The Gopher's Mission Page
Zone activity at Cajon de Maipo:
Elder Flake, Sister Miles, S. Fuller, E. Beckstrand, E. Eubanks, me
My card from the Mission President's board
With Sister Fuller and Elder Eubanks at Cajon de Maipo
At the catholic Temple of Maipo (actually nowhere near Cajon de Maipo)
A funny little old lady from San Bernardo. She reminded me of Jack Lemmon in Grumpy Old Men.
Elder Roger Osness. One of my favorite people in the world.
This is the old abandoned train station in San Bernardo, Chile. San B. is a 'suburb' of Santiago, and I was assigned to work in three different areas there.
This is Andres Diaz. He was baptized while I was working in his neighborhood and now is actually serving a mission himsef (in Cordoba, Argentina).
Elders Dwight Beckstrand, Jonathon Walch, and Roger Osness at probably the only bowling alley in Chile.
Stress relief was a must so we had to invent games to relieve it. Here Elders Beckstrand, Walch, and Steve Hall play volleyball using only their feet and stomachs.
My only latin companion: Pablo Martinez from Argentina
Somedays I felt just about too tired to keep on walking!
Victor Hugo (left) loves to have the mssionaries over for dinner. Here I am with Elders Chad Ray, Spencer Cornia, and Roger Osness. Victor's nephew loved the attention almost as much as we loved the food.
The Chilean people are very open to the gospel and thus many are baptized. Here's a fine example as Elder Yearsley (center) prepares to baptize Marcela Acevedo and her daughters
For more mission photos go to http://briefcase.yahoo.com/pocket_gopher_13 and select Mission Album