The Haslers in the Peru, Limatambo Mission 2023-

We can’t believe we’re at the end of April! We travel stateside, with permission, on May 8th and return on May 19th for family needs. We have extended our mission until June of 2025 for any who have not heard. We have been busy with medical appointments, payments, and last week, in three trips, Rich took twenty-two missionaries to Migraciones to pick up their Carnés de Extranjeria. (The card that gives them permission to live here in Perú.) The Zone Conferences this week were powerful. What a blessing and privilege to be taught by the President of the South America Northwest Area, Elder Jorge Zeballos and his wife Hermana Carmen Zeballos. Also, President and Hermana Plumb. How we love them and our missionaries. We are truly grateful to be here.  After one of our days of conference, Rich got a panicked call from our other senior missionary. He was alone in the office when a very drugged-up/psychotic guy with a dog came in. He broke three locks in a rampage to find a girl who he sa

 The kids arrival in Lima It has been so long that I suppose some might have thought we gave up and went home. Far from it. We have extended our mission to coincide with our mission president's termination. We will now return home at the end of June, 2025. We were able attend the    dedication of the Los Olivos temple, a truly wonderful experience and we have since been able to attend there. What a beautiful building and feeling.. We have definitely struggled to keep up with our posting a blog to be sure. We will not even attempt a recap. Suffice it to say, we have kept so busy. Two weeks ago, we had a wonderful visit from Glenn, Jenae and their kids. They flew to Lima and we all went up to Cusco together. They came during Spring Break so it was a bit of a whirlwind visit. We made it to the critical sites around Cusco and then went to Machu Picchu. Our trip there was eventful. This is the end of the rainy season and that poses challenges. The night before we left for Machu Picchu i