One Year Anniversary, Barrio El Alto (Last Church Building in Trujillo)

Today is the one year anniversary of the Trujillo Temple Dedication.  It is hard to believe that we have been here that long.  Yesterday was P-day and the temple is always closed on Monday but the Presidency called a special temple session at 8:30 AM for the missionaries and temple employees to celebrate this milestone.  I played the piano for the chapel session at 8:00 AM.  Afterwards, there was a reception in the Comedor.  

The Uchtdorfs and the Bednars at the dedication, June 21, 2015.

Our Temple Presidency at the dedication,
The Coacallas, the Diaz's and the Casos's.

Last night we went to the Casos's for Family Home Evening and a birthday celebration for Jose and Luz Guevara.  They both have birthdays this month.

The Gomez's and Guevara-Castros.

Wayne and Jan across the room.

President and Sister Casos.

The Coacallas and birthday couple.

Everyone brought food.

And of course, there was birthday cake.

It was another busy week for us.  Whenever, I think I won't have much to post on my blog, I look back at my pictures and realize we have been out and about a lot.  So here are some of the happenings this past week.

We went out to eat at Romanos with the Hawses one day after a morning shift at the temple.  When we were walking to find a taxi afterwards, we went into Listo, a Seven Eleven type gas station, and found these large lollipops. We didn't buy them, but thought they were worthy of a kodak moment.

We found time to make a trip to the Mercado, downtown, to pick up some fruits and veggies.

A city street.

Some of our fruit ladies.

Our taxi driver was Isaac.  He was 11 years old when Bill served his mission here.
He grew up in La Esperanza and knows the Rodriguez family that Bill baptized.
He still live 2 blocks from the twins.

Avocados come in all shapes and sizes down here.  We really like the little ones.
They are just big enough for one person and do not have a pit.

One day after our shift, we walked to the mall for lunch.  We ran into this funeral getting ready to head to the cemetery next to the temple.  They must have had the funeral in one of the the buildings.  There was a hearse for the casket and a large bus to transport the people.

                                                  Other sights along the way.

Lunch at Subway.

Peruvian construction.

                                                 Missionaries at the mission office.

Elder Manley & Elder Dorado from Bolivia.

A sweet little girl.

A cute little puppy riding in a car.

After our day at the mission office on Thursday, we found a taxi driver who was heading home to Huanchaco (the beach).  Since it was a beautiful day we decided to ride with him about 20 minutes to see the beach.  We walked around awhile and took the bus home.

Police in training.

Selling fishing lines.

 

Catching fish with the line.

We bought some shells from this little vendor.

When we got back to the temple, we found these good missionaries teaching investigators on the temple grounds.

Elder Romero & Elder Angulo.

Later in the week, President and Sister Rios, from the South mission, brought their missionaries to the temple.  These are the ones going home this week.

President & Sister Rios are kneeling on the grass.

On Sunday we went with the Hawses to the El Alto ward in Moche.  This was the last church building in Trujillo (there are 26) for us to attend in all seven stakes.  We have not been to all the wards, just all the buildings.  This was a small building with no piano.  This building is on the Pan American highway that runs south to Lima and north to the United States.

We wanted to visit this ward to say goodbye to Elder Talbot.  He is one of the ones going home this week.  Elder Talbot is from Cornville, AZ. He is such a fun and cute elder.  He was one of the first missionaries we met when we first arrived in Trujillo.  He was being trained in the office by Elder Heward because the mission was ready to split and he would be the new secretary to President Rios.  He was able to serve half his mission in the North and half in the South mission.

Elder Talbot

Wayne & Bill outside the church.

A classroom.

We saw this man filling the sacrament cups from the faucet so
we all made sure we only took small sips when they passed
the sacrament.  They are supposed to use bottled water but
we doubt that most wards do.

William with William. 

Wayne testing out the podium.  it was very low.  Definitely built
for Peruvians.  During the Sunday School hour, they asked
Bill and me to bear our testimonies.  Don't know how
Jan and Wayne escaped that one.

Jan in the parking lot / basketball court / soccer (futbol) field. 

Bill &  Jan greeting a member outside the church.
You can see the Pan American highway on the left.

Jan took this picture of a sunflower growing next to the church on the highway.

Right next door to the church was a bakery.  We could smell
the bread baking when we got there.

There was one tree in the back of the church.

 Bill and I with Elder Talbot, Elder Tineo from Lima and their
convert of two months.  He investigated the church for
one year and wants to serve a mission.

Elder Talbot, Elder Going from Oregon, Elder Tineo and Elder Carder from Gallatin, MO.
This was also Elder Going's  & Elder Carder's last Sunday in the mission.
This ward was Elder Going's first area and he had permission to come back
for a visit.

Jan and I with Jazmin Saldana.  She works in the
temple with her fiancé.  They plan to be married in a year.



We crossed the street after church to hail down a taxi.
This two lane road is the Pan American Highway that runs
north and south from the Southern tip of Chile to the United States.

Looking at the bakery next to the church from across the highway.

This was taken from the taxi on our way home.  
These trucks are coming from the mines.
The highway is four lanes every now and then.

Taken from the taxi.

Sunday was also Father's Day so the traffic was crazy when we got back to the Temple.  Just like Mother's Day, the Cemetery next to the temple was overrun with visitors.

Bill went to check out this old car.  It was a 1969 Volkswagen hatchback.
His brother, Taylor, had one of these.


And lastly, Happy Father's Day to all the Father's and men in my life.
This last picture says it all.  Ronald Chavez is one of my Facebook friends.
He also works with us in the temple.