Ed & Debbie Lamb

IN THE OFFICE We had a rather quiet week in the office. It was good to have a chance to get caught up on paperwork. We spent most of our time receiving multiple shipments, inventorying, and organizing items for our rural school kit projects which will provide school supplies for 4,600 children. Our original proposal…

COANIQUEM This week we visited COANIQUEM.  This organization operates outpatient rehab facilities for burned children and treats 75,000 children each year in Chile.  We visited the facility in Santiago to discuss a donation of equipment to their new site in Concepcion that will open next spring. They treat the whole child with a multidisciplinary approach.…

PROJECTS FROM START TO FINISH We started out last week by visiting a new project possibility at Fundación Educational Alegría y Alma. The school focuses on preschool students with autism. Early childhood education and intervention are close to Sister Lamb’s heart. We look forward to doing whatever we can to help these sweet children. This…

FINDING JOY IN HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS This week we took the metro to visit with the leaders of Ejercito de Salvación (Salvation Army.) Each metro station has different, beautiful tile work to enjoy as we walk and wait. It is a joy to meet with different organizations that share our goal to care for those in…

PURCHASES We enjoy our weekly shopping excursion with our grocery pull-cart. As you can see people have many ways to transport their purchases home. We found street vendors selling fresh strawberries and cherries yesterday on the way to the grocery store yesterday. The fruit here is glorious. PANADERIAS We have some favorite bakeries close to…

NOCHE DE HOGAR FAMILIAR Our church uses a lot of acronyms.  One is FHE (Family Home Evening) or in Spanish NHF (Noche de Hogar Familiar.)  Since 1915 members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been urged to gather with family on Monday evenings to spend time together, have a gospel discussion…

ESCUELAS Each morning we see parents taking their children to school. Several forms of transportation are used. Not pictured are the many children on scooters. School is in session from 8:30am to 1:15pm when parents and children meet at home for the main meal of the day. School and work resume at 2:45 although since…

INSIDE & OUTSIDE VIEWS The Andes from our apartment balcony and p-day shirt ironing MORNING WALKS The Uruguay and China embassies down the street from our apartment. HISTORIC DOWNTOWN We would like to introduce you to the new missionary couple that live upstairs Kim and Wendy Lindquist. He will serve as the legal counsel for…

FEASTING ON FRUITS The cherimoya is grown in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. Mark Twain called it ‘the most delicious fruit known to men.’ The creamy texture of the flesh gives the fruit its secondary name, the custard apple. Think creamy pear. We are also enjoying the Ecuadorian bananas that have so much…

On October 31 many Americans celebrate Halloween or All Hallows Eve. In Old English ‘all hallows’ means ‘the feast of the Saints.’ In Chile, November 1 is the National holiday of All Saints Day (or All Hallows Day). It is a commemoration day for all Catholic saints, particularly those who have no special feast day…