¡Hola, mamá, papá, y pan!
El Dieciocho was awesome!! The festivities lasted all week long, and I've sent a LOT of pictures to show you all that we did! I ate a MONTÓN (a ton), including pajaritos, choripan, mote con huesillo (a traditional drink here that we have had a whole lot in the past week), alfajores...mucho! We saw how Chilenos celebrate their fiestas patrias, which too included the traditional "cueca."
It was a harder week for missionary work, but we still managed to teach a few lessons and to contact people every day!
Ok, I will leave you with that for now. I got to get going, after sending so many pictures!
I love you, my family, and hope you have a great week ahead. :) Mom and dad, continue enjoying your trip and send saludos to everyone in the family up there, and Pan, have a great time up in the northeast this week on your vacation, too!
Muchísimo amor,
su Elder Trent Sellers
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| Playing ping pong with our ward mission leader, Hermano Del Río! |
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| Playing ping pong with our ward mission leader, Hermano Del Río! |
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| Playing ping pong with our ward mission leader, Hermano Del Río! |
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| Playing ping pong with our ward mission leader, Hermano Del Río! |
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Hermano Del Río jajaja
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| The minions took over the apartment! |
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| The minions took over the apartment! |
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| ONE IN A MINION! Got a package from Cris this past week. :) |
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| We did service for an elderly lady in our ward who has Alzheimer's! Elder Requena and I are teaching her caregiver, a 21 year old named Pamela, as well as her daughter Ursula and HER daughter Carolina. |
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| A band parading in the street, before the Dieciocho |
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| We did service for an elderly lady in our ward who has Alzheimer's! Elder Requena and I are teaching her caregiver, a 21 year old named Pamela, as well as her daughter Ursula and HER daughter Carolina. |
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| We bought volantines, kites, to fly for the Dieciocho! It's a popular tradition in Chile. As of yet, we still haven't flown them! We're going to fly them on a nicer day. |
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| We bought volantines, kites, to fly for the Dieciocho! It's a popular tradition in Chile. As of yet, we still haven't flown them! We're going to fly them on a nicer day. |
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| We decorated the apartment a bit for the Dieciocho! |
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| We decorated the apartment a bit for the Dieciocho! |
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| Noche de Hogar con la familia Arce |
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| DUNKIN DONUTS IN CHILE! We had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with a less active family, la familia Arce, and they brought us donuts from the mall! |
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| DUNKIN DONUTS IN CHILE! We had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with a less active family, la familia Arce, and they brought us donuts from the mall! |
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| DUNKIN DONUTS IN CHILE! We had a Noche de Hogar (Family Home Evening) with a less active family, la familia Arce, and they brought us donuts from the mall! |
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| Bag of goodies, including alfajores, from Hermana Lopez |
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| Nosotros misioneros de Lorenzo Arenas, la mañana del Dieciocho |
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| Nosotros misioneros de Lorenzo Arenas, la mañana del Dieciocho |
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| Nosotros misioneros de Lorenzo Arenas, la mañana del Dieciocho |
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| ¡Asado con la familia Schaff! The type of sausage is called "choripan." |
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| ¡Asado con la familia Schaff! The type of sausage is called "choripan." |
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| ¡Huasos! |
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| ¡Huasos! |
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| La cueca |
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| Yo, como un huaso (Chilean cowboy) |
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| A band played traditional music as people danced "la cueca," the traditional dance of Chile |
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| Our obispo, Obispo Rivas |
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| Another ward in the stake had a circus! |
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| Instead of separate ward activities this year, the stake chose to do a stake-wide activity in the stake center in Gleisner. A few members of our ward performed a baile, or dance! |
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| ¡Asado con la familia Cuadra! |
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| ¡Asado con la familia Cuadra! |
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| ¡Asado con la familia Cuadra! |
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The minions took over the apartment!
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