I am adjusting very well to the new area. The sun has come out and we will reach highs of 38°C with only one day of rain next week. Within the next two weeks the population of Pucòn should multiply significantly with all the tourists. Today as a district we met together here in Pucòn and around a quarter to 1 we left in colectivos to Calabozos. From there we started our hike at around 1pm to reach the top. My companion and I hike this route once a week to visit familias who live up on the mountainside. It takes around 45 minutes when just the two of us do it. We hiked quite a bit farther and within an hour and a half we arrived at the waterfall Salto el Claro. We took lots of Pictures, ate lunch and headed back out. Now we are wrapping up our Pday writing to our families. I just realizad that half of these words have probably been automatically corrected into spanish due to Microsoft Office automatic spell check. Well thank you all for the love and support and everything you do. I hope all is well for this upcoming year, and I hope to hear back from you soon. -Elder Barker

The office elders prior to August 22 "cambios."
L to R, Elders Coria, Klinkefus, Nelson, Mietchen, Davis, Goodman;
Carmen, Barker, and Abel.

 Elder Barker, the office financiero, aka "Mr. Incredible."

Elders singing "Called to Serve"

 So today we traveled with the Goodman's to La Cascada, which is a small town off the coast of Lago Llanquihue about an hour south of Osorno.  About a 45 minute hike from the edge of the town is a huge waterfall that measures 138 feet.  We had an amazing time.  The six of us office elders went with them and we were able to take a lot of pictures.  I uploaded a bunch of them to dropbox.  The family might enjoy them.  It was really cool.  I remember hiking up Workman Creek I believe it was, with some friends a while back, and when I saw this one I was absolutely astonished at the difference in size.  I have never seen so much water falling so fast constantly.  Just being at the bottom there was quite the bit of wind just from the water flow.  Even getting down to the same level of the waterfall you get soaked.  Enjoy the pictures.