Pictures!

I finally have pictures! The first is me and my companion dripping wet.

We went out to find members and it started to rain. And it continued to rain. Since we didn't find anyone we came back really really wet.

The second is the completo.

The third is what sunsets are like in Santiago.

And the fourth is outside my apartment.

The Importance of Eating Avocado

Alo family and friends!

I ate completos for the first time this week. And I felt like I could eat five more completos. They're super good. A completo is basically a hot dog in a bun, and then you had mayo, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce if you want, but most importantly, you have to add avocado. It is not a completo if it does not have avocado on it, it is just a regular hot dog.

So far, from what I've seen of Chile, it is not a country without the Avocado. They eat avocadoes as often as they can. A typical salad here (which I have had many) has lettuce with avocado, maybe some tomatoes, with lemon and salt. The more avocado, the more Chilean it is. They use it for anything possible: cus cus, burritos, fajitas, palta reina, chicken, salmon, ham with avocado, etc. If you want a Chilean dish, you better have some avocado with you. And just to let you know, in regular Spanish, avocado is 'avocate,' but in Chilean its 'palta.'

Which reminds me of one thing I've had to learn since I've been here. They told us in the CCM that we are going to learn two languages, Spanish and Chilean. While Chile uses the same grammar as Spanish, they substitute a lot of the words for other words. 

For example, avocado is palta; lazy in Spanish: 'perezosos' but in Chilean: 'flojos.' How are you in Spanish is '¿como estas?' but in Chilean it's '¿como tai?'. And they also say 'po' in everything. It's like the Canadian 'eh.' For example: "¿Como tai, po? No po, ¡usas todo la palta! ¡Es necesario en un completo, po!" Slowly and surely I have been learning Chilean. 

Be safe and make good choices!

Hermana Reed