Recently an officer friend invited us for a special meal, a “curanto” afternoon in the Salvation Army camp in Santiago. The “curanto” is a Chilean typical dish which contains potatoes, chicken, smoked pork ribs, sausage and mussels, all cooked in one sole pan producing a spectacular flavor. If you haven’t tasted it, I recommended it to you. During this tasty afternoon an interesting situation happened, our host’s granddaughter of only 3 years of age asked her mother who was a

At every four years in the previous year of the Summer Olympic Games, the Pan American games take place. In this 2019 edition in Lima, Peru, the record number of 6680 athletes coming from 41 countries are competing in 39 different events in search for victory. One gets marveled by the high athletic level of the competitors and their incredible ability of execute their modalities. The fastest, the strongest and the most skillful are rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medal

When we lived in Mozambique, Africa, we went to Marromeu a small village at the border of the Zambezi river about 1.500 km from the capital city of Maputo where we resided, in order to visit a new work of the Salvation Army. We went to lead the acceptance of new members and were surprised to enroll more than 50 soldiers in just one meeting. At the end of the day while leaving Marromeu by a narrow dirt road parallel to the river, I saw a plaque which read: “Mary Livingstone di

Inlaid in the exuberant nature between the exotic mountains and beaches of the southern Brazilian coast there is the marvelous city of Rio de Janeiro. In one of its mountains, the “Corcovado”, its seen one of the most spectacular and known sceneries of the planet, the statue of “Christ Redeemer”. Two million people come every year from all over the world to visit this beautiful statue that measures 38 meters high and is built on peak 700 meters over the see level. The Rio res

Last week there was a solar eclipse in Chile. This phenomenon happens when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, hiding partially or completely the suns view from people looking from Earth. Because this phenomenon occurs only every 15 years, people were curious and anxious to watch it. The media announced the arrival of the eclipse with the same enthusiasm that they recommended that spectators interested in watching it should only looked at the sun using special dark