Northbound

My last weeks in La Junta really did fly by! There were a lot of cold days, one day we couldn't even get to Lago Verde because the road was frozen over and the car kept losing traction and sliding around...pretty traumatic! A brother from the group who had lived there the longest, nicknamed Pato, had to move back to Coyhaique so it was hard for everyone to see him go. One of my last days we got to got to some hot springs in an area called El Amarillo about 2 hours away...celebrities like Leonardo DeCaprio and Julia Roberts have been known to visit the area...really beautiful!
Going back to visit Stephanie and Juan in Coyhaique was such a treat! Made me feel like I got a taste of home to get to be around family again. It snowed a couple of the days I was there...really pretty but cold. And it was nice to get to see the friends there again too.
Now I'm in Futrono where Janel and Joel live. It has been so encouraging to get to go in service with them and see all the interest they've found. It is a beautiful area and the congregation is really encouraging and there are all kinds of studies that come to the meetings. This last weekend for the second time ever they held the Sunday meeting at a town in their territory where there are a lot of studies. There were 41 in attendance, with only about 18 of those being baptized friends from the congregation who had come to support it.
Well that's a little update for now :)