I was able to find a Colombian Flag... to represent our roots here in Peru!

On my spare time I have decided to learn Portuguese so what a better way than reading the Book of Mormon.

February 16, 2015

Heyy Sis!!!! How are you??? yeah we went to the beach last Monday and we had a baptism as well it was a good week for us. Sending you pictures of the beach and my watermelon and I got cake on my face for my birthday it was so awesome:) 
Is been challenging there is just people that will accept us or people who do not but that is the mission.
Time goes by so fast I am almost 8 months here and 4 months I will be 1 year here on the mission:) we have one more baptism this month and a wedding to on the same day we are so excited about it and we are still working with them to plan everything for that special day!!!! my birthday was great we celebrated with other Missionaries had a great day.


My experiences here has been shocking because I see people that abuse alcohol just drunk out of there minds and those people are like fathers and I see them arguing to their own kids yelling it is just so sad but I mean I don't know its just hard to see that :( yes the missions purpose is not the number of baptisms thats not what is important the important thing is that we find people and save lives and keep working with them until the end so they can be members of the church so they know the truth of all things of the gospel.
The mission was one the best decision I have ever made in my life thank you for the the support and for the Lord.

ELDER NARANJO

February 9 2015

Sis,

 Tacna is a small town and there is not much here but is crazy hot over here more than in Arequipa!!!!! its like Summer in Texas but a little be worse here  where im at just drinking a whole bunch of water everyday!!! i love it here im just getting to know new places in Peru i just love seeing new things in new places in another country its really awesome!!!:) my companion is really cool because he is from Lima but also lived here Tacna before he started his mission so he kinda knows Tacna a lot more. 
We live in a members house but on the third floor we have our own beds study desks and a bathroom and every month we pay her rent. I cant believe I turn 19 this week its crazy I am almost 20 hahaha time goes by really fast

well i have to go we are going to the beach today!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU TOO 

Wanted to share the first baptism in Tacna my companion had been working with her and I was able to be a part of her decision and baptism.

Elder Naranjo

January 26, 2015

Heyy SIS!!!!!:) sorry i couldn't write to you on Monday is because i had to travel to my new area early morning at 7am but now i made it to my new area its outside of Arequipa. I am in Tacna its way south of Peru and close  to the border of Peru and Chile the city is in the coast but its so hot here its crazy. My new companion is Elder Franco from Lima Peru he is pretty cool. My new zone is Alameda and my area is Vista Alegre. I am just getting use to the area. 

Everything is great i had my last baptism before i left to my new area it was so special :) its just so hot!!!!!!!  I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU EVERYDAY:) 

Elder Naranjo

January 19, 2015

HEYY!!!!!!!  SIS :)  my next move is in two weeks, I am not sure where im going to be assigned to yet but I will keep you posted.  We are still working very hard on sharing the gospel is not that easy but it seems as we are getting close to accomplishing a lot and we just got to finish strong for the LOVE YOU  AND MISS YOU EVERY SINGLE  DAY!!!!!:)  IT FINALLY rained here its been two years since it rained apparently here in Arequipa it felt so good :)

I have to go talk to you next Monday

Elder Naranjo

January 12, 2015

This week has been challenging working with one of our investigator who is 16 his name is Sebastian his older brother committed suicide Friday morning and that just been very difficult specially for his family starting the new year 2015 and especially for Sebastian he is just not the same after what happened but we continue to visit him to his house continue to pray with him and make sure we can be of service we want to make sure he knows he has our support. I just can't explain the feeling they must be going through at all but we have to keep going forward we will stay strong for him in faith.
 I LOVE YOU SIS AND I  MISS YOU EVERDAY!!!!

January 5 2015

Heyyy Sis!!!!! 2015 is here. New Years was great. The picture I am sharing with you were from New Years Eve Celebration with my companion and other Elders as we celebrated together. We had the same tradition as Colombia of the grapes. By the way I finally received your package!!! Thank you for the pajamas you sent us.

 

 

December 29, 2014

Hey Sis!! Again Merry Christmas it was the best and amazing moment for me to see all of my family again after 6 months here in Perú.  We ate so much turkey salad and paneton with chocolate but we had it for two days straight I MISS EVERYONE EVERYDAY TOO!!! I am not sure what we are going to do for New Years but i think we will be doing something.Here are the picture from Christmas . I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEARS AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND EVERBODY ELSE!!!!!! 2015 HERE WE COME

Dcember 22, 2014

Our Baptism WAS GREAT our new member WAS SO HAPPY WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE I am so so proud of him his name is Fabricio Aguilar

I was thinking on the 24th we can talk around 8pm because the time here is the same time in Colombia. Lets plan to have Skype for the 24th I am excited to see everyone

December 15, 2014

Hi Sis, lately here is been getting cloudly and they say that it rains her in December and January I am so excited for it Christmas will not be a cold one but a hot one I love the rain. and CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE and 2015 is around the corner. Im still waiting for your package it should be getting here soon. I am getting use to the culture in Peru and their food.

We are working on a baptism but its going to take a while but we will have one soon I have faith.

December 1, 2014

Wow, 4 months on Saturday the 29th of November. My companion and I work really well together, the mission is one of the best decisions I made and I love it!!!!. No I have not received the package its going to take awhile until the package gets here. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU EVERYDAY

I forgot to mention that I met a new friend on the street. Her name is China but in Spanish she is so small... we just found her with other family we visit

November 26, 2014

Heyyy SIS!!!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!:) we also celebrated THANKSGIVING with the zone and ate TURKEY TOO everyone is mostly from the STATES so they all wanted to do something and we had a dinner. We had our second baptism as well this week!!!!! All the missionaries  are so excited about being able to talk to their families. Companion and I are doing fine working hard and he is teaching me Hawaiian and Samoan too while I teach him Spanish.

Talk Soon and MISS YOU

Elder Naranjo

November 24, 2014

 Hope everything is going well! I MISS YOU MUCH everyday and MY PARENTS but on Christmas is around the corner and I will get to talk you and mom and dad its getting close!!!!! Everything is going great here we are heading for baptism number 2 soon!! My companion is great and I think his Spanish is getting better. I cannot believe 2014 is about to be over and here comes 2015 it went by so fast. 


Love Elder Naranjo

November 17, 2014

Heyy Sis!!! how is everything over there??? I am training Elder Wilson he is from California and he is really cool. YESSS!!! I heard that Karla is going to Oakland California for her mission that is wonderful news!! the best news ever!!! I have to go now we only have a certain amount of our hours here in internet from 10 to 12 but will talk to you next week with more time and thank you for the inspirational messages thank you again. I love you so much and miss you too.

 

October 20, 2014

Sis! We also went to this beautiful waterfall!
 Had a small stomach virus but I am okay now!!

We had our first baptism Saturday it was Awesome! 

November 3 2014

Heyy SIS!!! How is Everything is going well!!! everything here is great im done with my training and its my turn to train a new Missionary its crazy how time goes by... we also celebrated Halloween here in Peru but not as much as the States.Everything is great and GREAT NEWS:) I baptize in my area it was the coolest thing ever but the water was soooooooo ice cold but we did it ! Im feeling great since now I have become a trainee for the new missionaries coming in, is going to be a challenge but im doing it! OH and GUESS WHAT I ATE........ GUINEA PIG HAHAHA!!! It was so good