Christmas and New Year 2024
With the arrival of 2024, 26 years have passed since we first came to Peru. That seems impossible. Much of that seems like ancient history and some seems like yesterday. We are sorry to be so inconsistent with our blog.We have experienced a pretty amazing few weeks that have included celebrations for Christmas with the missionaries and attending a large interfaith chorus concert sponsored by the church. It is part of the Light the World initiative. Our area president spoke, as did the archbishop of Lima and the pastor of the Orthodox church gave the opening prayer. An interfaith choir sang the Messiah and it was remarkably well attended. The Church News carried a report of the concert and gathering. We had two mission multi-zone Christmas conferences. We brought the zones together and participated in a white elephant gift exchange. It helps, but Christmas in Lima is just hard. We stay in contact with the missionaries and take a lot of health calls. We also joined with the other senio