Still sick!

Map of the zones in our mission.

Ours is the tiny pink one.

A lady in our ward tried to give me a haircut with this tool. Afterwards I had to go to the barber.
My new diet so I can get better.

hey everyone...
i am feeling a lot better today however this past week i still had diarrhea and wasnt feeling too good. I've been fighting this sickness now for almost 2 weeks. the office elders came and got me on thursday to go to the clinic to see what was wrong with me. last thursday was a holiday here so the only place that was open was the emergency room. they gave me an IV because i had gotten really dehydrated from losing so much water for over a week...i also have to do stool samples for a lab to see what is wrong with me. i have to go back to Viña wednesday. i am still on the bland diet but the hospital gave me a written diet so i made photocopies and gave them to the families that we have eaten lunch with and has been good. i am on the diet until wednesday at the least. I've been fighting the sickness and trying to find people to teach. This week the other Elder Nelson in the mission and I went on exchanges and had a lot of success. We had a good day. Well thanks for the letters. take care and talk to you all next week. chao elder nelson

Transfer again...El Belloto, Estero Viejo

My new companion,

Elder Davila from Fort Worth, TX.

Cecilia, Macarea, Daniela....investigators in Vina.

Goin' home....Good-bye Elder Schneider...you're a ROCK!

(First comp in Chile....last night in the mission field)

Hey everyone how are things going?
This past week we had changes. It turns out that my stay in Viña was to be for only 6 weeks. I am now in a town called El Belloto in the sector of Estero Viejo. It is in the city or outskirts of the city Quilpue. We are 30 minutes inland from Vina. Our sector has lots of apartment buildings and that means lot of stairs. My new companion is Elder Davila from Fort Worth , TX. This is only his second change in the mission. He was trained by a latin who was in his last change so I am teaching him a lot of what goes on in the mission. Everyone here says that my comp looks a lot happier now that he has a companion from the same country. I can only imagine what it would have been like with a latin for the first 6 weeks of being in Chile. The sector is pretty cool. We live 25 minutes outside of our sector and its only us two that live in the pension.
This past week I have been pretty sick. I thought it would just pass by but on the 4th day I called Hma. Wilhelm and got the medicine I needed. I had to stay in the pension on Saturday evening and rest. I am now on a special “bland diet” as you could say. Only rice and white noodles with lots of liquids. No milk products, raw veggies or fruits, and no bread. Its not that fun to tell you the truth. Our pension is pretty deprived on appliances too so my normal eating habits wont take place here either. There is only a fridge and a stove. No microwave or sandwich maker…..AHHHH! Well I am on the diet until tomorrow evening so I can make it until then I guess.
In the sector I came to nothing again so we are in the searching business. Well that is about all that has been going on for me this week. Just hangin in there and trying to find people to teach. Thanks to those that wrote this week. Take care everyone and have a great week. Say hi to everyone for me and good luck Jeni with Graduation and everything this week. I´m proud of ya :) Have a good week. Chaíto, elder nelson

I'm a Chilean Citizen!

It's Official....Today I became a Chilean Citizen!

Overlooking the beautiful city of Vina del Mar.
The sunsets here are killers....they're so beautiful!
Another beautiful picture of the city.
Flea bites...ouch!

hey everyone!
how are things going? well its hard to believe that this change is now over. we have changes tonight! This was a busy weekend that we had. we had our stake conference. elder corbridge of the 70 came and spoke to us as well as the temple president of the santiago chile temple. they are all from the states. the temple pres speaks really good spanish! elder corbridge struggled a bit on the speed of his but it was fine. the stake president is amazing here. my comp and i think that he will be a general authority someday. Leo has been really sick this week and went to the hospital earlier. basically his whole body has been swollen and painful.
the highlight of the week was last night when i got to talk to my family on the phone for a little bit. We are able to call our families for Mother's day. it was good to hear them as well as the dogs :)
It's been a frustrating week on the missionary work of finding people but we just need to keep on going. alright well i guess we will see where i will be emailing from next week...if its still in Viña or somewhere else. till then, take care elder nelson

The famous Flower Clock in Viña

We had to wait like half hour to take a picture...there was a guy weeding the "MAR" part. he took a little water break so we jumped in there and took them.

hey how are things going? This week has been a busy one. We havent left our sector this week as we have had to do in the past few weeks. We had to go down to Viña for a special meeting with the stake president as we have stake conference this coming weekend. Elder Corbridge of the 70 is going to be there and we are going to be having a special meeting with all of the investigators, recent converts, and less active members in the stake. it should be a really neat experience. we are leaving the pension an hour early everyday this week delivering letters from the stake presidency describing the meetings and the invitation. we are to invite the spirit and read the letter with the family and investigators so that they will go to this meeting.
Leo is getting pretty excited for his baptism. Yesterday went by Leo's house to see how he was doing. he was still in bed and said that he was sick. He said that he was not doing good at all so my comp and i gave him a blessing. As we were getting ready to do that, the member noticed that his sheets were all wet. He had had some problems and so we took off our sweaters, jackets, and ties and got him to the bathroom and helped him shower and clean up. we got him all dressed and ready for bed. He really needs to get out of bed everyday so that he doesnt have these problems with his legs and feet. When we saw his feet his toenails were really long and overgrown. No wonder he was walking so slow. He was really grateful for our help. The member is going to help him go to the Doctor this week.
so that is kind of what has been going on this week. thanks to those that wrote me. it is good so to hear from you. sounds like things are going good back home. take care everyone.
chaíto...