Prayer

Hello Family and Friends:

Monday, I went to bed late last night and I woke up so early because I needed to start reading about marriages performed in Utah county for people all over the world, using Zoom. The certificate is easy to get and not that expensive but the person that will perform the service is the one that is costing much more plus sending the certificate overseas. I was able to talk to a person from Utah that might be willing to help us with the Zoom weddings. Unfortunately, he found out that the license to authorize a person to be an officiant it's only for the state of Utah. He was gonna try to do some more research because on the same page for Utah county there are some officiators that can perform international weddings. The biggest problem is that they charge a lot of money and the people here don't have it.

The ignition button on the stove, because it's a gas stove got stuck and a technician came to fix it. Also, an electrician came at the same time to fix the lights on the spare bedroom and the hallway on the stairs. One more person came who delivered 5 gallon water, and he brought it all the way to the third floor. I had to go home at 3 PM so all these people could arrive and work. There was only one little problem. I had to go up and down the stairs of a three-story building 15 times. Because there is a gate on the first floor and I have to open the gate every time they need to go out or come in. And two technicians had to go and get parts at different times. I guess my cuffs are getting stronger. 

4 more of the missionaries that arrived on Jan 1, were able to get Interpol and Biometrics done this week. We are finally caught up. There are only two left to do their paperwork and they are the ones that arrived on February 12. This is awesome.

I have been more involved with the couples that want to get married. Two sisters have come to fill out some paperwork to get the certificate of being single. For these documents, they need to have a picture fingerprint and signature. It takes a week to process and get a result. Two of the ones that I have processed are a little bit complicated. One is for a sister that got married and then he passed away. She never changed her ID to say she is married or a widow. In order for her to get married this time the ID needs to say widow. I was able to find the death certificate of her previous husband, after battling with the program for two days. Because the first time I tried it, I found it, but I didn't have all the information so I had to get out of there and when I went to finally do it, it kept saying that it was not there and apparently the system had issues. What we are not able to find is the marriage certificate. I don't know the circumstances of why she got married to this person because she doesn't even know when she was married. So we're trying to get a certificate of being single and by the end of next week we should know if it worked, and if she was ever married. 

And the other person, he is from Venezuela and he has a carnet de extranjeria, so we don't know if we will be able to get that certificate, because that certificate usually is provided by the same city hall of where the person was born. 

I had to meet one of the missionaries at the airport, he went home to have some surgery and he should be back, hopefully no later than three weeks. 

Today, Sunday, the Elders and I were invited to lunch at the Relief Society President. Usually they only go, this time she also invited me.  The food was very good, and she had bought a 3 leches cake and it was delicious.

Nite, nite, it is time to bed.

Alma 34: 27 Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, let your hearts be full, drawn out in prayer unto him continually for your welfare, and also for the welfare of those who are around you.

Prayer should be such an important part in our lives.  The Elders pray every time they are going to go out, even if they just arrived and they have to leave again, and I am also doing it. 

Hermana Malpica

Office Specialist

Peru Piura Mission

Pic 1: Zone conference, this is our Zone, there are 7 zones in my mission.

Pic 2: At the airport

Pic 3: At the lunch that we were invited to.

Pic 4 & 5:  It has been raining some during the night and the river is getting full, but not pretty waters.

Pic 6: Picarones are kind of scones but made with squash or sweet potato. And to go Chicha drink in a plastic bag.

Pic 7: I made this called Locro, made with peruvian squash. I love this food.  This squash, we can't find in the US.