Dearest Family,

I want to send my love and support to David and Sheri.  I am sorry
that Preston did not come home with you.  You are in my prayers as
well as Marisol and Preston.

This Saturday was the best day of my mission.  I was an amazing day
because a family was able to be baptized, and I believe that Piter and
Yuli are real converts.  That gives me more delight than I can
explain.  Both Piter and Yuli have received real answers to their
prayers, and they`ve shared of their experiences with us.  Piter and
Yuli were baptized with their niece.

Another wonderful woman was also baptized on Saturday.  Her name is
Indira.  Indira gave my companion and I the surprise of our life by
showing up to our baptismal service to tell us that she wanted to be
baptized too.  Indira told us that the night before that she studied
and prayer all night and received her answer that she should be
baptized.
A sweet little girl was also baptized on Saturday.  Her name is Anely.

Thank you for all of you support.  I received several letters today
which was a sweet surprise.

I send you all my love from Puerto Maldonado,

Hermana Blunck II

                           

October 17, 2011

Dearest Family,
It`s been such a delight to read you emails and read about Preston`s
birth.  I have no doubt that Heavenly Father is blessing our family.
This week I had one of the favorite lessons of my mission.  We were
visiting our investigator that got married on Friday in the chapel and
will be baptized with her husband this Saturday.  On Tuesday, we
visited Yuli and we noted that she seemed discouraged.  Her fiancé`s
family was not being supportive of the wedding.  After Yuli expressed
her feelings to us, I felt the Spirit strongly.  I felt an urgency to
testify to her that she can have an eternal family.  I pulled out our
family picture from Stephen and Shara`s wedding, and I began to tell
Yuli that I wanted to tell her about a family.  While showing Yuli our
photo, I explained our family’s story.  I testified that Mom and Dads`
decisions to join the church have affected the lives permanently of
every one of their children.  I testified that the gospel truly
blesses the family.  While I shared my testimony, I cried.  I`ve felt
a great nearness to the family this week, and it could be because
Preston was born.  To put it simply, this lesson was one of my
favorite lessons because I had the opportunity to testify of eternal
families.
I love you!!!
Hermana Blunck II

October 10, 2011

Dearest Family,

I`m now with my new companion.  Her name is Hna. Grijalva.  She is from Guatemala.  I`ve attached a picture that shows all my companions that are still in the mission field.  Hna. Grijalva wears glasses.

It`s a great blessing to work with Hna. Grijalva because she comes from an area in Cusco.  There`s great ward support there, and now Hna. Grijalva and I are working to develop better relationships with the branch members here.  This last week we visited the district president, a district counselor, the branch relief society president, the elder`s quorum president, the primary president, and the young woman`s president.  With each of these leaders, we had family home evenings with investigators.  I love working in this way with the branch members.

Earlier this week was exciting.  I went to Cusco.  There, we had a conference for all the sisters in the mission.  There are 19 of us.  We listened to spiritual thoughts, and then we also got haircuts together. 

Mom and Dad, I just want to tell you that a missionary named Hna. Alcantara from Tarapoto talked to me this week.  She told me that her sisters always writes her about how well Tarapoto is progressing.  She says that all the missionaries in the Lima North Mission are super obedient.  This made me so proud.  I know you`re doing a great work.  I`m so proud of you.
 
Wtih all my love,

Hermana Blunck II
 

 Lynette just celebrated her 22nd birthday in the mission field. 

 A tradition in Peru.

                                       Sisters in Lynette's rama or branch.

                                  Noche de hogar or Family Home Evening

                             All of Lynette's companions during her mission.

Dearest Family!!!

I agree with all of you!  General Conference was fantastic.  It`s amazing how I receive different impressions from the talks as a missionary.  My perspective has changed.

I feel content because the last week has been full of opportunities for me to receive answers to my questions or confirmations of my ideas.  For example, I expressed concern to my companion a while ago that we were baptizing many young children.  She explained to me that baptizing children often helps parents to take a bigger interest in the gospel.  This comment quieted me because I hadn`t looked at the baptism of children in that perspective, but I still didn`t feel comfortable.  This week I received a letter from Mom.  She explained that Dad is encouraging missionaries to wait to baptize children when their parents get baptized.  It`s okay to wait for a baptism in order to baptize families.  These comments from Mom have touched home, and now I feel content.  Something that excites me is that I went with Hna. Benites this week to the municipalidad to work with one of our couples on their marriage paperwork.  It`s not as hard as I thought it would be to help couples in Puerto Maldonado to get married.  I have greater excitement now to look for families to baptize. 

My birthday was very lovely.  Thank you for your kind words and lovely gifts.  It was a delightful day because we had two baptisms in the night time.  I never imagined before that I`d celebrate my birthday with baptisms

I am without a companion now.  Hna. Benites is finishing her mission, so she`s already traveled to Cusco.  It will be interesting to see who my new companion is.  I feel nervous of course, but I know that "it`s better to look up."

Love from Cuzco,

Hermana Blunck II