyway, I switched to English and then looked for the
link to set an appointment. Instead of seeing, “Set Appointment,” the tab
(which I was pretty sure led to the online booking system) said, “Online Dating.”
Haha…bad translation! But I was able to set the appointment.
On Friday we met with our mission’s newly assigned MTC-based
Social Media Specialist via Zoom who trains multiple missions how to improve
using social media for finding people interested in learning more about the
gospel. Lane also handled some housing
situations – smoke/CO detector issues, furniture ordering issues, and mapping houses
on MyMaps issues. It was a great week.
Thought: This week we said good-bye to seven excellent
missionaries. Before the missionaries leave the mission, they get the
opportunity to share (via Zoom) their testimonies in a “Hasta Ver” meeting. It
roughly translates to “until we see each other again.” We love hearing from
each missionary; they exemplify charity.
“And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not,
and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no
evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
~Moroni 7:45
¡Que tengan una semana
súper fantástica! (Have a super fantastic week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
LeAnn attends an Area zoom call that taught about improving missionary health issues.
Preparing fruit-kabobs for LeAnn's niece's wedding reception.
