]> http://careymorgan.com/taxonomy/term/34/0 A settlement in the plains of Colombia, built by missionaries including my family, in which I grew up. en http://careymorgan.com/lomalinda <p><!--img src="images/lml.jpg" width="400" height="300" align="right"--> <p>I grew up for my early years in a place called Lomalinda, in the rolling plains of the Meta province in central Colombia. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;ll=3.304022,-73.361979&amp;spn=0.042244,0.081797&amp;t=k&amp;om=1" target="_blank">Google Maps image</a> at 3 degrees, 18', 17.17" North 73 degrees, 21' 43.65" West.</p> <p>Lomalinda means &quot;beautiful hill&quot; in Spanish, and the name fit.</p> <p>The land was donated to the government for the use of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) by a Colombian army officer who owned the ranch land in that area. Settled in 1964 by a group of a dozen or so SIL workers including my parents, Lomalinda grew to a population of around 300 during the height of its use. It served as the center of operations for SIL in Colombia for thirty years, a time in which much was accomplished to analyze the languages of the indigenous peoples of that country.</p> Lomalinda Americas Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:30:29 -0700