LAST DAYS OF OUR MISSION AND RETURN HOME!

     We are coming to the end of our mission and grateful for the many blessings we have been given!  It is a bitter sweet time for us.  We are very excited to hug and spend time with our family, once again, but will truly miss being missionaries and serving in Lima, Peru!  We will miss our dear friends we have made in the area office, in the CCM, and in our La Molina Ward family.  We absolutely loved our mission as Area Medical Advisors and the opportunity to travel throughout Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador as we served the missionaries and the Mission Presidents and their wives.  Hope you will enjoy seeing our last pictures and experiences in this beautiful part of the Lord's vineyard.

 These two maps show the Northwest South America Area and the missions !

The mission presidents and their wives are on this map!

 Steve tried three times to paraglide off the cliffs of Miraflores, but the wind was never strong enough!  Something to try when we return to Lima someday!

This is Waldo and his three darling children Cielo, Andre, and baby Jonny!  He was my hairdresser and we became good friends.  His English was very good, so I could talk to him and share gospel principles with him.  The missionaries go there sometimes, so hopefully he will let the missionaries teach his family!

Steve and Victor show one of his weavings and we bought many things from him during our stay!  He lived in Huancayo and traveled to Lima weekly and would come to our home to share his rugs, wall hangings, shawls, and bags!

This was our last trip to Jockey Plaza and you can see how modern and lovely it is.

This was our last "Lunch Bunch" gathering and we always enjoyed seeing our senior sister missionaries, our sisters who's husbands work at the embassy or who are attending graduate school.

Saying goodbye to our favorite missionaries and to our dear friend Carol, the secretary at the CCM!

Our farewell dinner included President and Sister Douglas, the area office senior missionaries, and the
temple senior missionaries! 

We finally made it to the Water Show and enjoyed the many fountains, colors, and music!  I'm very glad we did not miss this show!

Steve is standing outside the Lima West MIssion as we make our final rounds to the five Lima missions!

We wanted to take Graciela and her husband Cesar out to dinner to thank them for being such good friends and so helpful to us.  We were truly blessed to know their family and will miss them very much!

This was our last view of the Lima Temple!  We loved serving there with the missionaries and grateful for the opportunity to serve as ordinance workers for our last 5 months!  We will miss walking by this beautiful temple each day and the many friends we served with there.  The Lima Temple is one of the smallest temples in the world, but the busiest per square foot!

We brought the Barts (our replacements), the Adams, and Betsy Moore to see the activities in Miraflores and at the beach!  The mosaic walls at the "Love Park" are very colorful with fun designs!

This is the Love Statue!

We were entertained by these strap walkers.

This was our last dinner at Mangos Resturante!  Delicioso!

Farewell to the Northwest South America Area Office in Lima, Peru!  We loved serving as Area Medical Advisors to the mission presidents and their wives and to all the missionaries serving in our area!  We were truly blessed to be able to serve in this beautiful part of the Lord's vineyard!

Lynda and Steve truly learned to love Lima, the people, the culture, the Spanish language, and the diversity and beauty of the Northwest South America Area!