Last Day at the Temple

Yesterday was our last day serving in the Trujillo, Peru Temple.  It was a bittersweet day as we had to say goodbye to so many people we have grown to love.  Today we have been trying to sort through things and pack for our journey back home.  Where did all this stuff come from?  We have been giving stuff away and still had to borrow one of Wayne and Jan's suitcases they say they won't need.  I can see extra baggage fees at the airport in our future.  I hate to admit that Heather and Robert took two suitcases home with them for us and Wayne and Jan took two with them when they went home in August.  Too many llamas, I suppose. We only had 4 big ones and 2 carryons when we came to Peru.

After the temple on Thursday we went with the Hawses back to Casa Andina to eat.  They had never been there before.  We stayed in the Casa Andina Hotel the first 4 nights we were in Trujillo since the visiting General Authorities were staying in all the apartments.  They have very good food and we all enjoyed our Lomo Saltado, a favorite Peruvian dish.

Frozen limonada.

This is one of the walls.  It shows some of the tourist
attractions around Trujillo.

Bill found a big gourd.

Casa Andina is in the El Golf area of Trujillo.  There are nicer homes here as well as the Country Club and Golf Course.  Bill tried to talk them into letting us in but they wouldn't hear of it. They didn't even like us taking pictures.

I copied this next part from Jan's blog.  I wanted to save it on my blog because the sentiments are mutual.  Thanks Jan for your kind words.  We will miss you too but look forward to your return home to Hooper so we can continue the adventure.

November 17, 2016

These are our friends Bill and Sandy Hartman.  

Monday night they will leave Trujillo and this place they've called home for almost 18 months.  They have finished their temple mission and will return home to Logan, Utah with honor.  They are wonderful people!  We have had many fun adventures with them. 

There are a lot of little things we'll always remember about them, we call them out Hartmanisims.  Inca Cola, Sublime, speaker phone calls, ext 216, FHE, Bingo, the elevator, key to gym, "only in Peru", Monopoly, "slug bug", Chili's, chicken fired chicken, frozen limonada con granadina, Tottus, Wongs, Squalos, Dan Lac milk, sharing pictures, blogs, emails, text messages, "Bill can't have any", young missionaries, playing cards, "stop talking", tush, smiley, bathrobe, bigger apartment, going to church, shared taxis, middle seat, station wagons, yellow taxis, movies in English, recliner seats, una mas foto, estadados desnudos, the temple, special sessions, spare change, step child, Church News, BYU football, birthday cake, Deal or No Deal, the circus, chocolate caramels, candy to little kids, sharing, their smiles, their laughs, their generosity, and their love.  

Good things always seem to end, but our friendship will be for eternity.  We've talked about how it will never be the same, and it won't be, but we'll always have the memories and the photos of the wonderful time we've shared together as missionaries in the Trujillo Temple! 

We love you Bill and Sandy!  Thanks for the adventure.

We will miss you.