Monday Jared and Kote left to return to the United States. They had a nice trip. It was unfortunate that Jared was so sick while they were with us in Santiago but we still enjoyed their company. This week I did some work for Movie Mouth, Corey Wride’s company. I’m working on some pictures and content for his website and doing some testing of the software. Wednesday night we had a nice meeting here at our apartment. We did some training and helped some of our people. Work has been very slow this month with everyone on vacation before school begins again. It is starting to settle down and we should have some good meetings this week. Thursday was Young Women’s. Jennie and Lindsey Sorensen(a YW) taught the girls how to make friendship bracelets using embroidery floss. They had a fun time. Lindsey Mangum, the YW president has had her mother-in-law visiting with her for the last couple of weeks. Her mother-in-law is Shannon’s next door neighbor! She brought us down some of our mail and Shannon put in a few treats and some activity books. The kids (all ages) have had fun this week doing crossword puzzles and other games. Saturday we ventured out on a little site seeing expedition. First I went and got my hair cut.
A few ladies in the ward recommended a woman to me who speaks English. Her name is Veronica. She did a great job but – wow- she isn’t shy with the scissors! She lived in the US for several years. Her family moved there when she was 16. She later married a man who was in the Air Force so she lived several places in the US. They divorced and she moved back to Chile 15 years ago.
After the hair CUT, we visited some Lapiz Lasuli shops. Sarah has friends who she wants to take a nice ring home to. Then we went to San Cristobal. It is a big hill in the middle of Santiago. At the top there is a Catholic Church and a large white statue of the Virgin Mary. It is quite a sight from the top. It was a bit smoggy that day but still impressive. To get to the top you ride a Funicular. I have no idea if the name means anything but it is 3 open boxcars and it pulls to the top of the hill by a big cable. Another 3 box cars is the counter-weight and they always pass each other in the middle as they carry people up and down the hill. We had an empanada and mote con huesillo at a little food court at the top.
Mote con Huesillo is a traditional drink here that is popular during the summertime. It is made by cooking whole dried peaches until they are soft. Then the water, now peach juice, is chilled. They fill a glass about 1/3 full with cooked barley, then they put in one or two of the now plump and juicy peaches and then they fill the rest of the glass with the peach juice. It sounds weird but it is actually very tasty. It reminds me of having cold bottled peaches and the barley reminds me of eating milk and rice only peach juice and rice. Similar in texture.
I took this picture to show how much progress the kids have made. This is Nate buying a cup of kettle corn - all by himself!
Early morning seminary started this week for Jennie. She is excited to go because it is in English. It is nice to study the gospel in your native language. It is a bit of a trip to get there. First Jeff, Jennie and I walk for about 15 minutes to get to the Mission Home. A driver then picks up the mission president’s daughter, Sarah May, and Jennie. Then Jeff and I walk home. Class is held from 6:15 to 7:15 Monday through Thursday. As soon as it ends, Sister Sorensen leaves to take her kids to school and she takes Jennie with her and drops her off at a bus stop. Then Jennie rides the bus home. She gets back about 8:30, just in time for breakfast. It is a good outing for her and a great way to start the day. As much as we hate it, Jeff and I have to admit that it has been good for us to get up that early and get a brisk walk in. Josh has waited for a long time to have a birthday in Chile because the tradition here is for the birthday boy to take a big bite of cake by putting their face right in it! He did it.
Monday Jared and Kote left to return to the United States. They had a nice trip. It was unfortunate that Jared was so sick while they were with us in Santiago but we still enjoyed their company. This week I did some work for Movie Mouth, Corey Wride’s company. I’m working on some pictures and content for his website and doing some testing of the software. Wednesday night we had a nice meeting here at our apartment. We did some training and helped some of our people. Work has been very slow this month with everyone on vacation before school begins again. It is starting to settle down and we should have some good meetings this week. Thursday was Young Women’s. Jennie and Lindsey Sorensen(a YW) taught the girls how to make friendship bracelets using embroidery floss. They had a fun time. Lindsey Mangum, the YW president has had her mother-in-law visiting with her for the last couple of weeks. Her mother-in-law is Shannon’s next door neighbor! She brought us down some of our mail and Shannon put in a few treats and some activity books. The kids (all ages) have had fun this week doing crossword puzzles and other games. Saturday we ventured out on a little site seeing expedition. First I went and got my hair cut. 
A few ladies in the ward recommended a woman to me who speaks English. Her name is Veronica. She did a great job but – wow- she isn’t shy with the scissors! She lived in the US for several years. Her family moved there when she was 16. She later married a man who was in the Air Force so she lived several places in the US. They divorced and she moved back to Chile 15 years ago. 
After the hair CUT, we visited some Lapiz Lasuli shops. Sarah has friends who she wants to take a nice ring home to. Then we went to San Cristobal. It is a big hill in the middle of Santiago. At the top there is a Catholic Church and a large white statue of the Virgin Mary. It is quite a sight from the top. It was a bit smoggy that day but still impressive. To get to the top you ride a Funicular. I have no idea if the name means anything but it is 3 open boxcars and it pulls to the top of the hill by a big cable. Another 3 box cars is the counter-weight and they always pass each other in the middle as they carry people up and down the hill. We had an empanada and mote con huesillo at a little food court at the top. 
Mote con Huesillo is a traditional drink here that is popular during the summertime. It is made by cooking whole dried peaches until they are soft. Then the water, now peach juice, is chilled. They fill a glass about 1/3 full with cooked barley, then they put in one or two of the now plump and juicy peaches and then they fill the rest of the glass with the peach juice. It sounds weird but it is actually very tasty. It reminds me of having cold bottled peaches and the barley reminds me of eating milk and rice only peach juice and rice. Similar in texture. 
I took this picture to show how much progress the kids have made. This is Nate buying a cup of kettle corn - all by himself! 
Early morning seminary started this week for Jennie. She is excited to go because it is in English. It is nice to study the gospel in your native language. It is a bit of a trip to get there. First Jeff, Jennie and I walk for about 15 minutes to get to the Mission Home. A driver then picks up the mission president’s daughter, Sarah May, and Jennie. Then Jeff and I walk home. Class is held from 6:15 to 7:15 Monday through Thursday. As soon as it ends, Sister Sorensen leaves to take her kids to school and she takes Jennie with her and drops her off at a bus stop. Then Jennie rides the bus home. She gets back about 8:30, just in time for breakfast. It is a good outing for her and a great way to start the day. As much as we hate it, Jeff and I have to admit that it has been good for us to get up that early and get a brisk walk in. Josh has waited for a long time to have a birthday in Chile because the tradition here is for the birthday boy to take a big bite of cake by putting their face right in it! He did it.
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