Category Archives: Vision for Chile

Thursday, October 7, 2010 (This update 2 of 4 from the previous team who was in Chile Oct. 2–17, 2010) Greetings from La Pintana! Day 4 of Labor finds us starting the Second Floor! of Willie and Patty’s house! It’s incredible to see how much is getting done in such a short amount of timeContinueContinue reading “October 2010 Trip Team Update #2”

Friday, October 15, 2010 (This update 4 of 4 from the previous team who was in Chile Oct. 2–17, 2010) Greetings from Sunny Vina Del Mar! The team is relaxing after two weeks of hard work. The beach is beautiful and we´re resting up before a long trip home. It was an amazing time. WillieContinueContinue reading “October 2010 Trip Team Update #4”

We made it! We arrived into Santiago safely and uneventfully on Sunday morning. We had a slight mix up with the bus, but eventually arrived at the Hogar ready to go…after a nap, of course.

As Joann and I enter our fourth week in Santiago, I feel as if the House of Hope has become a second home for us. We have more or less integrated ourselves into the household schedule and have now established firmer relationships with the girls at the House of Hope and with the students inContinueContinue reading “Summer Internship Update #3”

Another week has passed very quickly at the House of Hope! Much of the week was spent doing activities similar to those of our first two weeks. Joann and I worked together on lesson plans for the week, taught our various groups of English classes, assisted the girls with their homework, and contributed to completingContinueContinue reading “Summer Internship Update #2”