Happy Halloween! We’re told that Halloween is celebrated here in Peru, but we haven’t seen a lot of decor or trick-or-treaters like you see in the US. However, November 1 (All Saints Day – which is a Catholic holy day) is celebrated here country-wide and government agencies are closed.   Things seem to be moving forward for us with regard to getting our VISA status changed...

This week marked the half-way point of the current “transfer,” which means we had the “CCM’ers” arrive on Wednesday. CCM = Centro de Capacitación Misional, or in English, Mission Training Center (MTC). Just like the MTC in Provo, the Lima CCM shut down during the pandemic, and it just opened up at the end of September. Sadly, it’s not running at full capacity, so the Peruvians...

¡Hola!   As we were leaving the mission office late one afternoon, we were surprised to see a man slumped right outside the door. He looked to be completely asleep. We walked passed, then paused, and wondered what we should do. Should we wake him up? Was he OK? There were lots of people hustling around and no one seemed to be worried. I hated to leave the man, but just...

¡Hola!   It’s been a great week here in Lima.   On Monday, after some office training, we walked to a nearby neighborhood to look at an available apartment. This apartment had an instant hot water system which means we’d have hot water in ALL the sinks and showers. But it is much smaller than our current apartment and farther away from the mission office. It also had...