Amigo Loco en Chile: Happy New Year! 2009

The ties I've bought in Chile....nothing's too flashy down here!

The chips Elder Tondevold & I have eaten in the past 6 weeks.

Happy monday everyone. This week has been full of all sorts of things to talk about. First of all, new years. We were allowedto be out until 11 but had to be driven back to our pension. We were able to go to the family Honores for a nice dinner. The families Ochoa and Tello were there as well as some other people from another branch. The food was really good. I must admit i spent the new year chime sleeping but it was well worth it. on new years day everyone down here is wasted from the night before so there wasnt all that much to do in the streets. We went to a family and they offered for us to have a snack which turned into dinner. They played all our favorite rap songs we had given them a list to look up a few weeks ago. Last monday my companion and i decided to buy some presents for a family in our branch that doesnt really have a lot. We got both of the boys some nice ties, the girl some of her favorite chocolate, our convert a picture frame and pics from the baptism last week, and then another kid who was staying with them while his parents were out of town working some battle bots. One of the boys loves to play basketball and told us he was saving up for one so we went and got him one. He loved it! he actually had to leave when he got it because he was crying i think. They were grateful for their gifts. They are probably my favorite family down here. The kids left for their dads house up north for january so saturday night we went and got pictures with them and played uno with them. They all wrote us letters and their mom gave them to us Sunday evening.

So on the funny side of things this week, whenever there is a guy that we contact that is rude and slams the door, we pretend to count things on his house and act like we want to make "re-adjustments" to his house. well there was a guy who was way rude so we started doing it and he came flying out of his house yelling and asking why we were taking down notes of his house. we told him that we werent but then he said dont give me that...i know you are spies from the u.s. but i havent done anything wrong. i am not a robber. it was hard to keep a straight face. he thought we were from the us government.
Well it is hard to believe that my 2nd change is over. We are having changes tonight. Okay...i guess i will let you all know where i am at next week :)
Take care everyone! love you lots! enjoy the snow for me ;) Con Amor, Elder Nelson