Howard and Karleen Hamilton's house on Llanquihue Lake

 It would be hard to find a volleyball court with a more

spectacular view

 Our group photo, including the Hamilton's on the left

 It would be hard to give up this view and the

house that goes with it

 Our p-day group of missionaries including:

Elders Burgos, Chauque, Barker, Davis, Jimenez,

Mason, and Smith; Sisters Castillo and Howard

Totally worn out after the p-day activities

 Hand carved Chilean nativity from Villarica

 Our little tree in our apartment

 Elder Davis (one of the AP's) celebrating his 21st birthday

 The missionary board in the mission office - Sister Goodman's 

responsibility

 Sister Goodman's workspace in the office

 Feliz cumpleanos Elder Jiminez (with the cheese

furnished by Elder Mason)

The Barrio Centro tree-decorating activity

 Springtime splendor in Osorno -- flowering trees everywhere!

 The mission home back yard in full bloom.

 The roses are beautiful!

 The back covered entry to our apartment building

 Elder Goodman and President Rappleye "cutting up" in the kitchen.

Yummmm!  Thanksgiving turkey!

 Fifty hungry missionaries for Thanksgiving dinner

The kitchen help

A beautiful sunset that looked a lot like a volcano erupting

 The Huilo Huilo Resort/Lodge.  A very unique

tree house concept

 "La Montana Magica" - a magical elf house

with hotel rooms inside and a waterfall

coming from the top

 Looking up from the restaurant in the lodge

 The only fish Elder Goodman has encountered thus far

in the mission

 More yellow fields

Bishop Goodman with his counselors in the Osorno Centro

Barrio (ward).  Hermano Arrangua is on the left and

Hermano Ruiz is on the right.

 Volcan Choshuenco, which looks like a giant vanilla soft cone

peeking through the clouds

 Panguipulli Lake

 More Panguipulli (Mapuche Indian word for "hill of pumas")

Lake with Choshuenco Volcan in the background.  The road

follows the lake along the beautiful northern shore

 Elder Goodman in his P-day attire recording a potential

"fishing stream" on his I-pad

 The Huilo Huilo River

 Huilo Huilo Falls

 La Puma Falls

 Elder Goodman with a carving of an elf in the palm of a hand

Wood carving of an elf and a rabbit

 On the shore of Lago Puyehue near Entre Lagos.

 Another secluded house on the lake that Elder Goodman has included

in his list of "desirable properties."

 The gate and sign leading into the "desirable property" which means 

"place of tranquility"

 More Lago Puyehue

A portion of the grounds at the 5* resort, "Termas Puyehue,"

(hot springs).  In the off season the cost is $250 per person

per night ($330 during the peak season). The salary

of a missionary probably won't cover that.

 The remains of Fuerte de la Pura y Limpia Concepcion de Monfort de Lemus,

a Spanish fort built in the 1600's.  There were seven forts

built by the Spanish to protect Valdivia, which was one of the

most important centers of Spanish colonial control over Chile.

There is a museum on Chilean naval history on the site as well.

 The cannons used to protect the entrance to Valdivia.

 The lighthouse added to the promontory in the 1900's.

 One of the remaining foundations of the fort.

 The Niebla chapel can be seen right below the large pine

tree in the center of the picture (the photo is taken from the fort).

The original "magazine" where munitions were kept when

the fort was manned by the Spanish.  The lighthouse

is a more recent addition.

 We are pretty sure this must be a good fishing stream.  

If only there were time -- and Elder Goodman had a fishing license.

 The black sand beach at Rininahue on the west end

of Lago Ranco.

 The falls at Rininahue.

 More springtime fields of yellow.

Lago Ranco from the Futrono (north) side of the lake.