Lynette will be arrive back in Lima on March 21, 2012. She doesn't know it yet but her sister, two nephews and one neice are flying here today to be here when she arrived. Since she is returning to the Lima North Mission and the presiding priesthood authority here is her dad, he will have the privilege and opportunity to release her. Lynette will stay with us in Lima for 6 weeks then will return to the states to visit family and friends before she starts summer term at BYU in June.
If you are interested in talking to Lynette after she returns, you can call this number 1- 503-342-8526. This is an internet phone we set up that allows people to call us internationally at no cost. This phone is located in our apartment in Lima. Thank you for you love and support of our daughter as she has served the Lord. Letters and emails from family and friends mean a lot to a missionary. Gracias por todo. Below you will find her final letter to her family as a missionary.
March 19, 2012
FOR THE LAST TIME AS A MISSIONARY
Dearest Family,
Well, what can I say. I`m excited!!!! I`ve arrived in Cusco and we have our last dinner and interviews tonight. I`ve always remembered a story from Elder Uceda`s mission service, and I applied what he did yesterday. On Elder Uceda`s last day of the mission, his companion invited him to enter their room because it was almost nine thirty pm. Elder Uceda started crying and said that he still had five minutes left and he wanted to knock one more door. Hna. Martinez and I did that yesterday before I got on my bus to come to Cusco. After I did that, the man I`d contacted walked up to me and asked me for my email address so that he can ask me questions about the church. I love this work.
I hope that you are all well. I`ll give you all a call as soon as I can on Wednesday! Please be safe and take care.
With all my love and for my last time as a missionary.
Hermana Blunck II
Monday, March 19, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Hola, Hola, Hola!!!!!!!!!
March 12, 2012
Dearest Family,
I can´t believe that this is my last week!!!!!! I´m going to give it all that I have. Thank you for your letters encouraging me to give my very best until the end. Thank you for writing me during this last year and a half. I never dreamt that I´d receive such support from everyone.
This week we worked hard to help a 20 year old young man that we are teaching to accept a baptismal date. He is an old investigator that had a baptismal date before. We are not sure why he didn´t get baptized. In preparation for the lesson, we had a special fast and we studied hard to be worthy of the Spirit´s guidance. We coordinated for a few young people to come to the chapel, and we watched the Joseph Smith movie in the chapel. He focusing on trusting God. Please pray for Jeanpier so that he can move forward with faith until the 24th of March. Something that inspired Hna. Martinez and I is that when we walked out of the chapel, rain was falling but there was a rainbow directly above the chapel. We expressed to each other how we hoped that the rainbow was a sign that God accepted our efforts to help Jeanpier.
We enjoyed having several lessons with families in the chapel this week. Attending church can be a big challenge, and we thought that bringing families into the church before Sunday morning would help them. In the end, the families did not come to church yesterday but we will keep working with them and teaching them in the chapel.
If you have any requests from Cusco or from Quillabamba, please send them to me. I´ll check my mail again next Monday.
I sure love you all!!!! Take care.
Love,
Hermana Blunck II
March 12, 2012
Dearest Family,
I can´t believe that this is my last week!!!!!! I´m going to give it all that I have. Thank you for your letters encouraging me to give my very best until the end. Thank you for writing me during this last year and a half. I never dreamt that I´d receive such support from everyone.
This week we worked hard to help a 20 year old young man that we are teaching to accept a baptismal date. He is an old investigator that had a baptismal date before. We are not sure why he didn´t get baptized. In preparation for the lesson, we had a special fast and we studied hard to be worthy of the Spirit´s guidance. We coordinated for a few young people to come to the chapel, and we watched the Joseph Smith movie in the chapel. He focusing on trusting God. Please pray for Jeanpier so that he can move forward with faith until the 24th of March. Something that inspired Hna. Martinez and I is that when we walked out of the chapel, rain was falling but there was a rainbow directly above the chapel. We expressed to each other how we hoped that the rainbow was a sign that God accepted our efforts to help Jeanpier.
We enjoyed having several lessons with families in the chapel this week. Attending church can be a big challenge, and we thought that bringing families into the church before Sunday morning would help them. In the end, the families did not come to church yesterday but we will keep working with them and teaching them in the chapel.
If you have any requests from Cusco or from Quillabamba, please send them to me. I´ll check my mail again next Monday.
I sure love you all!!!! Take care.
Love,
Hermana Blunck II
Monday, March 5, 2012
March 5, 2012
Dearest Family,
Congratulations David, Sheri, Benjamin, Hunter, and Preston!!!!!!!
This is a very special week for the family. Heavenly Father is blessing us abundantly.
Rolando was baptized on Saturday. It was touching to hear his testimony. Rolando is a single father of two little kids.
Hna. Martinez and I had a lovely activity yesterday for the district of Quillabamba. We projected Joseph Smith-Prophet of the Restoration on the chapel´s big screen. Most of the members here had never seen the movie, and we wanted to strengthen their testimonies of the Restoration. Hna. Martinez and I left the activity with three new investigators and three investigators excited to continue learning about the Gospel. The other missionaries also invited their investigators and some of them attended.
Hna. Martinez has confidence, and she is teaching me to be a confident person. At her suggestion, we announced the activity on the radio through a local member who runs a radio station. I´m grateful that Heavenly Father is giving me the opportunity to learn from Hna. Martinez.
I hope that you are all very well. I love you, and I will see you soon!!!!
Love,
Hermana Blunck II
Dearest Family,
Congratulations David, Sheri, Benjamin, Hunter, and Preston!!!!!!!
This is a very special week for the family. Heavenly Father is blessing us abundantly.
Rolando was baptized on Saturday. It was touching to hear his testimony. Rolando is a single father of two little kids.
Hna. Martinez and I had a lovely activity yesterday for the district of Quillabamba. We projected Joseph Smith-Prophet of the Restoration on the chapel´s big screen. Most of the members here had never seen the movie, and we wanted to strengthen their testimonies of the Restoration. Hna. Martinez and I left the activity with three new investigators and three investigators excited to continue learning about the Gospel. The other missionaries also invited their investigators and some of them attended.
Hna. Martinez has confidence, and she is teaching me to be a confident person. At her suggestion, we announced the activity on the radio through a local member who runs a radio station. I´m grateful that Heavenly Father is giving me the opportunity to learn from Hna. Martinez.
I hope that you are all very well. I love you, and I will see you soon!!!!
Love,
Hermana Blunck II
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| Hermana Blunck and Hermana Martinez in Quillabamba Peru. Quillabamba is located near Machu Picchu and has a sub- tropical climate. |
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| Baptism of Rolando in Quillabamba |
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| Hermana Martinez and Hermana Blunck, it is great to see them learning from each other. |
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