Salaverry

Today we went to the Salaverry Ward for church.  It is about 14 km from Trujillo and took us about 25 minutes to get there by taxi.  Saliverry is a port city.  The Azabaches from the temple wanted us to come to their ward.

Our Taxi driver on the way to church.  He told us he is a member but
does not go to church.  His wife is not a member.  Bill challenged him to
start attending again with his wife and their three children.

Brother & Sister Azabache.  Notice the wooden pews and tile floor.
None of the churches have carpeting in Peru.  The Peruvians are not
used to walking on carpet and most of them will walk around the large 
rug in the entryway at the temple.
All of the Azabache children and grandchildren are active in the church 
and all the boys have been on missions.
Sister Azabache's father was the first Patriarch in Trujillo.

We had met the Azabache's son Jorge & his wife Melissa at the Cultural Celebration in June.  They were here with their family to be sealed in the Trujillo Temple.  I was able to help Melissa in English on the day they were sealed.  They live in Florida.

The Jorge Azabache family at Hill Cumorah.
Thanks to Facebook, I was able to post a picture of them.

All the Azabaches that attend this ward.  Their son-in-law is the Bishop.

The church in Salaverry is on the Plaza de Armas.  The Catholic church
is across the square.  The Catholic church was not happy when the
Mormons started building a chapel on the square years ago. A Priest
tried everything he could do to stop the construction and encouraged
vandalism.  He suddenly died!

Brother Azabache hailed this little Salaverry bus for us after church. 
 He wanted to save us money.  It only cost us 3 soles (or $1.00)
for both of us to ride back to Trujillo.  The taxi is about $7.00  It was a wild ride,
we felt every bump, but we really got to see the sights in and around Trujillo as
we made many stops along the way.

Here are some pictures we took from our little bus on the trip from Salaverry back to Trujillo

From the back of the bus.

This bus stop is on the PanAmerican Highway that runs
from the southern tip of Chile all the way to the United States.
It would take 7 hours to drive south to Lima (1 hour flight).

One of the wealthier homes in Trujillo

The city erected this cross about 10 years ago when the Pope was
visiting Trujillo. Fifty years ago, 95% of the people were catholic.
Now it is only around 70%. Bill never had to ask anyone what
religion they were 50 years ago, he knew they were all Catholic.

Another large Supermercado.

Eduardo is a returned missionary and works in the temple.  Ashley went to Utah State and was here this summer on an Internship.  They met here.  Eduardo is also the Elder's Quorum President in his ward.  It will be interesting to see where this relationship goes.  They are a cute couple.

These are the Chapmans from North Carolina.  They were at the Temple on Saturday.  They have been to EVERY TEMPLE in the world.  Trujillo was their last. They were in Indianapolis last week.  They have been working on this goal for years.  What an accomplishment.  They are truly world travelers.

Back on the homefront - Heather, Micah & Ellie took a quick trip to Seattle to see Robert graduate with his Master's in banking.  A great accomplishment for him over the last three years.  It was done mostly online but he went to Seattle for 2 weeks each summer.

And of course you can't go to Seattle without a trip to Bainbridge Island and a ride on cousin Ron's Sail boat. Looks like they had a great time.