Homes in La Union and the environs are varied
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Groceries in Chile April 2015
Groceries are available in groceries stores like Jumbo, Lider, and Santa Isabel or in small tiendas like La Paloma (a little store hear our house) and open air markets.
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| Fresh fish from an open air market in Valdivia |
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Open air market in Valdivia, Chile |
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Milk in our part of Chile is all in boxes that stay on your shelf. Colun is a large milk product company which has its offices and factories in La Union. Wonderful yogurt, butter, etc. |
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Cakes are purchased in the grocery stores, not made at home. |
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| Sopapillas -- fried bread -- from a small cart in front of the grocery store. Delicious! |
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Chocolate Store -- ummmm! |
Life in Southern Chile April 2015
Here are miscellaneous pictures of life in our Chile.
Flowers in La Union, Chile
People in Chile
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A Favored Senior Couple in La Union |
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Chocolate Store in Rio Bueno -- UMMMM! |
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One way things get done here - person power |
Another way things get moved here - person power
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Carabinero (policeman) in the rain |
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Missionaries hard at work |
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| High School students "in uniform" |
Family History Meeting April 2015
We had our last family history consultants meeting! They are every two months and the next one is in June.We told the consultants that we were going home and would not be at the next meeting and they said that they would Skye us so we could attend! We told them they would be fine without us!
Before the meeting we met with Hermana Figeroa who is the District Family History Center director here in La Union about the agenda. She set up the agenda which worked well; the meeting went very smoothly. We are thrilled that she is going to be here after we leave.
Before the meeting we met with Hermana Figeroa who is the District Family History Center director here in La Union about the agenda. She set up the agenda which worked well; the meeting went very smoothly. We are thrilled that she is going to be here after we leave.
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| This is Hermana Figeroa's daughter -- a real cutie. Small children here in Chile are cute. |
Zone Leaders Meeting April 2015
Zone Leaders meeting is always held the Friday after transfers and is for training new zone leaders and refresh the ones who are remaining zone leaders. We had some really good training by the Assistants to the President (the APs) about enthusing the missionaries in finding and teaching investigators. The APs trained and then had break-out sessions to see that the training was learned. Good job!
Looking for a Place to Go on on Outing with the Missionaries April 2015
We went driving to see if we could find a place to have a paseo, a preparation day party for the missionaries. We took Elders Cluff and Bradshaw, two of our Caupolican Branch elders with us.
We looked for Traumo which has an old church and a harbor for the Rio Bueno. We got lost following the signs and asked a man in his front yard who told us to return the way we came and look for the fork in the road. We should have taken the other fork. We found the harbor and the park but found that the park didn't open until 3 pm and our paseos have to be done by then! So no luck.
We found the church and went through the closed fence to see it closer. It was locked, but there was a b beautiful view of the Rio Bueno far below the bluff that the church was built on.
We looked for Traumo which has an old church and a harbor for the Rio Bueno. We got lost following the signs and asked a man in his front yard who told us to return the way we came and look for the fork in the road. We should have taken the other fork. We found the harbor and the park but found that the park didn't open until 3 pm and our paseos have to be done by then! So no luck.
We found the church and went through the closed fence to see it closer. It was locked, but there was a b beautiful view of the Rio Bueno far below the bluff that the church was built on.
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A nice little church with color-block stained glass windows (which you cannot see). |
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Elder Cluff is tall, but the door is short too! |
The next day we went looking some more and found the Rio Bueno, the river below the Tramao church. Nice place for photos but not for a paseo!
General Conference April 4 and 5, 2015 and Farewell to Senior Missionaries
General conference was good, very good here. It is a real treat to hear the general authorities speak when we are so far from home.
Conference ran from 1 to 3 pm for the Saturday morning session and from 5 to 7 pm for the Saturday afternoon session. Priesthood meeting was from 9 to 11 pm! We went to the district center for the broadcast even through we could have watched it at home. It was more fun with the other English speaking missionaries all crammed into a little room watching the TV. I brought fudge so no one would go hungry!
Sunday we watched the morning session at the district center and then went to Osorno to have a party with the other senior missionaries and the mission president and his wife to say farewell to the Biggs, a senior couple who were going home the next day. Three of the four senior couples are going home within two months of each other, and the Biggs are the first. The Poulson's go home the end of April and we come home the end of May. As far as we know, no new senior couples are coming which is a real drag! The young missionaries will just have to pick up the slack. However, the Beecrofts are only half way through their mission so they will continue in the mission office, their calling.
We watched the last session of conference with the Poulsons and the Biggs in the Poulson's apartment.
A inspiring day with conference and a bittersweet day saying good-bye.
Conference ran from 1 to 3 pm for the Saturday morning session and from 5 to 7 pm for the Saturday afternoon session. Priesthood meeting was from 9 to 11 pm! We went to the district center for the broadcast even through we could have watched it at home. It was more fun with the other English speaking missionaries all crammed into a little room watching the TV. I brought fudge so no one would go hungry!
Sunday we watched the morning session at the district center and then went to Osorno to have a party with the other senior missionaries and the mission president and his wife to say farewell to the Biggs, a senior couple who were going home the next day. Three of the four senior couples are going home within two months of each other, and the Biggs are the first. The Poulson's go home the end of April and we come home the end of May. As far as we know, no new senior couples are coming which is a real drag! The young missionaries will just have to pick up the slack. However, the Beecrofts are only half way through their mission so they will continue in the mission office, their calling.
We watched the last session of conference with the Poulsons and the Biggs in the Poulson's apartment.
A inspiring day with conference and a bittersweet day saying good-bye.
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