Posts From Perú

This is a group of new members of the Church in Soritor Peru. 

Soritor is located 30 minutes from Moyobamba in a

mountainous region of the Amazon jungle.

Our lastest group of missionaries to complete their missions.
They return home "hombres de Dios" or men of God. 
What a privilege for us to come to know them and
serve with them.
Starting form the bottom left:  Elders; Angerbaugh, Guthrie, Jaita
Maldonaldo, Kepner, Palero, Divis, McCleve, Purvis, McKeachnie,
Bylund, Essig, Jenson and Hunt

                           

The very next morning we picked up a new group of missionaries. A mission helps these young men become men of God.

During their mission through daily scripture

study and spiritual experiences they

come to know God for themselves.  They learn to

forget about themselves and learn to serve and love

other people.  Everyday they get up and go to work perfoming

the Lord's work.

  It truly is a defining time in their young lives.   

 

In Peru there are many very talented artesans.

Occasionally on a free day we have the opportunity to

observe them working. 

This man is hand weaving a piece of furniture. 

The bench  on the left took him three days to weave. 

There are no made in China tags on these items. 

I was in heaven when we walked through this flower

market. This sweet lady was thrilled that I

bought flowers from her display.  After I chose which flowers

I wanted to buy she took her three foot long

machette and chopped off the long stems.

This man is hand chiseling a design in marble

for a headstone.  This has been his profession

for the last 30 years of his life.  His work was beautiful

and his hand grip strong.

An example of some of his work.  Notice
 the hand chiseled sign for our church.

A view of the jungle on the way to Moyobamba.

No dodge ram pick ups in
Iquitos, only revamped motos stacked high

with their cargo.

In the jungle cities if you load a large truck

with a heavy load you have to haul the workers

to your destination so they can unload it.  Everything

in Peru is done by hand. 

The sweet lady in the middle is the oldest

person Pres. Blunck has interviewed for

baptism.  She is 95 years old.  

Elder Reber is over 6 foot and Elder Nurminda

is just under 5 foot tall.  No matter the difference

in height and cultures the gospel of Jesus Christ

makes all people equal in the sight of God.

Elder McMillan and Elder Leiva

Elder Cifuentes and Elder Woolstenhulme

Pizza makes any elder smile.

These sisters love serving the Lord.

Hermana Bowles, Hermana Sanhueza,

Hermana Rodriguez and Hermana Farias