The Haslers in the Peru, Limatambo Mission 2023-

  The weeks are flying by! Julie was sick most of last week. We'll only hit the hi-lights from both weeks.  Last week Rich taught the two English classes and attended the Wednesday Zone Conference by himself. At it, our friends José Luís and his wife Veronica attended. José Luís announced that he wants to be baptized. Julie was so disappointed to not be there. She did make the second zone conference. We taught a couple of lessons with Elders to the taxi driver to whom we gave a Book of Mormon. It was pretty amazing! He wants to get baptized! Julie stayed home otherwise  to continue getting well. During the week we made several appointments, checked on several missionaries and kept busy.  We've met José Luís for church but he lives in a different mission so we have permission. He has been well received by the members of his ward. The missionaries have taught him one lesson and are enthused. We helped with the Sisters's P-day and Rich taught those who were interested h

A couple of Elders contacted a man in their area. He told them that a taxi fare who he picked up had given him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He described the man and since Rich pretty much sticks out as a bald gringo with a white shirt and a missionary tag, they knew right off where he got the Book. We have been invited to teach the first lesson with him on Thursday. We have given out 103 copies since the beginning of last month. We are witnesses to miracles every week in the baptisms we attend and the experiences we have with the missionaries.  We paid dental bills for wisdom teeth removal for a couple of missionaries.  We took an Elder  to buy an ankle brace for a sprain from playing soccer. and Rich had oral surgery to put two posts in for further implants. That went well. We made appointments for various other missionaries. We've had to find our own podiatrist and she tells them like it is. She puts the fear of amputation and death into them so they take her seriously. We love

We have had a wild couple of weeks. We participated in an activity to honor Peruvian Independence from Spain. We were asked to speak to a very large group of young people about our mission. We had missionaries come and go. A sister was bitten by a pit bull and we got to help her get treated and get her rabies shot series started. We set up numerous medical and dental appointments. Recently, a friend asked why all missionaries don't have their wisdom teeth out before. That is a rule in North America, Europe and some of Asia but not so much in the 3rd world. A lot of people here never have them pulled. We finished up a monthly goal to place two copies of the Book of Mormon per day. Our mission president gave us that challenge.  With an ease we placed 73 copies in July. It is truly amazing how receptive people are to this message here in Peru. People are curious about what a couple of old white folks are doing here from the US and we explain that we are missionaries. Everyone calls us