Arturo Araya Peeters was born in January 30, 1926. He was the son of the sister of my mother, my aunt Laura, and an Army officer. His parents had met on the Island of Chiloe and married even before my grandparents moved to Santiago. My aunt and uncle lived in the port of Valparaiso. The […]
Antonio was more and more exited. Luis had opened a new world to him. He started avidly reading his Bible. He knew that he needed to become not only familiar with the Scriptures, or have head knowledge of what is in the Bible, but get so into them that he would really get the total […]
Chilean history of powerful women started with Janequeo. She was a Mapuche warrior, and tribal chief, who fought against the Spanish in 1587. Legend says that she directed an army to attack the Fortress of Puchunqui in the South of Chile. She won! Another powerful Chilean woman was Eloisa Diaz Insunza Eloisa was born on […]
Antonio was absolutely in awe of what he was reading about the life of Marin Luther. Now he knew why he felt so strange when Filomena, his grandmother, had told him about the indulgences she had bought from that lady that needed money. Martin Luther wrote his 95 theses as a protest to these indulgences […]
Despite being known as the driest place on the planet, every Spring in Chile (September), the Atacama Desert is covered in flowers. Some years the flowers are many, some others there are fewer. It all depends on the rain, they say. At the Atacama Deser, the average rainfall is 15mm per year. Some weather stations […]
The truth was that Antonio had been really confused since he had seen those beings at the high mountain. He constantly dreamed of those creatures and fearfully realized that he wanted to see them again. So he decided to speak to Luis, the priest that took him up to see the creatures the first time. […]
“Let us all rejoice in the Lord, for our Savior has been born into the world.” With this, the communion at Rooster Mass was started. Our Christmas tree was installed every year in the music room. We would push the piano out to the living room, and place it against the wall, as far as […]
It was time for meetings in England and, in between sessions, I had a weekend that I decided to spend in Ireland. I planned to go to Trinity College in Dublin and see the Books of Kells. So I made arrangements to spend two nights at a bed and breakfast in Dublin and took a […]
After installing a new learning management system to provide distance training to missionaries in the field, I was invited to participate in a workshop at a university in Thailand. The workshop consisted of training professors who didn’t have an educational background in teaching and how to train others. I attended and helped with some of […]
After two months and 12 days, a letter with lots of stamps came for Sofia. Floro picked up the correspondence from the mail box and put the letter for Sofia on a kitchen counter. Filomena saw the letter and went to look for Sofia who was upstairs making a bed. Sofia took a knife and […]
An Ear by Mistake 
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