Welcome To Our Mission Blog

As many of you know, both Howard and Tirsa, our youngest daughter, served missions in Chile. Howard from 1961-64, and Tirsa, in the Viña del Mar Mission, from 1997-1999. In 2008 we built a home in Llanquihue, Chile, in the beautiful Lake District, which is the entrance to gorgeous Patagonia. Our home sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Llanquihue and the famous Osorno Volcano, both shown in the above photo. The idea is to travel to Chile for the Chilean summer when it turns cold and blustery in Colorado. (Remember, we spent 36 years in sunny Calif).


Therefore, you can imagine how thrilled we were to be called to serve our Senior Mission in the Osorno area. We will be living in the city of Osorno, about 50 miles north on the Pan American Highway from the city of Llanquihue. We are called as Office Specialists, serving under President and Sister Lovell.


The mission covers 1,200 very skinny miles all the way to the beginning of Antarctica (find Punta Arenas on the map). And the best part, Howard has a much prettier companion than he had as a 19 year old missionary.


This blog will be updated regularly. We invite you to check it out often. Please post any responses that you feel appropriate. We would love to hear from you!


Cariño (love)


Elder y Hermana Hamilton ☺

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Arrival in Southern Chile

After 13 hours in an airplane, and another 7 waiting in the Santiago Airport, we finally arrived at the tiny airport in Osorno, Chile, where we will be headquartered.

President Lovell was not there to meet us as he was still home (Heber, Utah) recuperating from surgery to correct some nerve issues in his arm. President Boyden and his wife were serving as interim President and spouse. He had been a Mission President in Mexico and so knew the ropes.

After a meal we went to our apartment to get settled in. It is about 12 minutes by foot from our office and really quite nice. We have three bathrooms and showers (count them, that's three). The only problem is that two run off of a different heating system and we can't get warm water. But, that's life in Chile.
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  1. MillieSeptember 22, 2009 at 10:03 AM

    I am Van Layman and Gary Davis and I are very close friends having served in the chilean mission together 1968-1970. Gary and I have traveled to chile together with our wives and with out our wives. He had told me about your blog and the house you have in the lake region. I am excited that you are serving in the mission home so close to your second home. Millie and I hope to serve as well in the near future. Hope you are having a great mission.

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