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Steven Vickers's avatar

Glad you're going to build on “Blue as Sky, Black as Sin." That's a great story.

Debra Reynolds's avatar

Fascinating. You did say $100K for a two story house on 1/8 acre? Most Americans would find that cheap, but it’s expensive for Chile? I’d like to learn more about the country.

Sam Robb's avatar

Looking at some house listings - I think I may be misremembering - the houses we saw were on plots that were more like 1/16 of an acre. The average income in Chile is under $25k USD, or around half of average for the US... so it's kind of the equivalent of a $200k townhouse on 1/16 of an acre in the US, I think. If I'm getting my numbers correct.

Dann Newcomb's avatar

Great perspectives. I love all the pictures. I've always wanted to do missions abroad but have settled for local. My father did several missions trips to the high mountain region on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The area was mostly Indian. He loved the people and their simplicity to believe Christ.

Robert Brumbelow's avatar

Hmm I always assumed you were LDS.

Sam Robb's avatar

Understandable - I do have quite a few LDS friends, especially in my writing circles.

Robert Brumbelow's avatar

At this point, in writers circles, I just assume they are all LDS, until proven otherwise. ;)