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FENCES We have been in Chile for ten months now and are still not used to the fences that surround almost every building. Fences, security guards, and building attendants are the norm here. Although fences give the impression of trying to keep people out, this ‘Bienvenidos’ sign at our chapel expresses the true hearts of…

SHOPPING SPREES We spent most of our week shopping. When we receive small one-item requests or there are items on a larger project that need to be purchased in person because our vendors do not carry them, we go shopping. This involves a lot of over-the-river and through-the-woods experiences to find the requested items with…

A CELEBRATION OF NATURE The rain last week has done magical things to the Santiago green spaces. A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER TO HELP IMMIGRANTS This week we received an emergency solicitude from the government to help immigrants in the Santiago suburb of Conchalí. A coalition of churches has joined together to help house…

Much-needed rain came to Santiago this week. The temperature is not that cold but the humidity chills to the bone! It was gloomy and rainy every day and now the Andes are covered with snow. Often times it is colder inside a building than it is outside. This is today at church. Not sure why…

We have reached the halfway mark in our mission service. We can hardly believe a year has passed. We are finding great joy in our service and feel an urgency to accomplish all that we were sent here to do before our mission ends next June. As our mission Presidents wife Sister Bohn always says,…

We had a 4:00 am wake-up call on Tuesday morning to catch an early morning flight 500 miles north to the city of Copiapó. The airplane was full of men headed to work in the mines. We must comment on the interesting airplane experience. When the plane lands, you are instructed to stay seated until…

The ‘rule of three’ suggests that things that come in threes are inherently more humorous, satisfying, and effective than any other number of things. This week was very satisfying. We had three amazing ceremonies and three memorable meals. THREE CEREMONIES We began the week with a small ceremony for the donation of refurbished computers to…

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS FEAST On Monday we were invited to the birthday party of Maria Cecilia Garcia Rodriguez. We attended with the senior missionaries from the Santiago North mission: Hermana Grange, Hermana Cook, and Hermana Mendez. Cecilia is a member of our church who has lived all over the world. She has a service heart and…

SANTIAGO SUNRISE We began the week with a Monday miracle. We were required to be in our apartment from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm for a gas company check making it hard to accomplish all we needed to in the office to prepare for our travels the next day. We felt we were doomed for…

DONATIONS In our calling as humanitarian missionaries we have the privilege of connecting people. For instance, this week a bishops storehouse called to say that they had lentils that were getting close to their expiration date. We connected them to the Salvation Army who gladly picked them up for their soup kitchen. One of the…