Take a peek at the Feria

This is what we see as we enter the street of the Feria

These two trucks come from the coast with fresh fish ready to be cut to order or you can choose those already cut.  It smells so bad we just hurry by.  Notice Warren and Duane Macdonald don't even want to come near for a picture.

Each truck has two butchers. It looks like such hard, messy stinky work  that I feel sorry for them.

Here is the close up... Many different kinds, many I haven't shown.  The Chileans like it and line up to buy it.

We just haven't got past the smell. So we have never bought the fish.

Wheew!  The oranges look so good but None of them are sweet.  They  send the sweet ones state side I guess.

This is one of the favorite spots... we buy nuts, raisens, popcorn,prunes, and honey here.

The shelves are always stacked so pretty it is like art work.  I don't know how early they have to arrive to set up by 9:30 or so.

The shops go on for a block and a half.

This is the garden supply section.

Here is the prepackaged food... for making salads or soups. They have spices bagged in small bags. up like this also

This is the squash that they use in so many of their meals.  You just buy the size of piece you need.
We have enjoyed it in a lentil soup ,scones, cookies and many other dishes.I used it as pumpkin to make a pie with. Has such a mild flavor that it tastes like the spices you put in.

One young elder told us this is the land of Beautiful Sky!!!

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These are all taken right out side our windows in old apartment. I wish the pictures were as good as the real view.

Here we are hard at work!!!

This is when we work on the mailing. That stack of white papers is only some of what I fold and put into envelopes. Notice that Elder Johnson has in his earplugs.

This is the work for a Sister missionary.I have Lots of time for thinking as I shred. It took uncounted hours. Sometimes I stood and most of the time I sat.

Our missionary

This is Jose, the manager of the call center, Cristian,leaving for his mission, and Ricardo the director of PEF

This is Cristian who we were able to help get on his mission. They call him Bombero Chico Bueno. Because he was a firefighter, and here in Chile they are all called that as they are volunteers. It means a young good fireman.

There were lots of cracks int he walls at the office. They finally got to them and drilled out the cracks so they looked like this Then they filled them with plaster. All was find until they painted and varnished some doors. It was winter and windows were shut and the fumes came up to the forth floor. It gave us headaches and we went home early a couple of days.