I really don’t have much of a title. I guess Recent Santiago Happenings would have been good. Enjoy.

View from my terrace.

I moved in to my apartment last week.

There’s a new child in the team.

Hiking in the Andes.

It’s been awhile, no? Well Chile has been good to me these first few days and I am happy to be here. I’m working with Iglesia de Cristo Congregación Providencia in Santiago for the next 4.5 months.

The highlights of the last week I was able to teach English class, hike in the foothills of the Andes with old friends, and see the arrival of a newly adopted son of the couple I am currently staying with. I hope all is well. No culture shock or homesickness yet, let’s hope it holds out until December.

Cheers.

This past weekend. I left Antigua for three days with a few friends for Lanking, Semuc Champey, and Coban. It was a good trip. At Lanking I got a terrible headache and was out for one night, but that day we went to Semuc Champey. It´s a natural limestone bridge with pools of water, under it flows a raging river. Amazing.

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Last week my Spanish teacher took me to visit a finca (farm/plantation) in her home town of Pastores, about five minutes by chicken bus outside of Antigua. Carmen, mi maestra, showed me her home as well. Pastores was flooded and had considerable damage near the local river last year and is now preparing for this rain season, which we re in the beginning of.

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These past few weeks Antigua celebrated the found ing of the city. Here are some photos of the local festivities:

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