elder Allenbach
A beautiful PINK sunset...they are so gorgeous here! 
"heart attack on a plate"...a Chorrillana, at a place called "Sin Rival" which is one of the oldest restuarants here in Villa Alemena...it was way too greasy. (French fries, steak, sausage & eggs)
Hey family how are things going? Things are going really well for us here in Villa Alemana. We did our special musical number yesterday in church and completely threw down. It was so sweet. It was almost perfect; one of our best run throughs even though we were both so nervous. I think we are going to be performing it this week in our mission conference. We played the one called My Heavenly Father Loves Me. (Click on the title to hear the piano duet) We got a lot of complements on it.Well the Urrutia family is doing great! We have been visiting them with different families from the ward so that they can get used to other members and have friends in the ward to support them. One family actually invited them to Family Home Evening tonight. Yesterday they went to church and then in the evening we went to a baptism in a different stake here in Villa Alemana. The parents loved the baptism and it actually brought the dad to tears during the actual baptisms. It was another couple that was getting baptized. Afterwards, everyone from the ward (Huanhuali) came up and talked to the family and the mom told them that they were planning on getting baptized on the 29th of May. She ended up inviting a bunch of the members from that ward.
This past week we also had interviews with President Gillespie and his wife. They went really well. I got my temple recommend re-newed and we talked alot about finishing strong. President told me that this was the time that I could get the most done and that the mission really relies on the older ones to step up and finish strong to help strengthen the mission. I am sure I will be grateful for applying these counsels. On Friday we went to Olmué. I went with Elder Watkins. It rained for the first time for all day. Last week it rained but it started at night. We got a whole day of workin in the rain but we did find some new people to teach out there.
Well this morning we had a zone activity and we all went to Limache to play soccer. When we got there, sure enough, Bermudez, the dog that has followed the missionaries around Limache for the past 5 years was there enjoying the game. Afterwards when we got back to the pension to shower, I decided to give the 4 dogs a bath. It was Sarnita's first bath and wasnt to fond of the freezing cold water shooting out of the hose. Here are some pics of it....
In this area it is kind of hard to find new investigators to teach so we decided to do an activity in the city center. We set up a table with a bunch of pamphlets and Books of Mormon and stuff like that and invited people to take stuff. I must say that we didnt have the results that we wanted but we tried it. Maybe a less crowded place would be better. We are going to really hit the family history stuff this week and see if we can get people interested in that too. Anything to find new people....Alright everyone, have a great day and week! Enjoy that lovely spring weather up there! Love you all. Chao! Elder Nelson
