Nuestra Obra Misional de Lima Norte

4-13-25 A view from one of the missionaries' houses.  I’m not sure if I have mentioned this or not (I’m not going to go back and look), but a few weeks ago, we were called to teach English Connect to the youth of our Ward. It has been fun to meet with the youth each week and help them do something that can change their lives. We have between 8 and 12 people show up each week. They have all levels of English ability, but everyone is learning something. One of the young men is someone we had not seen at church, or at least don’t remember seeing him. His name is Marlon. It is easy to see that he is well-liked by the other youth, especially the girls. His English is ok and his attitude is better. This week, we found out why we have never seen him in our Ward. We were invited to his baptism. He doesn’t live in our War,d but many of his friends do. He was being taught by the Elders in his Ward (Deseret). One of the things we have noticed about many of the new members is how eager they ar...

 4-6-25 On their way to Machu Picchu One of the great things about being a Senior Missionary is that family can come and visit. This week was filled with a lot of activities with McKenzie and her family, and most of those were out of our Mission. (another advantage of being a Senior Missionary) Our part of town isn’t the most glamorous part of town, but it is “our” part of town. We didn’t choose to serve here in this little part of Lima. All the places we did “pick” were nothing like the Peru LIma North Mission. but we are so grateful that we have the chance to serve here in our little way. That being said, other than a moto taxi ride to the office and an introduction to our little local markets, we spent most of our time with them showing them the sites of Lima, which are ALL outside of our mission.  McKenzie and Luke are not idle travelers. We did about 3 times the number of tourist things with them that we would normally try ourselves. I will point out some of the highlight...

 3-30-25 Now that's a cool car. And another busy week in the books. This week, we had Zone Conferences. They were done in the usual schedule of 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) with 2 zones coming to the Stake Center where the mission office is located. This building sits on the southernmost edge of our mission boundary. Since the mission is only about 11.5 miles long and 5 miles wide, it is not too difficult for everyone to come into the office. However, at times (depending on traffic) it can take as much as 1.5 hours to come in from the farthest areas of the mission. The mission leaders also plan some of their missionary interviews right after the conferences. The teaching is always great at Zone Conferences, but the gathering is the most enjoyable part. We know all the missionaries and love them all. We talk to them about their language study, and we see them at house inspections.  It is a joy to see them whenever we see them, but especially at Zone Conferences. It...