The Market, Lima, Church & the Temple

We had our first Preparation Day on Monday June 29th after two weeks of training, travel and temple work. We were busy all day going to the open market, the Supermarket and 

the mall.  

Two of my purchases at the outdoor market.

Puppies for sale on the street.  Made us miss our little Max.

Two pictures at one of the three Malls in Trujillo.

On Wednesday we had to fly to Lima with the Nields for the day to finish the paperwork on our Carnets. We  had already been to the local Immigration office two different days. It takes hours to fill out paperwork on four people. It couldn't be finished without a trip to Lima. The Peruvians never seem to be in a hurry. We left at 6:30 in the morning and didn't get home until 11:00 at night. We had to have our picture and fingerprints taken. They had a guy check our teeth by shining a flashlight in our mouths, just in case we show up dead on the streets, they can "identify" us.

Bright and Shiny at 7:00 AM

The Trujillo Airport.

After we finished with Interpol, we went to eat at the Comedor at the Albergue at the Lima Temple before we had to take the two hour Taxi ride back to the Lima Airport.

The Albergue in Lima.

Outside the Lima Temple.

The Taxi Driver was able to find the old Mission Home of the Andes Mission
in Lima when Bill served here  from 1966-1968.

This Sunday we attended the Laureles Ward of Bishop and Sister Guzman.  They work in the temple with us and are expecting their first child.  She teaches English and has offered to help me with my Spanish.  They have a very nice ward but no one plays the piano so I was able to help them out. We went to Primary again because I feel more comfortable with the children.  They and their lessons are easier for me to understand. 

Bishop & Sister Guzman.

The Junior Primary.

The Senior Primary.
Some of the children's names were Maria, Tatiana, Carter, Piero, Joseph, Guillermo, Arturo,
Fernanado, Juan, Katy, Angela Juan Francisco and Juan David.

This cute boy had his "Futuro Misionaro" Badge on and wanted his picture
taken with Bill.

The Longtin Family.  The mother is from Trujillo, the father is from the U.S. They have lived here for two years.
They all speak English.  The youngest boy came up to me in Primary and said, "Do you speak English?"
I said, "Why yes, I do, do you?"  He said "I'm speaking it, aren't I?"  I had to laugh.
I thought I had just been given the gift of tongues and understood everything he said.
The kids names are Tatiana, Carter and Dylan. 

The Senior Primary wrote on paper how they could follow Jesus.
The Primary President made a chain with them and presented them to us.
We also received an award for being good singers.  Mine says, "Super Cantante" or Super Singer.

After Church we fixed chicken and vegetables and had ice cream for dessert.  None of it tastes like it does in the US but it wasn't bad.  This afternoon we decided to walk around the Temple grounds, since no one was around, to take a few more pictures of our home for the next 18 months.

The corner with the balcony is our apartment.

A Sunny and and beautiful picture of the temple.

The windows in the temple are so beautiful but I have not been able to capture them with a picture.

View from the front of the temple, parking lot and security building.  The apartments on the right aren't the best view.  They look like a work in progress but are not usually finished because the people have to pay more taxes when the building is complete.

Front of the Albergue.

Back of the Albergue.

We live on the second floor but there are many important places on the bottom floor.

The Children's Center

The Family History Center

The Comedor.  There is no cafeteria in the Temple but eventually meals
will be fixed here for patrons to have a place to eat.

The Reception Desk

The Distribution Center

Besides the Missionary Apartments on the second floor, there are 19 rooms with bunkbeds and private bathrooms to house up to six each.  There are also a few "matrimonial rooms" for couples. Patrons can reserve these rooms when they come to the temple

 for about $7.00 per person, per night.

This is one of the common living room areas outside the rooms.

Eventually there will be a Stake Center in this area just south of the temple and Albergue.