Ed & Debbie Lamb

SATURDAYOur daughter-in-law Eileen and three of our grandchildren, Ellie, Addy, and Win arrived in Chile last Saturday evening. Before we left on our mission, we gave each of our grands a stuffed lamb to hug when they missed us. Addy brought hers with her to Chile. He found a home under our Christmas tree. We…

It’s beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas in Santiago. Our home in Utah has more snow than we have ever seen but we are used to warm Christmases growing up in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. When we lived in Phoenix, we found this Christmas poem by an unknown author. The visitor…

ON THE ROAD AGAIN We left early Monday morning with a brand-new van full of reformatted computers for a five-hour drive south. Destination: Concepcion to deliver a new van to the Concepcion Mission President and drive the old mission van back to Santiago. Donating used church computers is a side business of ours since many…

We had visitors this week: Steve Bulpitt from Salt Lake City (Welfare & Self Reliance Consultant for Mexico and all South America except Brazil), and Jorge Romeu from Buenos Aires (Area Welfare and Self-Reliance Manager for the South American South Area). After over a year of Zoom calls, we were happy to meet them in…

GIVING THANKS FOR HEALTH & STRENGTH & LEGS & FEETWe can check a car out of the church motor pool for humanitarian project work if one is available. The rest of the time, we do lots of walking and it is wonderful. We go on a walk several mornings a week, we go on a…

Fundación Esperanza Nuestra is a nonprofit organization that provides inpatient and outpatient rehab for people with spinal cord injuries. Their director, Patricio, and fellow administrator Rosanna are in wheelchairs themselves. Patricio had polio as a child and Rosanna was in a car accident that left her without the use of her legs. This project included…

We spent a wonderful week sharing some of the places we love in Chile with our friends, John and Geanie Roake. SANTIAGO-SIGHTS & SOUNDS The fourth time was the charm- we finally were able to see the changing of the guard at La Moneda Palace! We climbed Santa Lucia Hill, an oasis in the busy…

We spent two quiet days in the office during the Chilean holidays of Reformation Day (Oct 31) and All Saints Day (Nov 1) and enjoyed the Halloween photos of our children and grandchildren. They always go all out on Halloween. SOLICITUDE PENDING On Wednesday we met with the founder of Fundacion Oncologica There are very…

PETITE DONATION On Monday we had a small signing ceremony at Hospital Sotero Del Rio in the Santiago suburb of Puente Alto. This public hospital cares for the largest number of patients in the country with an assigned population of one and a half million people. They needed awnings to protect patients from sun and/or…

Guido Lucas is the South American South Area Humanitarian Services Project Manager and our manager. He works from the area office in Buenos Aires. Rarely does a day go by that we don’t communicate with him through email or through a video telephone call. We were finally able to meet him in person after more…