Music and Dance in the Tarma District

Every Saturday, we travel to two outlying branches to teach piano lessons and Book of Mormon. Today nine students came to Beverly's music class in Junín. Here is Fredy, Beverly's prize student. He has really practiced during the past two weeks and can already play several very simple hymns:


Thirteen students showed up to the music class in La Oroya. That brought the total number of Beverly's music students for the week to 40. They ranged in age from 4 to 60. Here are some of the students in La Oroya:


In this picture some of the piano students in La Oroya watch one of their group (Percy) trying to play the piano. Notice our nonmember driver (in the back, on the right). He sat through the music classes in both Junín and La Oroya. He and his family have also begun having the missionary lessons from the young missionaries:


After our day-long travels, we arrived back to Tarma in time to attend a district Primary activity. Here some young Primary girls doing a traditional Peruvian dance. They are high-spirited, very coordinated little girls:


Our four Tarma missionaries also enjoyed the event (l to r: Elder Keel, Elder Santos, Elder Illachura, and Elder Wengren):


The five dancers pose for a photo. Their names are Yomira, Yomara, Michaell, Dayana (she has twice been to our home for Family Home Evening), and Tamara:

Can you see in their faces how the Lamanites are flourishing as a rose, even in this remote part of the Lord's vineyard?