The Sidney herald., 1956-12-20

nome IN sidney where fheY unlot
big ones as the wide spread anti,
are counted among the best big
and never a season passes that III
they seek. together or separately
on invitation of the Government.
There is lots to do there.
On the train trip we could
notice the lack of oxygen. When
we got off at the stations to
walk about a bit it made us
puff if we hurried. The same in
| Cochabamba. Climbing stairs was
somewhat of a job. Some people
get very sick because of the alti-
tude. / had a little trouble my
self one night. 1t affects different
people in different ways; some
have stomach upsets, others
headaches and nausea, some
cramps and fainting spells. l woke
up one morning at 4 with a
cramp in my leg. l massaged it
out and then proceeded to just
about pass out. My room-mates
got the doctor and he doped me
up with some stuff they have
found does the trick in such
cases and l soon felt better. l
limped around for a couple of
days, but didn't have any other
trouble.
After the conference Raymond
Valenzuela and l, together with
a couple other fellows flew up
to La Paz. 1t is higher than CO.
chabamba. A sign at the airport
states that it is the highest COM
mercial airport in the world,
1890 #. The city itself is in a
big draw or gorge down below.
Part of the city is over 1000 #.
below the upper part. Here we
also have a school, and a hospital
and nurses school. We roamed
all over the city. The first day
we puffed up and down the hills,
but by the third day we got
pretty well used to it. We at
tended the graduation exercises
at the school, saw the lamp post
they recently hung one of the
country's presidents on, (not the
students of the school, but his
political enemies had hung him)
Near La Paz is the mountain IL
Imam, 21,204 fit. If my pictures
come out alright we will show it
to you next year.
From La Paz we flew down to
africa, the northern most Chilean
town. / had thought of going
home via Buenos Aires, but it
came out more expensive, and
when | discovered that Raymond
was going via Africa l decided
go 60 with him. To get over the
coast range we flew at about TO-
900 #. and then all at once start
ed scooting down towards the
sea-. 1t felt like we were coast
ing down hill without any brakes.
To get clear down we flew out
over the ocean a ways and then
came back in. africa is a free
port. There are more new cars
and station wagons there than
any town in the U. S. / am GER
And more nylon things for
sale. We enjoyed Welch's grape
u. S. candy bars, etc., and
a few things to take
home with us. Things are begin
ming to arrive here also now SO
it wasn't too great a temptation
to buy things to take home We
had meetings in the church in
africa every night we were there.
Two other pastors were also
there. From there we went to
Iquique, which l have been want
ing to visit for a long time. We
have a school and commercial
college there. Also a large church.
[ stayed until Monday, Raymond
going on to Antofagasta on Sat-
They invited me to speak
the church and the school,
and we went out with one of the
for a picnic on Saturday
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This part of Chile is the bar
,st possible of deserts; not a
pear of anything growing. AL
hough they say that about ten
ears ago it rained once and
a few days the hills were
covered with blooming flowers.
t is from this area that the nj
rates come. On Monday l flew
o Santiago. Spent Tuesday there
nd on Wednesday came on
lome.
The weather has been change
BILE here. Last week it showed
ne day, and this is supposed to
summer. Today it is raining.
We have had some nice days
But usually the wind
makes it sort of miserable.
AS ever,