tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58632393576283110192024-03-13T13:05:49.545-07:00Lima, Perú East MissionOur mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 2010-2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-66882761799644089472010-05-08T21:16:00.000-07:002010-05-08T21:22:01.135-07:00Juan's Baptism<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Y4MgXPlUI/AAAAAAAAAEI/-LwAAF0DndI/s1600/P1010159.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469120584985056578" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Y4MgXPlUI/AAAAAAAAAEI/-LwAAF0DndI/s320/P1010159.JPG" /></a><br /><div>On May 2 Juan Alfedo Pando Castro was baptized by Alan. He is a man that we have been teaching for 8 weeks and is very excited to be a member of this church. </div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-79858619040408165372010-05-08T21:05:00.000-07:002010-05-08T21:16:48.249-07:00Sebastian baptism<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Y264dgExI/AAAAAAAAAEA/h6z5g7kwsZo/s1600/P1010141.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469119182704481042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Y264dgExI/AAAAAAAAAEA/h6z5g7kwsZo/s320/P1010141.JPG" /></a><br /><div>On April 24 Sebastian Linan was baptized. He is 8 years old but needed to take the lessons because his family was inactive. He is a wonderful kid and pray that he will one day be a missionary. He was baptized by his Uncle Chrstian DaVila.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-15212362449739840312010-05-08T20:07:00.000-07:002010-05-08T21:04:31.828-07:00Native Peruvian Dog<div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YpNt4QmOI/AAAAAAAAADo/6vybswHTlvU/s1600/P1010133.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469104113118648546" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YpNt4QmOI/AAAAAAAAADo/6vybswHTlvU/s320/P1010133.JPG" /></a><br />
<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YpNcHoZNI/AAAAAAAAADg/OmpOtzYC6gk/s1600/P1010132.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469104108351284434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YpNcHoZNI/AAAAAAAAADg/OmpOtzYC6gk/s320/P1010132.JPG" /></a><br /><br />
<br /><div>As we have been knocking doors we have came across this dog several times. I had to get a picture of it. Everytime I see this dog it reminds me of the Hyanas in Lion King and I have to laugh when I see this dog. These dogs have no hair at all. What do you think?</div></div></div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-45639044922305815812010-05-08T19:49:00.000-07:002010-05-08T20:07:09.278-07:00Pachucamac<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Ymr-7C_rI/AAAAAAAAADY/Fbey0I8Z7bc/s1600/P1010098.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469101334554934962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Ymr-7C_rI/AAAAAAAAADY/Fbey0I8Z7bc/s320/P1010098.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YmrDHt-DI/AAAAAAAAADQ/GEyeXLbzNMo/s1600/P1010084.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469101318501955634" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YmrDHt-DI/AAAAAAAAADQ/GEyeXLbzNMo/s320/P1010084.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Ymq7VlktI/AAAAAAAAADI/9_ra-gFHIwc/s1600/P1010106.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469101316412642002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Ymq7VlktI/AAAAAAAAADI/9_ra-gFHIwc/s320/P1010106.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>On April 7 we went to some ruins called Pachucamac with some other Senior Missionaries and then we went to dinner at a restaurant that skymile magazine recomended but I can't remember what the name of it was. </div></div></div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-51624961686378706282010-05-08T19:31:00.000-07:002010-05-08T19:48:08.109-07:00My Granddaughter being a missionary<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YiJv4ckYI/AAAAAAAAADA/cR-T-Fum6L8/s1600/P1010157.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469096348355432834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YiJv4ckYI/AAAAAAAAADA/cR-T-Fum6L8/s320/P1010157.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YiJPyKYfI/AAAAAAAAAC4/xdG5zQP2JM4/s1600/P1010134.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469096339739140594" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YiJPyKYfI/AAAAAAAAAC4/xdG5zQP2JM4/s320/P1010134.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YiIdu2_CI/AAAAAAAAACw/wLfo_9WK8pI/s1600/P1010074.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469096326303513634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YiIdu2_CI/AAAAAAAAACw/wLfo_9WK8pI/s320/P1010074.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>My granddaughter Hope had made lots of flower suckers so that we could give them to the children down here in Peru. What a great way to show her testimony of missionary work than to share her talents and time with others. Thanks Hope for your love and support.</div></div></div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-67942810740415548562010-05-08T19:25:00.000-07:002010-05-08T19:30:56.334-07:00Zone Conference<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YeN-14R3I/AAAAAAAAACo/zk60K_AhHZw/s1600/P1010058.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469092023044163442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YeN-14R3I/AAAAAAAAACo/zk60K_AhHZw/s320/P1010058.JPG" /></a><br /><div>This is Alan and President Leyva eating foot long sandwiches after a Zone Conference.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-6760021525601034592010-05-08T19:18:00.000-07:002010-05-08T19:25:46.310-07:00Orange Bird<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Yc7BmkUuI/AAAAAAAAACg/CbyHuwA-4Ag/s1600/P1010055.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469090597856105186" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-Yc7BmkUuI/AAAAAAAAACg/CbyHuwA-4Ag/s320/P1010055.JPG" /></a><br /><div>While we were waiting for a district meeting in Musa I saw this pretty orange bird flying around but everytime I went to take a picture it would fly away. I was sitting watching it fly around and finally it landed on this bush and stayed there long enough for me to take this picture.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-57610112892113074192010-05-08T19:03:00.000-07:002010-05-08T19:12:17.933-07:00Volley Ball with our Zone<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YZq34QwQI/AAAAAAAAACY/MBgRt3qpPDU/s1600/P1010056.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469087021833175298" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S-YZq34QwQI/AAAAAAAAACY/MBgRt3qpPDU/s320/P1010056.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Here we are after playing volley ball for 2 hours with the young missionaries. I must say we did a pretty good job of keeping up with them. Alan even had some great saves. I think the missionaries were surpised. The next day we could tell that we had done something that we normally don't do.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-13506008303218509582010-02-19T14:06:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:49:34.063-08:00First District outing<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38NpqXXtKI/AAAAAAAAACQ/1G3lAzR7Vrs/s1600-h/093.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440081884284957858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38NpqXXtKI/AAAAAAAAACQ/1G3lAzR7Vrs/s320/093.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>On Febuary 3 we were called to be District leaders. We are over four missonaires. We had our first outing on Feruary 15 with 2 district and the zone Elders. We had our meetings and then they wanted to go to Chili's for lunch. Boy you should of seen the food they ordered. You would thing that they had not eaten for days. Here is a picture before the food came. I wish I had one with the food.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-20933327050539534502010-02-19T12:44:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:49:17.921-08:00Market place in La Molina<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S3776KSXmbI/AAAAAAAAABo/gqtFBTCFEA0/s1600-h/088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440062376522521010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S3776KSXmbI/AAAAAAAAABo/gqtFBTCFEA0/s320/088.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Feb 6 2010. This was our first experience with the market in La Molina. Just makes you want to buy and eat the chicken doesn't. Although I have to say the fruit at the market was fantasic. </div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-13917914639596280072010-02-19T12:26:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:47:30.537-08:00New way to water lawns<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S373TRSYBMI/AAAAAAAAABY/vWwVFW9wtSI/s1600-h/084.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440057310340187330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S373TRSYBMI/AAAAAAAAABY/vWwVFW9wtSI/s320/084.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Feb. 1 2010 When Elder Noall and I was walking throught the park on the way to the store we saw something very unusual. It is a new technology in water your lawn. So there can never be an excuse to have your lawn die because you don't have the money for a sprinkler system. All you need to do is drink lots and lots of water and have a very sharp knife. </div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-22587347219596652282010-02-19T12:18:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:47:08.585-08:00Doing what Alan does best<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37zcYeCsnI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_Vr6lCMN1EA/s1600-h/080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440053068840481394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37zcYeCsnI/AAAAAAAAABQ/_Vr6lCMN1EA/s320/080.JPG" /></a><br /><div>While we are trying to cooks Alan sneaks in to taste the food.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-41347886635874855842010-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:46:49.503-08:00My first cooking lesson on how to cook Peruvian food<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37Ldu1Nf8I/AAAAAAAAABI/_Qhb49hAumg/s1600-h/077.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440009111557996482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37Ldu1Nf8I/AAAAAAAAABI/_Qhb49hAumg/s320/077.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>One Saturday January 30 we went to Libia's house for my first cooking experiance on how to cook some Peruvian food. I learned how they make Lasagna and Papa a la Huancaina. In return I taoght them how to make chocolate chip cookies. What a fun day.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-48939041327582548882010-02-19T09:01:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:45:49.473-08:00What? Posing for a picture<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38LG2qZn0I/AAAAAAAAACI/5AYYbzE4Okc/s1600-h/071.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440079087267323714" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38LG2qZn0I/AAAAAAAAACI/5AYYbzE4Okc/s320/071.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>January 23 2010. At our day at the zoo we had an unusual thing happen to while watching this huge Sea Lion swimming around. We were watching him when he came up to the window sat there and smiled at us for 20 seconds or so. He did that a couple of times. Imagine that a sea lion who love to have his picture taken. </div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-36354036674272969172010-02-19T09:00:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:44:54.056-08:00Outing with the office Elders<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38EMnMEblI/AAAAAAAAACA/02-5sALM4jQ/s1600-h/069.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440071489611394642" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38EMnMEblI/AAAAAAAAACA/02-5sALM4jQ/s320/069.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>January 23 2010. Elder and Sister Noall tagging along with the office Elders to the Zoo. Some of these Elder you would guess that they never have visited a zoo in thier life. It reminded me of a kid at a candy store for the first time standing in awe.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-26368498584194226162010-02-19T08:57:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:46:32.612-08:00Meeting Mission President<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37Eylm51RI/AAAAAAAAABA/ERG8Iq1M8Vw/s1600-h/051.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440001773277926674" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37Eylm51RI/AAAAAAAAABA/ERG8Iq1M8Vw/s320/051.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>We meet President Leyva on Monday January 11 2010 and later that night we went to dinner with his wife and son. What very special family they are and the spirit they radiate. Our assingment is to be over 4 wards in the area of the Peru Temple. We will be here for a year and possibly be sent up in the Mountains somewhere the last 6 months.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-899128098268093352010-02-19T08:30:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:40:41.295-08:00We ArrivedWe arrived in Peru on January 11 at 2:00 A.m. We got to our hotel and got settled in for the night which was not very long. We were up at the crack of dawn to be to chruch at 8:00. We greeted the people and sat through sacrament meeting. Our next sacrament meeting begun at 10:00. As we were sitting there listening to the talks we were seeing double at the pulpit. We were very glad when we were able to get back to our room for a rest.Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-16228262831665498162010-02-19T08:25:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:43:39.335-08:00Leaving Loved ones<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38B9KUYQOI/AAAAAAAAAB4/3flX21oM7m0/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440069025140326626" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S38B9KUYQOI/AAAAAAAAAB4/3flX21oM7m0/s320/049.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>January 8 2010. As we get ready to enbark on our misson and the biggest adventure of our life we do so with a little sadness but at the same time with graditude to to doing the Lord work. As we leave our presious family behind we know that we do so with their blessings and love. Thank You.</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-10960830285472830632010-02-19T08:20:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:48:46.680-08:00Famous Picture<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37_xrZHFRI/AAAAAAAAABw/fk8RErW6zTc/s1600-h/048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440066628836857106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37_xrZHFRI/AAAAAAAAABw/fk8RErW6zTc/s320/048.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>January 8 2010 Here we are in front of the famous picture of all the missionaries at the MCT.</div><br /><div>I love how we have captured the light of the flash directly on the spot that we are serving. Peru!</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-52241570513220323682010-02-19T08:19:00.001-08:002010-02-19T09:10:11.439-08:00Friends at the MCT<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37BAC30GmI/AAAAAAAAAA4/zZN_EMzDJEM/s1600-h/047.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439997606425270882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bPs7huWOwyM/S37BAC30GmI/AAAAAAAAAA4/zZN_EMzDJEM/s320/047.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Elder and Sister Price Serving in Italy taking pictures of records to enter into Family History Program</div><br /><div>Elder and Sister Bearnson Serving in Arizona on Indian Reservation as Health Missionaries</div><br /><div>Elder and Sister Kelly Serving in Samoa as Health Missionaries</div><br /><div>Elder and Siter Fairbanks Serving in Greece as Health Missionaries and also working with the Young Adults</div><br /><div>One of our teachers Sister Grover</div><div>Elder and Sister Noall Serving in Peru as Proselyting Missionaries</div>Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-10584017011682000352010-02-19T07:00:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:38:15.698-08:00MCT ExperienceWe arrived at the MCT if Prove Monday January 4 2010 and left on Friday January . We spent and incredible week being taught how to teach the gospel in a very professional way and how to teach with the spirit. We learned technigues how to teach the gospel more effective. There was an special spirit that is here that is hard to discribe. It fills your whole soul. We met some wonderful people. In our district we had some incredible people and had lots of opportunities to shed tears as the spirit touched our hearts. It is an experience that we both will never forget.Elder & Sister Noallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15524121070740009617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-53397465840296473392009-12-16T22:13:00.000-08:002009-12-27T22:26:07.144-08:00Our Experience in Nicaragua<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_blmhVBrtd6k/SzhPATUZY2I/AAAAAAAAAfc/JnnNbdyl8ss/s1600-h/nicaragua.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_blmhVBrtd6k/SzhPATUZY2I/AAAAAAAAAfc/JnnNbdyl8ss/s400/nicaragua.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420169018144809826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_blmhVBrtd6k/SzhPALeHL_I/AAAAAAAAAfU/GhduIgSrtIE/s1600-h/nicaragua1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_blmhVBrtd6k/SzhPALeHL_I/AAAAAAAAAfU/GhduIgSrtIE/s400/nicaragua1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420169016038076402" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">I would like to share with you a wonderful experience that my wife and I had in Nicaragua.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">To start off I need to go back a couple of months and begin there.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">I was in a financial presentation and it was there when I met Steve Petersen. Steve owns Petersen Inc. which is the largest steel fabrication company in the western states. As we began to get to know one another we found that we had several things in common. Our fathers used to work together at Marquart <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>inc. and as kids Steve and I shared memories of going there and eating lunch with our fathers sitting around the fountain at the entry way. We both had a great love for the people of Peru. Mine came from serving a mission there and his came as a young man always having a feeling that he needed to help the people of Peru. When he found out that my wife and I were leaving in January to serve a mission in Peru he became very excited. He wanted to introduce me to a charity that is called “Cause for Hope”. At first I thought I thought to myself “another charity”. We are preparing to leave in two months on a mission and still wondering how I was going to be able to take care of my financial obligations I was in no position to be involved with a charity. I agreed to meet with them in Sandy. Steve made it a point to clear up his schedule and drive from Far West to Sandy to be at that meeting. There we met with Elder Wells, Dan Gifford, and President Moss. The charity works with priesthood leaders of the church who are living in poverty. The charity helps the individual develop necessary skills to be self reliant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It provides small loans; “micro credit loans” to the individual to help them get started in a business or to get an education. They participate in classes teaching them business skills and the importance of budgeting and paying back their loan. After they pay back their first loan they are able to get a second loan. Eventually they build up a financial history where they then can go to a financial institution and get a regular loan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">It was a short presentation but the spirit testified to my soul in a way that was undeniable that this is what the Lord wanted me to be involved with. I went home and thought about what could I do?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Cause for Hope has 10 cities that they have opened up in Central America to help the members of the church. Each city has an office manager and at least one assistant. They work directly with the stake presidents and bishops to find those who are in the most need. They invited us to take a few days and go to Nicaragua to see how the program that they have put into place really works.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Saturday morning Dec 12<sup>th</sup> we met with President Quintero who is a stake president who operates the office in the city of Mesaya. He showed us how they bring their clients in and teach them the skills they need and just as important they teach them the importance to be self reliant. This generates a great amount of pride in what they are doing. We spent the morning visiting several families that the foundation is in the process of helping.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Our visits all had tear jerking experiences and I would like to share a couple of the many experiences with you.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">The first visit was with a sister approximately 50 years old. She had recently lost her husband 4 weeks ago. She had fallen and severely injured her arm and was unemployable. The foundation gave her a loan to buy some racks that she could hang some small food essentials on in front of her house and to buy a very meager inventory. This gave her the means to earn enough money to provide at least one meal a day for her family. She was so happy and so very grateful for the help and proud that she could earn her way. She was anxious to get her loan paid off and to go to the second loan stage. With that money she wanted to buy a used refrigerator that would allow her to sell soda pop. That would bring in more customers and increase sales. Her daughter that was 21 years old was helping her with the store. She was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>one of the most pleasant people that I have ever met and was contagiously happy. She was going to leave and serve a mission, but she now needs to take care of her mother. This new business over the next year will allow her mom to be self reliant and allow her to complete her dreams of serving a mission.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">We visited a family that lived in 3 separate houses side by side. The family consisted of grandpa and grandma, five children and about fifteen grand children. The houses were about 10’ x 20’ made out of sheets of tin supported by sticks and anything else they could find to keep them standing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They all had dirt floors with and there was almost nothing inside of the structures. If you wanted to sit down you would sit on the dirt or on a piece of a log. There are no rest rooms or running water. The family, about 12 of them that was old enough, would take large sacks an hike to the dumps. There they spent their day going through the garbage from morning to night collecting things that could be sold to recycling groups. The one sister wanted us to see that they had found a package of balloons and now she had a Christmas present for the kids. Even though they were living at the very lowest levels of poverty that can be imagined they were so happy and so very faithful. They paid a full tithing and walked miles to get to the chapel on Sundays. The foundation has started to work with the family. The first step was to develop a talent that each member of the family could participate in. They got an old sewing machine and taught grandma and one of the daughters how to sew. As they found pieces of cloth in the dumps they would bring the cloth back to the house where they could be sewed together to make clothes for the kids. They also made tarps out of cloth by sewing pieces of material together that they could sale in the market place. The grandpa learned how to make picture frames out of savaged pieces of sheet metal. The next phase was to purchase a cart where they could cook tortillas and sell in the market place. In every case they were so excited to show us what they were doing and that it was not a hand out but something that they were working hard to pay back. It was impossible to keep the tears from flowing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">We visited an elderly sister who appeared to be about 65 to 70 years old. She was unemployable and at times went days with out food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Cause for Hope provided her with a loan to fabricate a 50 gallon steel drum cut in half and a thin piece of metal welded over the top of the drum. This allowed her to build a fire in the drum and cook tortillas on the metal sheet. She used part of her loan to buy corn meal for the tortillas and a small inventory of food products that she can sell. She has made all of her loan payments and has had food on the table. She also has started a savings in her piggy bank.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">We visited about 20 families that have been helped this year each with their success story and each so very grateful for the life changing experience that Cause for Hope played in their lives.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Cause for Hope will open 5 cities in Peru this year and 5 cities in Mexico. They go where the Church directs them and they work with the Stakes that the Church directs them to. The cost to open a city is about $65,000 per year. They have helped 5956 families that are members of the Church since January. 2054 of those families saw an increase of 50% or more within the first month. They help missionaries prepare for their missions and they provide a way for them to earn the $400 that is required for them to have earned in order to serve a mission. They do this by providing service projects for them to work off their $400. They collect missionary clothes and provide them for the missionaries. The seven stakes only had a few missionaries at any one time prior to Cause for Hope. Now they have 263 between the seven stakes. When the missionary returns Cause for Hope provides the resources for them to get involved in the Church’s perpetual education fund or help them get into a carrier.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Please go to their website”www.causeforhope.org” and learn more about “Cause for Hope”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you can support them in any way either financially or as someone that can be involved in sharing the vision of Cause for Hope it would be very much appreciated and you will be a part of a program that is changing peoples lives. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">May God Bless you your friend always,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Alan Noall</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863239357628311019.post-11540611223005989182009-09-17T14:34:00.001-07:002009-09-23T19:09:22.914-07:00CongratulationsCongratulations on your mission call. We love you both so much and are so excited for you as you begin this new adventure together serving the Lord.<div><br /></div><div>Love, </div><div> Your Kids</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0