The week of changes Jan 13, 2010

Doctor Slingerland comes to our office twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays. He sees missionaries from our mission and the South mission. He came the week of changes. Elders having fun.

The Elders love to play the card game golf as do the Tylers. We met at the Presidents home for Elder Huamani's birthday and he going home and Elder Malale going to Quillabamba. We had pizza instead of going to a restaurant.

Missionaries going home. Elder Bravo and elder Huamani had a girl friend that came to the testimony meeting.

Elder Huamani with his companion elder Jenkins and with Karen. He was an assistant with both presidents.

Sister Cleverly telling the missionaries goodbye as the van is about to pull away from the Magdalena chapel and head to the airport.

Elder Ramos on his way home to Mexico.

Brother and sister Tipiani. What a couple. They served in Puerto Maldonado. Though Peruvian they are going home to Saratoga Springs, Ut.

China Town

Yesterday on our P-day we went
down town with George and Rochie

to China town and from there to

Plaza de Armas and the Presidential

Palace.

We ate at an authentic Chineese
restaurant. There were people

everywhere. A lot of sweat shops.

We werent exactly sure what we ate

but it was ok.

Peruvian Congress building

Congress building front and back

Balconies

These places were really something in their day.

1-2-10 Plaza de Armas

Some remaining Christmas scenes at the Plaza de Armas

Private Gold Collection at Presidential Palace

Private Gold Collection in the west
wing of the Presidential Palace.

Nativity Scenes

In the west wing they had a display of Nativity Scenes. After leaving the Presidential Palace we walked down Jiron de Union looking in the shops. We then caught a bus for home and ended the excersion going to the Ice Cream Factory.

12-31-2009

We ended the year by going to "La Bistecca" restaurant to eat lunch. It was Nadine Ramirez birthday. We were joined by the Tylers, Cordons and the Ramirez.

In the evening we joined up with the Temple bunch and played games until 11:45.

We then went up on the roof and had a 360 degree view of the fireworks display all over the city. Every neighborhood was doing their own thing.

This was the group of us up on the roof.

You could see fireworks all over the city, both near and far.

12-25-09 Christmas day

We went to the Manning's for Christmas dinner at noon. There were three mission presidents, the Manning children, Karen and I and the office staffs and assistants of the South and Central Missions.

The Elders from the South mission and from the Central missions

Karen and I and the Tylers with elder Jenkins, the presidents assistant here in Lima.

Elder Huamani, the other assistant of the President here in Lima.

After the Ham dinner we all went our seperate ways to call home to our families.