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We are working on the Mapuche project. We have our resident anthropologist camped out in our living room evaluating the situation.

Really happy to hear this!

G'day again. Charles I thought you were resting in bed nursing your fever Doesn't Sun Tzu have something to say about taking care of yourself as well?

The new banners look great on your web-sites, they are very eloquent.

Have received a bit more cash from a friend - who was a bit more generous than me I must say - and will be sending it through Steph again after I PM her and hopefully will be in your account on Monday.

Meanwhile, THE refund has finally been received. And that should be the end of contacts with Pp.

PS: an old remedy for fevers: 1/2 glass of pure lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of pure honey.
Heat as hot as you can take it, and drink it all in one go before you go to sleep. Warning: keep several pijamas or changes for the night at hand. You will perspire you soul out.

Some photos of todays activities:

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Yea, I was feeling better this morning. I still really need a vacation, but hanging in there.

Glad to hear everyone is getting their money back from Pay Pal.

We are waiting for photos from the island to come back in a little bit. The whole crew is on their way to my house for a meetings.

O.k. the report.

We are wrapping up the aid flights for a bunch of reasons. Mostly the entire team has been going full throttle for over a week, and is burned out. We did accomplish in spectacular manner what we set out to do.

Vince flew 37 hours of flights in 6 days. Vince put it as being like flying in the United States from LA to New York, and then 1/4 of the way back to LA again. It is thousands of miles. That is not including time on the ground, prep, loading planes, filing flight plans, refueling, and so on. Just start to stop on the engine of the plane.

The urgent need of a plane in most cases is past. Roads are open, aid is getting through, and other methods are more cost effective. Right now we see the aid problems that exist are bureaucratic in nature, and also getting fuel for trucks. We are still working these problems.

Also, we had word the military is grounding all private aid flights as of today in Chile. We are checking on why this is, but not going to tangle with military until this gets sorted out.


screen shot of the plane gps just in the 9th region (sorry missing the 8th region) to give you an idea:
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Isla Mocha flights, including search for the missing girls

This is was just a really great photo I had to post:

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take off from isla mocha

I honestly tried to get everyone to stop today. Didn't work.

Vince is flying a load of supplies and fuel to Isla Mocha this afternoon for the family that is looking for the girls that were killed in the Tsunami. It fairly bad weather also.

We got this email at 3 AM this morning from the people in Cauquenes. It will make your heart melt. We all collectively did a good thing. A VERY good thing.

This is sent on behalf of just 17 families in one area of Chile. We ( allchile.net ) helped way more people than this (at least a thousand people), but it is nice to get a few of their perspective on what we did.

Would someone please translate and post this, I am really tired.

Querida Sandra...

No sabes lo bien recibida que fue la ayuda enviada por ustedes. Ésta se entregó a un grupo de 17 familias en el sector "El Litre", a unos 30 kms de Cauquenes; literalmente en el campo.
Enviamos fotografías que dan testimonio de la recepción de la ayuda en el aeródromo "El Boldo", de la organización de ésta por parte de jovenes hijos de leones, para creación de canastas familiares y de cómo se hizo la entrega de ayuda en el sector " El Litre". Además de fotos de como está nuestra ciudad de Cauquenes
Ahora sólo falta confirmar ayuda de los doctores, y si es posible gestionar más ayuda en alimentos y útiles de aseo. Porque dentro de una o dos semanas la ayuda se acaba y las familias necesitan de todos nosotros.

Con Cariño.......Angela Lazo, dama leona, Club de Leones de Cauquenes.

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By the way, vince said last night that one of the loads he flew in was the largest load he had ever put on his plane.

Letter received in Spanish:


"Dear Zandra

You have no idea how well received your aid has been which was handed out to a group of 17 families in the "El Litre" area, about 30 kms from Cauquenes; virtually in the bush.
Attached are photos documenting reception of the assistance at the El Boldo aerodrome which was organized by local young people, children of the Lyons Club members, who have been putting together family baskets in that particular area. Also attached are photos of the conditions of the Cauquenes town.

The only thing pending is the doctors' assistance and hopefully more aid in food and hygiene products since in a few weeks, all aid will be finished and these families will still need our help.

Warm regards,

Angela Lazo - Member, Lyons Club of Cauquenes

We are considering adopting both communities, just we don't want to bite off more than we can handle or make promises we can not deliver on.

Vince's brother Charles that met with the fishing association on Isla mocha said it this morning in my kitchen basically that way. He said, "I told them I was just investigating the situation and could not promise anything, but simply by showing up I was making an unspoken promise to do something".

We want to do something for both, if we can work out how.

we are also working on the doctor situation.