Sunday, Sept. 18-
We have been busy preparing for our first Open Chapel in the South America Northwest Area.  We had it last night at the LDS chapel on the corner of the streets Bogota and Brasilia in a neighborhood called La Molina.  The church is huge.

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This is the church for our first Open Chapel, You can see it from the front and from the back.

We were excited to have some of our favorite people come to the event like Elder Godoy, the Area President and his wife.

Elder Godoy is the one in the white shirt.  He was pleased with the involvement of the youth! 

We actually had over 300 visitors, which was great.  We had great support from the members who prepared excellent displays of the different auxiliary organizations.  We also had 76 non-member visitors which was super!  Lots of members brought their friends, neighbors, family members, and fellow-workers.  We were busy with 3 sets of sister missionaries all night.  They were teaching and testifying of Jesus Christ from 5:00-8:00 pm and by the time we closed the event.

 Mission President Boswell and his wife, and missionaries.

Sisters teaching---Below, Young Men teach about the Duty to God and the sacrament.

 This beautiful tapestry of Christ and the children was in the Primary room.

 Elders, dressed in white, teach at the baptismal font which is at the level of their elbows, not below ground.

 Sister missionaries begin with the words of Christ in the chapel.

The display of the Primary.

 Visitors learn at the different banners.

By the time we finished the event, this little Bishop Silva, and his wife, Liliana, who both work with us in the Area Office, were about to collapse.  They had spent the morning cleaning the chapel, and then hosted throughout the evening.

On Sunday morning we heard President Palhua, the Stake President, give a glowing report to the members of the Santa Patricia Ward, praising them for their help with the Open Chapel.  The other ward involved was the Santa Felicia Ward, the ward where we go and where Bishop Silva is our bishop.

It was a great way to begin this program here in Peru.  It will be interesting to here President Godoy's comments once we get back to the office.

This little, rather flimsy shopping cart is what we used to get these supplies to the church.  We had to take the boombox out of the box to fit it in.  We probably looked pretty funny carting these things for the 2-3 blocks we have to walk to church.  Doug carried the banners in their cases and I pulled the cart.  It was nice to have one of the members offer to take us with our supplies home after the event.