Two Weeks in One with Sweet Reunions

 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 how to paint with watercolors. We have been pretty swamped with medical appointments.


We have attended various baptisms but last night was quite special. One of our elders had the privilege to baptize his grandmother while his sister serving in Panama watched. It was so touching. This was up in one of the more dangerous areas in our mission so we loved meeting the sweet people who live in such a place.


On Saturday we had been invited to a reunion of our old friends when we lived in and worked at the Tintaya mine. It was wonderful. We saw so many dear friends. We ate and danced and talked with so many people we love. We had wanted to come back for just such a get together however, this was the first one since 2019 because of the pandemic.


One of our dear friends from those days worked in maintenance and we have always loved her. She and her daughter came to town to have her prosthetic eye checked out. We had them over for lunch and it was truly a sweet reunion. 


At the Tintaya Reunion
Our dear friend José Luís who has decided to get baptized after more than fifteen years of friendship!

Multizone Conference



An MTC missionary from Otavalo, Ecuador who sang with us at an area wide fireside


Mobile X-Rays, who knew, set up in our offices for a cracked elbow 

A baptism Rich attended
Sisters's P-Day


We met the twin sister of one of our sisters in the temple
Puri and Vanessa's Visit

San Gabriel - a Bunch of Baptisms

Tintaya Mine Reunion



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  1. AnonymousAugust 27, 2023 at 11:02 PM

    My cousins and I have a few referrals for you guys please email me at pedrotty@nmis.org when you get a chance so I can send them to you guys :)

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