On May 11, 2022 we stood in line at Independencia Mall in Recoleta, Santiago Chile neighborhood waitng to get a 4th, yes 4th covid booster so we could continue to be legal and serve in Chile. Masks are still worn inside at public places. They are not required outside however it appears that 90% of the people still choose to wear them outdoors.

We were waiting in line underground at the -2 parking level. There were atleast 100 to 200 people in line. We arrived at 5:05 pm and received our injections around 7 pm. This is not the greatest picture but it may give you the idea.

These are some of the coveted sofas we have taken out of missionary apartments trying to improve the asthetics and living conditions. We put them out front of the office and within one hour the red vinyl one was picked up and the other was gone within 24 hours. We live in one of the poorest sectors of the city so many of the goods we put out front are welcomed and used by others. Jeff's shaddow is compliments of the photographer.

 

Virginia works for O Y M, which I think is office and maintainence  for church buildings. She keeps our office very clean. She also has created a side business and cleans apartments for us when our schedules coordinate. She is the most amazing cleaner and goes the extra mile taking out windows and washing both sides, cleaning the window gutters or slides, etc. etc. I wish all our contracters had her high standards and skills. Everything can get very dusty here in a single day and if it is not cleaned regularly it takes several scrubbings and rinsing of rags to get the "dust turned to mud"off of everything.

This is what I have started texting to missionaries to let them know that Elder Grange will be by to hang their white board. Most the walls are concrete and need a good drill to hang them.

Because we help de junk apartments we find some amazing treasures. This being one of them. We need to study up on a great dutch oven meal for the office crew, I was reminded that these also can be baked in our ovens. It is a Lodge and was probably bought by an Elder at Lider (which is wallmart here) missing some good camping food from prior days.

This one is for our grandchildren. I am not sure where Jeff found this, but we are all about pirates when it comes to play with grandkids.

This is a classic Jeff picture. I do not know how many pictures we have of passengers in our cars. This one is Hermana Cauthen and Hermana Guerrero who just moved into a newly rented apartment and went shopping with us to buy some needed furnishings. They got to pick out the curtains and they had agret time doing it. I can only hope that the apatment does not change to Elders anytime soon, They may not appreciate the mauve velvet curtains in the bedroom of the black/white geoprint in the main living quarters.

We may have already posted Elder Vlakovic because he did leave on April 26th or so. He is so darling so I am posting just to make sure we have not missed him.  He is from Punta Arenas Chile. Way down south where penguins live. His great grandparents moved to Chile from Croatia during World War 1. It facinates me to learn of all the migrations and that the world is comprised of so may different and beautiful people wherever we go and they are all Heavenly Fathers children.