¡¡¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS JENI!!! The big 19!

First of all, ¡¡¡FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS JENI!!! The big 19! woo hoo...thats how old i was when i got to Chile haha. Things have gone well for us this week. Elder Millar and I went to Viña for zone counsel on Thursday. It was interesting to see the effects of the earthquake in Viña. There were some buildings that had heavy damage done to them as well as the bridge that we crossed early in the morning to get to the mission office. Two nice apartment buildings in front of the office had to be evacuated because of foundation problems and have to come down.
In the counsel, we had to do it on Thursday because President Gillespie's cook's son was getting sealed the next day and you cant have a zone counsel without great American food! haha. We had sloppy joe's, potato salad, and vegetables with ranch dressing!
For dessert, we had fudge ripple ice cream with whipped cream! i had forgotten what whip cream tasted like. The earthquake was pretty strong in the mission home. The piano had actually tipped over. There wasn't any damage done though. In the office, about everything was on the ground except for the pictures of Jesus. None of them had fallen which was kind of weird. Almost all the other pictures had fallen. President Gillespie read off our changes right there which was pretty cool. I am going to Villa Alemana to be companions with Elder Rojas, a chilean from Santiago. Nothing happened to his family which was nice to hear. The earthquake really hit the country hard and everyone feels down about it. We are working as normal missionaries as the damage wasn't that bad at all but it is now a good opportunity to talk to people as their hearts have been softened by this natural disaster.
Some sad news, Eduardo told us yesterday that his sister passed away in the earthquake. She lived in Santiago and the house collapsed. They weren't that close but it was still sad to hear.
Yesterday we had a special conference where President Monson, Elder Bednar, Sister Cheryl Lant, and Elder Bradley Foster spoke via satellite to all of the people in Chile. It was pretty good.
Well that is what is going on for me right now... oh! I finished the Book of Mormon this past week. Gotta finish it a couple more times before the end ha. well have a great one!
Chao
Elder Nelson