Back to Palermo

We went back to Palermo to the America Ward today.  We visited this ward in August 2015. This ward is in the Palermo Stake which is one of the two Trujillo stakes in the the Trujillo South Mission. The other one is the Laureles Stake. There are five Trujillo Stakes in the North Mission.  

Three wards meet in this building, Intendencia at 8:00 AM, America at 10:00 AM and Palermo at 3:00 PM.

One of the members owns this old Hillman. It is a British company that
was bought by Chrysler and manufactured until some time in the 60's.
  They sure can keep cars running for a long time down here.

The Gamboas; she works in the temple. 

Juan Alba and his wife.  They were some of the first members in Trujillo.

A cute future missionary wearing his Lima Temple tie.

The High Councilman today was Segundo Otiniano.
He is a past Stake President and a Sealer in the Temple.

The Zumaetas, friends from the temple.

Bill with Josua Valdivia, the Stake President's son and a temple worker.

A temple volunteer with Hermana Salazar on the right.
This little girl was crying until we gave her a piece of candy.

The Valdivias, brother to the Stake President and Hermana Salazar
and uncle to Josua.

Hermana Valdivia's primary class, ages 4-7.

The youngest Salazar daughter.

Bill with more of the Salazar family.

A picture from Facebook of the whole Salazar family.
They were some of the first people we became acquainted with in Peru.

Elder Sanchez from Paraguay and Elder Stephens from Texas,
Assistants to President Rios.

Joel Haro, one of our piano boys.  He played for Sacrament Meeting.
Joel got his endowments yesterday and will be leaving in a month
for his mission to Arequipa, Peru.  His piano buddy, Diego, is in the
Intendencia Ward that meets in the same building at 8:00 AM. Diego
has another year before he leaves on his mission.

Visiting after the meetings.

We had a special day at the temple on Wednesday.  Three of our favorite missionaries are going home.  They all came to the temple with their parents.  We and the Hawses were able to assist them in all the ordinances in English.  The families were so thrilled to spend time in the temple their sons have grown to love.  All of them were here during the completion of the temple, open house and dedication.  All these families live in Utah so we hope we can connect with them again some day.

Elder Phelps, Elder Marshall & Elder Craft
Great missionaries.  We sure do love these guys.

The Phelps Family from Clinton, Utah (close to Ogden).

The Marshall Family from Hyde Park, Utah (next to North Logan).
The Marshalls know Scott Theuer from our North Logan Ward.  
He is their dentist as well as ours.

The Craft Family from Linden, Utah (north of Provo).

My sister Linda and brother-in-law Don received their mission call this month.  They will be leaving in December to serve as temple missionaries in the Curitiba, Brazil Temple. This is the area Don served in over 50 years ago.  We hope we make it home before they leave for their 18 months of service. We wish them well in this new adventure.

On a fun note, the Whitneys in Viru (one hour south of Trujillo) are preparing for a trek with the youth of that area.  Elder Whitney has been helping to build handcarts for the trek on July 28th. We look forward to hearing their report of the event.

Elder Whitney (white hair) with his helpers. 

Linda and Ken Whitney, on the right, with their handcarts.

Linda giving one of them a test run.

Making pioneer hats for the trek.

I have to post another picture of Elder Stephens from Texas at this point.  Over one year ago he was a Zone Leader in Viru.  He showed them pictures and videos of the treks in Utah and the members became very excited. They told him to start planing it. So he was a big part of making this trek a reality.  I think this story would be worthy of getting in the Church News.  He is hoping to get special permission to go down for the trek.  He goes home in September.

                            Kodak moments from the Taxi and seafood in the Market.

This fruit stand says it is open 24 hours, interesting. 

Shoe repair.

Octopus - who buys this stuff?

   

Back home in Missouri, Hannah and Abby were in the Missoula Children's Theatre production of the musical, The Jungle Book.  There were 32 in the show.  Hannah got the lead role as Mowgli and Abby was in the wolf pack.  We heard they were awesome.  Hannah is front and center in tan and Abby is the red wolf in the next two pictures. We are always proud of these girls.

I guess the week wouldn't be complete without a little wisdom from Pickles.