The new group in Pica

Last week we drove up to Pica, which is about 45 miles from Pozo Almonte for their first Group meeting.  A Group is a smaller congregation than a branch and also belongs to a branch.  As Pica is so far from Pozo Almonte, their branch, they'll be meeting every Sunday except the first Sunday of the month in Pica.  Once a month they'll travel to Pozo Almonte for their meetings with all the branch members.  There were 16 in attendance with 2 investigators!  We had Sacrament meeting plus an additional meeting that was similar to a Sunday School class.  

The meeting place is on the property of Brother Varela, seated to my right.  He has several little cottages on his property and has made this room available to the members on Sunday.  He's also the Group leader and very loved by them.

We also gathered outside the meeting place for another picture.