ElVive! (He Lives) Easter Plaza Party April 3, 2015

The Church celebrated Easter with a new video called "El Vive!" here in Chile, ("Because He Lives" in the US).  Our missionaries celebrated and got the word out by having a fiesta at the plaza from 4 pm to 6 pm, the time when many people would be strolling through the plaza.

We had a good time.  We showed the dvd "El Vive" on a sheet hung between a pole and a tree.  We had a tv too which was a good thing because the sun was still shining and a problem for the sheet, too much light to see the dvd.  We had 4-5 chairs set up for people to sit on and watch the 3 minute show.  Some did and the missionaries had a good time talking to them about the video.

We had soccer, water bottle bowling, free pictures of Christ, copies of the Book of Mormon and other LDS brochures about Christ.

We had a good time.  I even talked (in my limited Spanish) with two teen-aged girls for 15 minutes!  They want to know where I lived, and when they heard the US, they wanted to know if I knew Justin Beiber!  I had to disappoint them on that notion.  We talked about school, the Church, and other girl things.  It was fun, but one talked with a lot of slang and I kept having to look at her companion to have her tell me what was being said.

It was much easier this time at the plaza with pass along cards because I spoke more Spanish.  How can you go wrong with "Para la Pascual" -- "For Easter."

Elder Hazard walked around and talked to people about the Book of Mormon.

Children and their parents stopped at the popular picture coloring station.

We had Easter egg pictures and bunny picture pictures and colored pencils and paint.
The kids really enjoyed themselves!