Trying to help Luke and my father connect somehow. Dad and Marinell, planning to be in Peru in late Jan. on Rotary Club service mission, hoped to visit Luke in Santiago. Luke, meanwhile, unbeknownst to them (or us) had made plans to be in Ecuador at that very time, early Feb. May be possible for them to reconnoiter in Ecuador, but Dad, when I called him for the third time tonight, sounded a bit baffled by that prospect. He clearly hadn't given any thought to travelling home from Peru through Ecuador.

I think I did OK, but it was a bit dicey, not being able to reach Luke by phone at Luz Maria's, etc.