These are some of our senior missionary friends, leadership in Chile, and other families who are working in the city and their children.

We enjoyed Thanksgiving at the CS North Mission home. Here is a peek at the lovely grounds and home. It was built in the '60s, and is a tudor style, complete with very large kitchen, formal dining room, many bedrooms and a lovely old German made grand piano, which I enjoyed playing for a bit. The food was scrumptous and the company delightful. The day was perfect.

The two Elders who taught them the gospel are on each end, the ward mission leader and his wife are standing in the center. Both of them are returned missionaries.

Our first taxi driver's wife and daughter were baptised into the church. We are so delighted for them. Compare these photos to the ones earlier on their first Sunday at church. Aren't they beautiful on this baptism day!!

Here is another shot of the little white flowers
that grow randomly in the grass here.

Aren't these sidewalks beautiful!

The cobblestone streets were a surprise to me. They must be very old. They look like blue stone to me. I "heard" that Spain requested Chile send back to them all the blue stone they shipped over here back in the day when they conquered and began developing the land. Don't know that it's true. Anyway they make for interesting bumpy bus rides and are noisey too. But it wouldn't be Santiago without them.

This darling little girl was dressed for the holiday and was admiring the little white flowers that grow in the grass everywhere in the spring. I started taking pictures of her as she was picking the flowers. She noticed me and stood up to be photographed. Afterward she walked right up to me, opened her little hand in front of me and offered me a single flower!. She couldn't have been more than four years old. I was stunned. She is like most Chilenos I've met - very giving, friendly and helpful.

Chilean Pageantry

Here are some pictures of the Padre Hurtado Park rodeo and fair we went to on Saturday. It was so fun to eat, shop and see the pageant which was a depiction in dance (including dancing horses!) of Chile from the time of the indiginous people to the present day.