Well I guess it is time to Blog. Wow I haven't done this in a long time. Well we went to Chile back in January 18th. to visit Mandy, Jorge and the 2 boys, Josiah and Levi. We were there for 6 weeks. We really enjoyed the time we spent with them.
Things are done a bit different in Chile. For breakfast they have fresh bread called pan, served with Jam, Cheese and sometimes sandwich meat, and of course Tea, coffee and juice.  Lunch is their big meal of the day and then supper is bread (fresh) jam, cheese and again lunch meat. After lunch most people take a nap . The local stores close until 4pm.or 4:30pm.
While we were there the temperature was really hi. I think it got up to39 C. was the highest. When it is in the 30's you can't stay out in the sun to long and you must use sunscreen or you burn really bad.
Mandy and Jorge live right next to the Church. They have a nice house . Jorge and the men of the church built it this past year. I think they moved into it last August.
While we were there I put trim around some windows and doors . Jorge and I put up a handrail for the stairs. Jorge and I built a wood shed to hold the winter wood and I put together some cabinets and made a cabinet for his tools.
Josiah loves to play soccer  and he would tire me out almost every day kicking the ball. Levi love to play with little cars which he calls Auto's and we would play for hours. He never tires. The first thing he says in the mornings is Auto's. He tries to play soccer with Josiah but he is kind of small and only being 2 he kicks the ball allover instead of straight ahead.  Josiah gets a bit upset with him but he will learn soon. I sure do miss them boys. We had lots of fun while we were there.
We met all the people of the church. We even went on a church picnic and they BBQ ed a pig.Not being able to speak Spanish I had to get Mandy or Jorge  to translate but the men soon learned sign language . ha ha.
The 4th week we were there we took 5 days and went to a little town about 5 hours away from Yumbel to Pokon. We went to a couple of other towns but I can't spell them. We had fun and enjoyed some of the beaches and took a boat cruise one afternoon. Wendy had her wallet stolen and that caused a bit of trouble but when we got home from the cruise Jorge called the police and they had found her wallet  in a trash can with all the credit cards. The money of course was missing. Fortunately she only had about $8o dollars in it.

The people that go to the church in Yumbel are a real caring bunch of people. They don't have a lot of money but share what ever they have with those that need it. I just loved them all. They are all just a little family.

We got home March 1st. and of course the temp. was a bit different.but really not to cold.
Well that's all for now . God Bless you all and have a great day.