Miriam's Moments: Last Week before Temple's 2- Week Closure for Maintenance

Last Week before the Temple's 2- Week Closure for Maintenance

I didn't know I was supposed to be striking a pose with Chris and Mariange after a fun lunch with them and Cecilia, their sister and mom and my English student.

Chris just turned 14, plays lots on the piano, is an avid soccer player, and has attended a bilingual school since kindergarten. For the first 7 grades everything is in English, and then it is half English and half Spanish instruction. He and his mom and aunt then tried to teach me the cueca, the national dance. It basically imitates and mimics the flirtation and courtship between rooster and hen, and has rural and urban versions, and is danced mostly during patriotic festivals which are coming in September.

A Sunday walk around Providencia along the River Mapocho

Lots of graffiti on the river walls

There are many bridges across the River Mapocho

We have been asked by President Russell M. Nelson to always refer to ourselves by our full title, rather than by nicknames (most commonly "Mormon" which refers to an prophet ancient only; often just LDS or Latter Day Saint). We are to use the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or at least the Church of Jesus Christ, because it is His church, He is at the center of all our beliefs. The following is the official statement:

The official name of the Church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The full name was given by revelation from God to Joseph Smith in 1838.

· In the first reference, the full name of the Church is preferred: “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

· When a shortened reference is needed, the terms “the Church” or the “Church of Jesus Christ” are encouraged. The “restored Church of Jesus Christ” is also accurate and encouraged.

So here we are, missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in Santiago, Chile. A last lunch with the Poulsens at Mamud Restaurant.

The Poulsens have now gone home to Oregon after 18 months.
Ulf and Elsa Muntzing have been very close friends.

Some interesting sculptures made from tires!

From the wanderings of Latin-American emigrants and immigrants (leaving and returning to their origins) is born and reborn a cycle of creative and destructive forces...that is a very rough idea of this exhibit!

Another exhibit: The effects of edges/borders (when two very different natural habitats collide, by 16 sculptors from differing parts of Chile, using different techniques and materials: metal and various kinds of wood). Weird, but interesting!