These are just of few of the typical things we do each week as we settle in to life in Santiago. We actually do most of our grocery shopping at a regular supermarket, but it is a lot of fun to go to the Feria to buy fresh produce and just see how the people typically live. Having Tawnee and Ian here is great, but our routine will surely settle down a bit after their visit. We look forward to others coming in the future.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sunday at Church
We are standing in front of the Chapel where we attend Church. It is actually pretty old, and it is the only one I have seen that doesn't have a steeple. Since it is right next door to the Temple I guess they didn't want any competing steeplery for the Angel Moroni.
In an effort to improve her Spanish, Mickie decided a while back to attend Primary instead of Sunday School and Relief Society. Listening to the children and the primary stories is easier to understand. Here are two of the three children that attend the class she goes to.
Saturday Shopping at the Feria
This is where we like to do grocery shopping. It is called the Feria and is a bunch of open stalls along the street with about anything you would want to buy. Note the dog cleaning up under the eggs.
We fill up our "shopping cart" as we go. As you can see we are just beginning. We quit when it is full.
Here is the FULL cart--it doesn't actually take two of us to pull it, but as you can see it is quite a load.
On the way home Mickie just wanted to take a picture of the "garbage can". They put these baskets up high to place garbage bags in, I suppose so the dogs won't get into them. A pretty good idea, but actually uglier than rural mailboxes.
Energy to Burn!
Ian and Tawnee arrived and are having a great time. He couldn't wait to try his hula hoop and we now know our apartment is a bit small for his active body. But we are enjoying having them here.
Ian picked this leaf up on a walk and it is big enough to be a hat. We took this picture on an 11 1/2 inch plate with a $10 bill on top of the leaf to compare them for size. When the leaves are this size it is easier to sweep them up, I guess.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
God Bless America!
Happy 4th of July from the Johnson's in Chile. We hope you all have a great day celebrating our country's independence.
4th of July (winter) Picnic (indoors)
Our neighbors (vecinos) from Canada joined us to celebrate our Independence Day. We even sang "Oh Canada" with them.
Elder Benson was the MC and music director in his "Cat in the Hat" type patriotic fedora.
We sang, ate dinner, and listened to many stories about America and how people feel about our country while living abroad. We even heard the speech of Patrick Henry given by President Lyon, the president of the Santiago Temple. Elder Benson lent him his hat for the occasion. President Lyon's teacher made him memorize this speech when he was 13 years old--it is amazing how much we can remember when we get old. At least he can.
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