Welcome to Our Blog

As an introduction to our blog, we thought it would be helpful to provide some background on what lies ahead for us over the next 18 months. On July 4, 2023, we received a letter from the leader of our church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) to serve as missionaries in the Peru Arequipa mission. We will be serving in Arequipa for 18 months and have the opportunity to meet local church members as well as those who are not familiar with our faith and invite all to come unto Jesus Christ. We will start our mission by spending two weeks in Provo, Utah where we will receive some training and then we will travel to Arequipa on February 5th. The Peru Arequipa mission consists of approximately 146 missionaries from all parts of the world. Most of the missionaries are young single men and women (typically 18-21 years old). Jalene and I will be one of three married couples serving in the mission. We will be speaking Spanish (I am relearning the language and Jalene is learning for the first time). We are excited to have this opportunity at this time in our lives and grateful for your interest and support. Hopefully, this blog will give you some feel for what we are experiencing.

Monday, February 19, 2024

More Photos

Hermana Chipman just sent me some photos she took this week that I thought I'd add before I forget:

At dinner in Tacna the night before zone conference.  Us, the Chipmans and the two AP's (Assistants to the President)

All of the sister missionaries in the Tacna and Ilo Zones

Having lunch at the Tacna zone conference.  Same group that had dinner together.  We were the last to sit and they had to set up a new table for us.  That was our first course.  They then served us chicken thighs, potato salad and a lot of rice.

Preparing for our drive back to Arequipa from Tacna we stopped to get gas.  Next to us was this incredibly jam packed bus and I guess he was pretty hot and had to take his shirt off.  Hermana Chipman stealthily took this photo from the car.

You come across some crazy things in Peru.






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