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Greetings
from Santiago, Chile! Yes, we
made it safely and pretty much
on schedule. Thank you for your
prayers.
We're all doing OK.
The flight
out of Atlanta was delayed (air
traffic problems/weather) which
really crunched our time in
Miami. Becky and I didn't get
too much sleep on the overnight
flight. Marissa probably slept
the best between her and Alena.
Alena slept quite a bit, but was
constantly turning so she had to
be held so as not to fall off
the seat. Marissa was able to
stretch out over two seats. She
did wake up feeling sick and had
to make a couple of trips to the
bathroom. She seems to be doing
better.
Max McGinnis
and David Roller were at the
airport to pick us up. The
light of day broke as we were
coming down the coast of Chile.
We saw lots of snow covered
peaks...quite stunning from the
air! We made it through the
immigration and customs without
any hassle. Max and David
brought us directly to the
Roller's apartment here in the
city. The apartment is very
nice and has a spectacular
view. I'll get some pictures to
you. We had a little
orientation to the apartment and
then had some lunch at Kay
Stott's. She's another FM
missionary that lives here in
Chile. In fact, she's lives on
the 12th floor of the same
building. We're on the 20th
floor. After lunch, we all took
a much needed nap. Since then,
we've been to the supermarket
for some groceries (we can walk
there). I think the rest of the
evening we're on our own to get
settled, except we expect the
superintendent of the FM work
here (Karim Loyola) to be
stopping in with Max. We have
all the modern
conveniences....hot water,
cable, internet, phones, ATM.
My debit card worked without
problem at the ATM. We'll get
some phone numbers to you next
time.
We're going
to be very comfortable here and
able to really concentrate on
studying. We'll get oriented to
schooling early next week.
Before then, the immediate
things for us are to get our
stuff arranged in the apartment,
figure how to use the
transportation systems to get
where we need to go over the
next 2 1/2 months, and meet lots
of people!!!
Feel free to
write at any time. I know you
may have some questions.
Lots of
love!
J.R
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Cazuela Soup |
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The
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Grocery Shopping |
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