Today is a day of rest and maybe some cleaning for us as we prepare to start work tomorrow for the new 2007 school year (here the school year starts in March and ends in November so it's all in the same calendar year). We have many updates and pictures to share, but we'll start with just a few. Hopefully we can figure out how to upload video also so that you can see firsthand what camp and project were like!
Campamento en el Sur - camp in the south:
we stayed at a Christian boarding school in this very small village, Villa Pehuenia, along the Argentine/Chile border. this camp was much smaller than the first, about 85 students here - more than half were from Chile!
this is Lake Alumine, across the street from the school we stayed at for camp. the water was so cold, but beautiful and super clean (this is Seth - he was one of the few brave ones to swim). Kathryn, from our team was baptized here that week!
Social Project - Mapuche communities
this was our team (2 teams combined) of 22 for the week of project. each team was placed in a different town to reach the Mapuche people. our team stayed in Villa Pehuenia, where we were for camp. the staff and students on this team are awesome - they are on fire for the Lord. we saw them moved by the Spirit in sharing the gospel
this is the bus that drives around the country showing the Jesus Film. it served as transportation for our team during project. this part was often an adventure in itself - most of the roads are unpaved, gravel, very very narrow and windy and often contained obstacles like unstable bridges. this day the bus helped carry one big Mapuche family to the home of another for Bible study and worship time.
this was one Mapuche family that we visited for follow up. One of the daughters, Pilar, accepted Christ last year - Amalia, from our team spent time helping her memorize scripture because she cannot read very well. she is growing in her relationship with the Lord. we spent time talking with them more and praying for them. we were also able to leave them with clothes and food donations.
Visiting with Jen's parents, Bob and Olga
this is the 4 of us at the Cathedral in La Plata. we had a great time with them - we are so thankful they were able to come visit! it was neat to be able to show them around the city - where we live, the grocery place, the sede, the girls and guys' apartments... they also got to meet some of our friends and the students and staff that we work with...it was such a blessing to share that first hand!
Bob and Olga were troopers and did a kayak trip with us in the south - it was so much fun and they did great! the scenery was beautiful!
ok, we'll be in touch with more details on each of these last 4 weeks. thank you for being a part of this chapter in our lives. we miss each of you!
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