Feliz Dia, Perú

Another week, ya? Another email that I gotta write for you guys? En serio? Wow.  Time seriously flies when you're having fun.

Well, this week was good, A LOT happened! To start it off, we had a multi-zone conference in Pisco.  That was super good!  I saw my bestie, Hermana Boyd!  And more of my friends from the South.  The zones from Cañete, Chincha, Pisco, Ica, and Nazca were all there.  And President Richey, Hermana Richey, and the assistants to the president.

Right after the conference, the missionaries from our zone left and returned to Ica, and my companion and I went the other way -- to Lima.  We stayed the night in Chorrillos, in a zone called The Campiña, with Hermana Winter and Hermana Pead.  We ordered pizza and made no bake cookies, so it was a great night.  Then in the morning we had doctros appointments and once those were over, we headed back in bus to Ica.

On Friday, we had interviewws with President Richey.  He's the best.  He told me that this is for sure my last transfer here in Ica, which is sad.  So that means for sure I leave Ica on Monday, August 19.  QUE TRISTE.  I'm gonna have only 3 aread in my mission: Americas, Ayacucho for 6 months; San Isidro and Puenta Blanco, Ica for 6 months; and one last area to finish off my last 6 months!  How crazy is that?  I feel like I'm finally getting the hang of things and now I'm on the down fall.  Wow.

But yeah, on Saturday, some of the elders came to our pensionista's house to do a service project.  We sanded a cement room to prepare it to get painted.  That was fun because we got to work, socialize, and wear pants, ha ha.  I miss pants.

Ha ha, okay, here's a funny story.  Yesterday, our ward mission leaders accompanied us.  After a couple hours, he had to leave and go to an activity of the young single adults.  We were bugging him and messing around and asked him, "Hey, what's more important, accompanying the missionaries, or going to an activity in the church?" And he answered, "MY exaltation."  HAHA we died laughing.  He's the best.

Well, thank you for reading this email, I love you all. Have a fantastic week!  God loves you!

♥️, Hermana Lowe

Ica Zone

Hnas Valencia, Lopez, and Lowe 

Elder Aravena, Hnas Pinos, and Lowe

Hnas Lowe and Lopez

Hnas Huaman and Lowe 

Hermanas Pinos and Lowe

Pics from the Multi-Zone Conference!

     Ft. Hermanas: Ribeiro, Huaman, Valdivia, Lopez, Quinteros, Lopez,  Bautista, Mousser, Guasgua, Valencia, Romero, Pinos, Harris, Lowe, Vargas, Boyd, Pérez, McDowell, and Richey.
All the sister missionaries in the south!

Hermanas Lowe and Boyd

Hnas Lowe, Lopez, and Mousser

Pizza en la campiña!

Almost bought this shirt in Lima. 8 soles aka $2.50

Last minute touches on our area folder in a moto taxi.

We replaced the picture of the Virgin Mary to this card of Jesus Christ....it's on the wall by our front door, ha ha.

The Service Project...The handkerchief was to put over his mouth and protect from the cement dust, but this Canadian thought it was more important to cover his hair!

Food that Kari made for us on Saturday for lunch

Hermana Kari (our pensionista) has been dying to try pancakes so we made them on Sunday morning!  Here she is, content with her "montaña de panqueques"

Hermana Kari's grandson, Sebastian! ❤️ He has my heart.  It kills me that I can't hold him.

If Hermana Pinos and I were bananas....always stuck together! ha ha

La Noche Blanca en Puente Blanco

This week was so stressful, but oh so good!  It was worth every minute.

Everyday this week, we checked up on and taught and prepared the four beautiful children of God that had a baptism date for the 20th of July.  Felizmente, everything went well and we were able to see all four enter into a covenant with their Father in Heaven through being baptized!  It was a true miracle.  I'll tell you a little about each one. I have come to love and admire each one and can truly see their divine potential.

Fernanado is 17 years old and lives with his mom, aunt, grandma, and puppy (named Kira).  His dad only stops by on the weekends to sleep and then returns to work for the whole week, so Fernando doesn't feel a close connection with him.  He has a girlfriend who is a member of the church from the San Joaquin Ward.  She invited him to church over there in San Joaquin but a couple months ago, he moved into our area, so we began to visit and teach him.  He gained his own testimony of the church and told us that he wants to go on a mission!  He is living proof of the power of repentance, of the strength we can receive through Christ, and of humble dedication to family and the gospel.  I love this kid.

Manuel is a beast.  He came to church one Sunday a couple months ago, because a friend had invited him, and he loved it.  He wanted to meet with us to learn more and so we did just that.  We've met with him almost every Tuesday night since then.  He's 30 years old and working.  He's always traveling to Chincha and Nazca for his job.  He is super smart, super receptive, and has so much faith in God and an open and willing heart.  I can guarantee he'll be a bishop in the near future....he's seriously awesome.

Scarlet and Nicole are sisters, ages 17 and 15.  Their parents and two older sisters are members of the church, but haven't been active for years.  The missionaries have been visiting their family for years to try and help the two younger sisters with their testimony and conversion to be able to complete the family.  But every time they would get close to a baptism date, it would always fall or get pushed back and they never got around to their end goal.  But, finally, everything worked out well and they were also able to be baptized after so many years of preparation!  In their family there are four girls and their parents.  They remind me of my family, too, for a couple funny reasons.  One being, they are always late and the excuse always is that "she took forever to get out of the bathroom" or "she couldn't find her other shoe" or "she was using my flat iron", ha ha.  They're a crack-up.  I love them to death.

Well, that's about all I've got for you guys.  I'm just happy to be here, happy to be an instrument in God's hands, and happy to be seeing miracles everyday here in Ica, Perú.

Have a flippin' fantastic week!
Love,
Hermana Lowe

P.S. I taught my companion the phrase "You go, girl" and it's the best thing that's happened to me.  In fact, last night, after making a good joke that made me laugh, she said, "I go girl."  Ha ha, she's so cute.

THE BAPTISM!

Fernando and his mom

Hermana Pinos, Hermana Lowe, Fernando's mom, Fernando

Fernanado's mom, Hnas Pinos and Lowe, Manuel

Fernando and his girlfriend

Nicole and Scarlet

La Familia Dominguez

Todo Blanco!

Todo Blanco!

Pics of my comp and I later that night in our house because we forgot to take some of just us at the baptism.

Hna Lowe, Hna Kari (Pensionista), and Hna Pinos

Sorry, I Can't, I Have to Take Care of My Aunt's Cat

Buenos dias! Como estan todos?

I'm doing good, just doin' what I can here in Perú, good Ol' South America. It's been a good week. We're just keeping busy and trying to help the people we have with a baptism date keep progressing and keep moving forward with their testimony.  We are praying for a miracle that we will be able to help these four beautiful children of God come unto Christ and make sacred covenants with God.  Please pray for them!  (Nicole and Scarlet Dominguez, Patrik Robles, Fernando Gavilan, y Manuel Castillo).  They have my whole heart.

Well, I only have one picture from this week.  Sorry.  That's a little sad.  But it's a pretty solid picture.  Aqui tenemos pimiento, tomate, y rocoto.  Or bell pepper, tomato, and some kind of chili pepper.  That's all.  My companion bought rocoto instead of bell pepper, so our homemade empanadas were a little spicy, but it's fine, they were yummy.

That's the most un-interesting story ever, sorry.

As we were calling Patrik's cousin, Tamara, who is also 9 years old, to invite her to church, she told us she couldn't make it.  We asked her why and she said it's because her aunt had just left her house and left her in charge of her cat...HA HA.  She said, "Es que justo mi tia salió y tengo que cuidar a su gato, no podrė hermanas.  Seria para la proxima." Ha ha, we died laughing.  (It's because my aunt just left and I have to take care of her cat...I can't, sisters.  I'll come next time.")  She's so cute.  I'm not even mad she didn't come, ha ha, because her excuse was so cute.

Well, I'm doing good. Super great, in fact.  The time is still soaring by and I can't believe it's Monday again and that July is half-way over.  I'm just trying to enjoy every moment and take advantage of the life I've got over here with a nametag!  It's so different but I love it!

Please read Alma 37:37 in the Book of Mormon for a good daily reminder.

" ^aCounsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and he will direct thee for ^bgood; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the ^cmorning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day."


God loves you!

Have a great week,
Love, Hermana Lowe