We were up early and ready to go so we went ahead and left for church. We arrived at the building about 45 minutes before the10:00 meeting. We were not aware that the La Merced Ward that meets at 8:00 AM was having their Ward Conference. As we walked through the breezeway, we were prepared to sit and wait until the next ward started.
President Tapia is the Stake President for this stake and he saw us as he was speaking from the pulpit. He must have turned to Joseph Pesantes, who was sitting on the stand, because he came out into the foyer and told us President Tapia wanted us to come into the meeting. We tried to sit on the back row but Joseph told us the President wanted us up on the stand. It was a little embarrassing walking to the the stand while the President was speaking since there was only 15 minutes left in the meeting. As President Tapia finished his talk, he acknowledged us on the stand and asked us to come bear our testimonies. We love President Tapia, but we are going to have to stop going to meetings where he presides, ha! He has done this to us before.
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| Joseph Pesantes, Bill & Carlos Jesus, both temple workers. |
The good thing about it was we were able to see friends from both the Rio Seco and La Merced Wards. We truly feel like celebrities down here. Everyone is excited when we come and visit their wards. I wish Americans were more like Peruvians when people come to visit their wards. Ironically, the Bishop of the Rio Seco Ward also asked us to sit on the stand. After the young Elders spoke he asked us to bear our testimonies as well. They were almost out of time so I told Bill to speak for both of us.
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| These are some of the primary children who sang in the Primary chorus at the ward conference. They sang, "I Love to See the Temple". |
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| The Bishop of the Rio Seco Ward, Bishop Verameza. |
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| The Chavez Family. Both parents work in the temple. They were some of the first temple workers. |
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| Bill with Hermano Chavez & Hermano Rodriguez, both temple workers. Hermano Chavez is 2nd counselor in the Bishopric. |
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| Hermano Grados with his daughter, son-in-law & granddaughter. |
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| Samuel Rodan and his mother. |
Sisters from the temple.
We love the Peruvian children.
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| The Chavez daughter. |
These next pictures were taken after church. It was a warm and sunny day and members were visiting outside the breezeway. The second picture shows members walking home from church and the last one is Bill and our little taxi.
As usual, there are always pictures we take from the taxi on the ride home. We never want to forget the many scenes of Trujillo.
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| Gas stations are not self serve. Attendants wait to take your money and pump your gas. |
This past week in Trujillo, we found bananas growing on the street in front of the temple.
As well as the ice cream man peddling to his next location.
Visitors from the U.S. talking with Oscar, one of our temple engineers. Two Peruvian brothers and their wives from Utah.
We ran into two of our favorite sisters, waiting for the bus, Hermana Leon & Aznaran.
A quick trip to the Mercado provided us with some interesting fruit. The orange fruit comes from the jungle. It resembles a peach inside with no pit.
Thursday at the Mission Office, we said goodbye to Sister Richardson from Idaho.
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| Siter Sue Miller, Sister Richardson, Sister Sandy Miller and me. |
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| Bill working (or visiting) with Elder Craft, from Utah. |
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| Sister Richardson, Sister Olson (our nurse), Elder Norton and Elder Drescher. |
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| Elder Mark Carman, from Bountiful, Utah. |
Today we had a real treat. Jordan Pereda, from the temple, came to cook Lomo Saltado for us and the Hawses.
So what did we do while Jordan cooked? Played games, knitted and crocheted!
The finished product was delicious.
One last selfie before we all went home.
So what did we do while Jordan cooked? Played games, knitted and crocheted!
The finished product was delicious.
One last selfie before we all went home.
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