When I applied for Naturalization in 1984, I had to fill up and submit a form together with a declaration stating why I wanted to become a citizen of the United States. I also had to present letters of recommendations from my past and current employers. To become a U.S. citizen through naturalization, you must […]
When Antonio decided to become a priest, he did not have any knowledge about other denominations. Most young men of his generation did not even know about Presbyterians, Methodists, Anglicans, Evangelical, and many others like the First, Second and Third Baptists, really? He knew about the “Canutos” or people who testified on the corners how […]
Since I was a newborn, I had the pleasure of traveling with my parents. They enjoyed visiting all parts of Chile, whether it was the countryside, the mountains, or the beaches. We traveled by bus, train, and boat to any location where we could learn more about our long and diverse nation. I then had […]
This was another long cruise. The “28-Day Indonesian Discovery & Far East Discovery Collector” by Holland America. Our ship was the MS Volendam. It would start in Singapore and ended in Hong Kong. The best prices we could get for flying to Singapore were with Emirate Airlines and, to our delight, it included a stay […]
2009 Karelin and I had not been in Mexico by land. I had been in Mexico for work-related reasons on many occasions. I was in Matamoros, Mexico City the capital, in Cuernavaca south of Mexico City and Acapulco on the Pacific side; Tuxtla Gutierrez, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chamula, in Chiapas in the South […]
We did not know until the end of 2018 that Holland America Line had begun offering cruises to Cuba in December 2017. The cruise itineraries included extended calls in Havana and a visit to Cienfuegos, along with other Caribbean destinations. The first Cuba cruise was a 12-day holiday sailing that started on December 22, 2017. […]
This cruise with Holland America was entitled “15 days North Pacific Crossing”. It was a transpacific cruise going from Tokyo, Japan to Vancouver, Canada. The dates were from April 25 to May 9, 2018, and the ship was the MS Volendam. We wanted to at least see a bit of Japan so we flew with […]
It was 1969, a year of a significant importance in Chile. After I received my Masters Degree at the University of Georgia in the United States, I went back to Chile and was hired at the University of Chile branch in Chillán, in the south of Chile. The political situation in Chile was deplorable. There […]
It was 1983. I was a brand-new Christian. Born again in 1982. At my new job at Viewdata Corporation of America, one of my coworkers told me about a movement called Cursillo. She said it was a Christian retreat, or something like that, that had originated in Spain. She told me that a new Cursillo […]
These are six cruises plus one visit to Puerto Rico which was not a cruise. 2009 Puerto Rico Our first trip to the Caribbean was in 2009. This was not a Cruise, just a vacation on an Island we wanted very much to know: Puerto Rico. We were there from November 21 to 26. Puerto […]
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