Update on Plans

Just a brief update....we finish our semester at the college, DuocUC, this week (July 8th). Because the Peace Corp told us their appropriations were cut and we cannot go to Africa until Jan/Feb/Mar of 2012, we are hoping to stay in Chile until then, at least. But, we cannot work at DuocUC again because there was a deadline that we missed intentionally because we were supposed to be doing the Peace Corp in September. Once the Peace Corp informed us of the changes in our date it was too late to keep our jobs at DuocUC. But, no fear! We have a plan. We have a potential job in a town called La Serena, which is smaller and north up the coast from Santiago. This job is dependent on receipt of a grant. If the school gets the grant they applied for, then we have a job in La Serena. If they don't get the grant then we don't have a job in La Serena. We will know something by mid to end July. If La Serena doesn't work out then we plan to stay in Santiago and will look for jobs here. Actually, since we finish our current job this week, we are going to go ahead and start looking for work here in Santiago. It seems we should be able to get work here. We also plan to move apartments at the end of July, so will start that hunt next week, too. Our current apartment is very nice but it is more expensive than we planned, especially as we are finding out that hot water and electric are very expensive and other costs in this building are making the bills higher than we were told they would be. So, that's the update....as we look for jobs and a new apartment in the next few weeks we'll also probably take a couple little weekend trips to see a few more parts of Chile and celebrate having taught a whole semester at a college in Santiago, Chile!! Thank God for getting us this far. It's been a challenge but very amazing and fun, too.

 

 

I know this isn't the best picture. But, its a good memory for us this week. We were out for a walk making the best of the sunshine in order to stay warm (see former post on staying warm). This random ledge was warm from the sun and we sat here until the sun passed over and warmed us through. It was awesome!

Our first Chilean soccer game. Yes, they are CRAZY about soccer here. We're starting to understand the obsession a little better.