Vina and Mendoza

So the last couple of weeks have been especially busy!
We went and stayed for a week with a young couple in the Vina del Mar english congregation named Daniela and Miguel. They took such good care of us! They had just had their 1 yr anniversary the weekend before we got there. After their big mtg we were able to visit some long time friends, the Latham's. We got to sit in on a special once at their house to celebrate that a young brother in their congregation had just gotten named as a ministerial servant. Another night we got to meet up w/Miriam who we worked w/on the construction team last yr. And we got to go to a picnic and BBQ that the english congregation had planned...very fun!
After that we headed back to Donihue for a couple of days. One day we went for a tour of the Chilean Bethel. 4 of those in our tour group were Bible studies so it was interesting to get to hear all their questions about how Bethel works...they were very impressed. Another day a group of the girls from the congregation came over for an evening of eating sweets and watching a movie.
Then it was off to Mendoza, Argentina to get our visas extended. We stayed w/a young couple who are both pioneering and just found out a month ago that they are pregnant, which will be a new assignment for them :) An argentinian friend named David set us up with them...we met him last yr when he was living in Puertezuelo. They were good hosts and showed us around Mendoza.
Now we are back in Puertezuelo, Chile for the week of the CO visit. The plan is to stay around here for basically the rest of the trip, so we won't be running around so much from here on out.
Hope all's well for all of you!