Sunday, March 25, 2012

EARTHQUAKE

At 7:37 pm today March 25th, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Chile near Talca. Talca is about 350 miles north of our mission. The quake was felt in the northern cities of our mission, but at a low magnitude, with no reported damage. All missionaries are safe.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

GOING HOME MARCH 2012

1) Hna. Skinner, Hna. Grimes, Hna. Gebara, Hna. Moss, Hna. Nakayama
2) Hna. & Pres. Rappleye, Elder Silva. Elder Retamal, Elder Cardona
atras) Elder Bravo

THE ELDERS THOUGHT THEY NEEDED A PHOTO WITH JUST THE GUYS..............

Elder Silva. Elder Retamal, Elder Cardona, Elder Bravo, Pres. Rappleye

.......SO THEN WE HAD TO HAVE ONE WITH JUST THE GIRLS!!

Hna. Nakayama, Hna. Gebara, Hna. Grimes. Hna. Skinner, Hna. Moss, Hna. Rappleye

NEW ARRIVALS MARCH 2012

1) Elder Perez (new missionary leaving from Pto. Aysen going to Santiago), Hna. Foster (CA), Hna Parks (CA), Hna. Cartegena (Honduras), Hna. & Pres. Rappleye, Elder Diaz (Peru), Elder Ryan (Utah), Elder Coc (Guatemala),
2) Elder Gongora (Peru), Elder Chamorro (Chile), Elder Cerda (Chile), Elder Madsen (AZ), Elder Barriga (Chile), Elder Marcel (Chile), Elder McCormick (assistant), Elder Flores ( Honduras), Elder Barrientos (Honduras), Elder Damasco (Argentina), Elder Mietchen (UT), Elder Beirouti (Venezuela)
3) Elder Retamal(assistant), Elder Gomez, (assistant)

SEWING CLASS

While the president was doing interviews we had a sewing class. The missionaries learned how to sew on buttons and hem their pants. In every zone there was at least one (sometimes 2 or 3) that had safety pins or tape holding up the hem in their pants. There were even a couple with the hem completely undone and nothing holding it up. So we took advantage and repaired the clothing they had on. We had all levels of experience from trying to tie the thread TO the needle - to missionaries whose parents were tailors/seamstresses who had taught them how to sew. So thanks to those moms who taught their missionaries beforehand - even if it was on the way to the MTC!

HERE'S THE PROOF

Elder Villantoy, Elder Villatoro, Elder Martinez

Elder Carmen, Elder Hanks, Elder Tyus, Elder Rupp, Elder Gomez

Elder Fonda

Elder Bastian, Elder Beletanga, & Elder Finlayson

Elder Canepa & Elder Klappenbach

ONE MORE FROM THE JANUARY GROUP

Elder Rytting (Utah) arrived a couple days after the January group.