Peru- April 3, 2022

 ¡Feliz abril! (Happy April!)

 

On Friday I sent out a reminder via a WhatsApp message to all the district leaders to send in their requests for what is needed for the upcoming week. At the end of the message I “pasted” a spring chick 🐣 and a flower 🌸 emoji in honor of April 1^st. Then I realized that we’re not going into spring here, but maybe autumn? I haven’t studied or asked anyone how the seasons work here; i.e., when they officially start, and how they “celebrate” them. But, one elder included a snowman emoji ⛄ at the end of his request list … so maybe we are headed into winter now!? Regardless, we haven’t noticed a change in season … it’s still pretty hot here.

 

On Sunday nights we receive all the baptism records from the prior week, and on Monday I (LeAnn) start working to get them entered into the Church’s data base system. Sometimes it takes a few days to get all the records entered … it depends on how many baptism records were submitted and how many errors/clarifications have to be made. Anyway, this past week I spent most of Wednesday entering all the baptisms into the system. I hadn’t submitted them because I was waiting for corrections/clarifications from some of the missionaries. Well, late Wednesday night we received an email from the Missionary Department in SLC stating that a new system for entering baptism records was being implemented and that all records not entered by Mar. 29 at 7pm would need to be entered using the new system. NNNNOOOOOO! My entire Wednesday’s work was for naught!

 

There is a silver lining to this though … going forward, the missionaries will be entering the information into the system where it is then transferred directly to the ward clerk, who then verifies and submits the baptism record. The middle man (the mission office) is eliminated, making the process more efficient. Hooray for efficiency!

 

“Search diligently, pray always, and be believing, and all things shall work together for your good, if ye walk uprightly and remember the covenant wherewith ye have covenanted one with another.” (~D&C 90: 24)

 

¡Que tengan una semana fantástica! (Have a fantastic week!)

 

Love,

 

Lane & LeAnn

We received two American missionaries this week.  Both have been serving in the U.S. for some time but finally received their visas to come to Peru.  After the mission president and wife and two assistants trained them, they helped them and their new companions flag down a taxi to take them to their new assigned areas and apartments.

Unbelievably, the four elders and all their luggage crammed into one small taxi!

Lane was washing this dish when all of a sudden it just broke while he was holding it and washing it. The washing motion of his hand caused the plate to cut around several fingers. It's amazing how things can happen so quickly that may cause us physical pain or disability.