¡Hola desde Perú! (Hello from Peru!)
It’s been a busy week here in Lima. See the below pics for
details!
This morning we attended church near the Area Office where
many of the Americans here attend. This ward provides a translator which is
super nice for me (LeAnn) since my Spanish is very rough! One of the speakers
mentioned how important it is for us to be careful in keeping our promises and
covenants and not be reckless. She referenced Lehi’s dream where he saw many
people who “wandered off and were lost” or “were drowned in the depths of the fountain”
or ended up “wandering in strange roads” (1 Nephi 8:23-33). Nephi shares
insight into how we can avoid getting lost in the mists of worldly darkness:
“Wherefore, I, Nephi, did exhort them to give heed unto the
word of the Lord; yea, I did exhort them with all the energies of my soul, and
with all the faculty which I possessed, that they would give heed to the word
of God and remember to keep his commandments always in all things.” (1 Nephi
15:25)
¡Que tengan una semana
súper fantástica! (Have a super fantastic week!)
Love,
Lane & LeAnn
Lunch at the Mission President's special P-Day with the elders of the mission.
(The sisters had a separate special P-Day last month.)
Games and spikeball tournament at the President's P-Day with the elders. We had never played spikeball before and, yes, we lost our first round.
Driving in city traffic. Lane drove this car with President Packard. LeAnn was in the other car and took this photo. The traffic is crazy. Nobody obeys any traffic rules.
LeAnn taking a photo through the sunroof of the car. Maybe not the safest activity!
Housing on the hillside as we drive through the city. It's amazing to see the housing crammed together.
We had to submit more documentation and fingerprinting for requesting our religious visas.
The entrance to one of our sister missionary homes is not the stairs on the left, nor the doorway in the blue wall on the right, but the little space between the two. Stairs lead up to the second level where the missionaries live.
We loved this cute picket fence outside some sister missionaries' home.
Typical stair case in a building leading up to missionary apartments. We see very few hand rails... a nightmare for parents with young children!
Driving sister missionaries to the stake center.
Housing checks with sister missionaries.
It was great to be able to attend a baptism!
It was a little difficult to hear the speakers at the baptism because a rock band was playing in the park next to the church. So after the baptism we walked over to see the competition!
A new housing development going up. Every building in the city seems to use the same construction materials on the exterior... a type of unfinished-looking brick...
Typical power-grid wiring in the neighborhoods.
A water main broke in the city for half of our mission, so we helped deliver some water to some missionaries. We were told the water would be out for a week, and just learned that it will now be out for two weeks!
During a housing check, one of our missionaries was excited to share soda his mom sent from his home town of Arequipa, Peru. Tasted like Fanta red-cream soda.
We are definitely having to adjust to different foods, but love these delicious giant raisins we put in some home-made cookie dough!
Our first true Peruvian dinner -- "pollo a la brasa" (roasted chicken). A favorite for many of the missionaries.
We were invited to dinner out at a hamburger restaurant in a mall with mission presidents and area leaders.
Loved the chocolate shake at the hamburger restaurant. Very chocolatey and drinkable with a straw... Lane's favorite!
Found LeAnn's favorite candy bar at one of the stores... which she has a hard time finding in the U.S.! One for each of us! Still haven't eaten them! 🤣
Corinne (Lane's sister) made yummy French bread after some store-bought French bread we all ate turned out to be not so great!
