A and her lovely family were special friends to us from our first day in the Pirque Branch. A is a piano student of Sister D and Elder D helped her perfect her conducting of the music for church services. She is bilingual and helped Sister D a lot!
The Branch President M, his wife and two daughters, a ward member on the left and a newly returned missionary Hermano S on the right.
Hermano B, counselor in the Branch Presidency and his beautiful family.
H age 10, F age 12, S mom, and D age 14 - a very special family.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Once we arrive in Puente Alto, we walk several blocks to the chapel. It is only 9:25am when we arrive, and the town is quiet except for a few people on the street - no businesses are open yet.
We often see this religious group walking down the street singing together and periodically stopping to take turns preaching - calling out to whoever wants to listen.
They were happy to let us take pictures of them from across the street. We waved thanks and good-bye as we continued on to our chapel - and they waved back - all of them!!
We finally arrive at Pirque (peer kay) Rama (branch) chapel in PA in time to have Elder D post the hymns and Sister D to plug in the teclado (tay-klaw-thoh) or electric keyboard, 20 minutes before the 10am meeting begins (or there abouts :).
On our way home we stopped at a quaint little "hot chocolate" house. It felt like we were in an enchanted cottage. It was delightful. (The pot of hot chocolate for the three of us was $8 US.)
A lovely rose walk-way. The cemetery was vast, we could not see one side from the other.
The cemetery grounds are very beautifully arranged and well kept. The lavender was particularly fragrant in the warm spring sun.
It was the weekend of the Chilean Memorial Day in September 2009. She drove us to the cemetery. It is close to the Cordillera mountaings which are a part of the Andes range.
We visited her mother and father's grave. Her mother died just 2 weeks before Elder D met her in her restaurant "Pagua", as he was trying to find a good place for the senior missionaries at the office building to go out to dinner together. She saw his plaque with the name of the church on it and wanted to know if he knew what happens to a person when they die. At the time she was mourning the lost of her mother.
Visiting P in her home. We played the piano for each other.
A and her lovely family were special friends to us from our first day in the Pirque Branch. A is a piano student of Sister D and Elder D helped her perfect her conducting of the music for church services. She is bilingual and helped Sister D a lot!
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