Old and new in Fresia

 Missionaries tracting in Fresia

"Halloween tree" and countryside

near Fresia

 Hermanas Kitto, Lanzas, Pinckney, Chamorro, and

Sumaran after pancake breakfast

 Hermana Kitto and Chamorro -- going home on

October 3rd

Hermana Howard, Cesar, and Hermana Kitto at

Cesar's baptism on September 29, 2012

 The view from our hotel window in Castro on 

Chiloe Island

 The view below our hotel window in Castro

 Fishing boats off the coast of Quellon on Chiloe

 Patricia Huenchur and her husband in their country

home near Ancud

View from the Huencher home

 Elder Goodman, Carmen, and Davis in an area of Chaiten

that was not ruined.  If you look closely you can see the

Chaiten Volcano smoking over their heads.

(Interesting sidelight: Chile has more than 120

potentially active volcanoes.  Hmmm . . . )

 Sunset on Chaiten Bay

 The 12-hour ferry ride from Chaiten to

Puerto Montt (President and Sister Rappleye

are in the foreground)

Our van loaded on the ferry.  We have listed the

visit to Chaiten as an "adventure" in our journal.

 Damage to the river near Chaiten

 More damage on the river

 A rainbow over Chaiten Bay

 The hotel where we stayed -- breakfast every

morning and hot water bottles in our bed 

every night.  What more could we ask for?

The restaurant where we enjoyed dinner

 Lake Yelcho, an hour from Chaiten

 A view of Chaiten Bay from across the bay

 A view of the "sludge" in the bay

 The Chaiten ferry landing

Elder Carmen tasting one of the local favorites,

 Elder Carmen and Elder Davis in an area called El Amarillo,

southeast of Chaiten, where there was no devastation

Beautiful!

 The park at El
Amarillo

 Another beautiful home Elder Goodman wouldn't

mind having -- with a stream in the front yard

 A "hot shower" at Termas El Amarillo, a hot

spring site

An interesting flower pot

 It is difficult to show by photo the devastation that occurred when

the Chaiten Volcano erupted in May of 2008.  The population

of nearly 5,000 was evacuated and only 800-900 have

returned.  The ones who have returned are determined

to rebuild their community even though the volcano

remains in "active" status.

 A view of the bay at Chaiten after the eruption 

caused avalanches of

 "lahars" (a concrete-like substance of

water, ash, mud, and rocks) in the bay

 More "beach" pictures

 Stuck on the beach -- Elder Goodman was missing

his four-wheel drive vehicle about now

More "stuck on the beach" (we didn't get pictures of

Sister Goodman and Sister Rappleye digging out in their

dresses)

 Elder Carmen, Goodman, and Davis in the salon of the 

"Don Baldo" ferry

 The bay and ferry at Chaiten from our hotel

 Inside the former church building (where the floor was

still intact)

The outside of the church building

 The ferry to Chiloe, an island south of Puerto Montt

 A HUGE Chilean flag flying in Ancud in preparation for 

the Independence Day festivities

Our berths on the ferry, "Don Baldo," from Quellon to Chaiten

We arrived at "La Cascada," a 130-foot high
waterfall, after an awesome
forty-five minute hike through some
breathtaking scenery along the river.

One of the three bridges, crossing the river on
the trail to the waterfall.

P-day trip to Las Cascadas with Elders Abel, Davis,
Klinkefus, Barker, Carmen, and Mason.

A picnic in the park in the village of Las Cascadas,
a community surrounded by picturesque agricultural
land, old houses and German cemeteries.

The hotel "Dreams" we stayed in while doing
inspections for two days in Valdivia and
surrounding areas.

A site apparently recognizable the
world over.