Here's the latest good news from here: another one of Andrea's studies, Pamela, had her 1st day in service this month. It was just in time for the CO visit so it was an extra encouraging week of activity.
We got a new roommate named Barbara who moved down to Puetezuelo from Santiago.
Then I got invited to the dedication of the San Pedro KH that Steph and I got to help work on last year. It was the 1st time I've been able to go to a dedication so it was so special to me and it was great to see the friends there that I hadn't seen for over a year. I also got to meet the Stephanie that so many people would confuse with Steph last year (since they have the same name, were both from the States, and dating Chilean bros). She gets married to her Chilean in February :)
The day before the dedication I got to go on a KH build in the area and see friends from the construction group that I hadn't seen for over a year either. I took lots of pictures...but would you believe I lost my camera?!? So here's pictures from the cameras of Corinne, Andrea, and a friend named Cristina.
That's all for now...Chao!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Vina and Mendoza
So the last couple of weeks have been especially busy!
We went and stayed for a week with a young couple in the Vina del Mar english congregation named Daniela and Miguel. They took such good care of us! They had just had their 1 yr anniversary the weekend before we got there. After their big mtg we were able to visit some long time friends, the Latham's. We got to sit in on a special once at their house to celebrate that a young brother in their congregation had just gotten named as a ministerial servant. Another night we got to meet up w/Miriam who we worked w/on the construction team last yr. And we got to go to a picnic and BBQ that the english congregation had planned...very fun!
After that we headed back to Donihue for a couple of days. One day we went for a tour of the Chilean Bethel. 4 of those in our tour group were Bible studies so it was interesting to get to hear all their questions about how Bethel works...they were very impressed. Another day a group of the girls from the congregation came over for an evening of eating sweets and watching a movie.
Then it was off to Mendoza, Argentina to get our visas extended. We stayed w/a young couple who are both pioneering and just found out a month ago that they are pregnant, which will be a new assignment for them :) An argentinian friend named David set us up with them...we met him last yr when he was living in Puertezuelo. They were good hosts and showed us around Mendoza.
Now we are back in Puertezuelo, Chile for the week of the CO visit. The plan is to stay around here for basically the rest of the trip, so we won't be running around so much from here on out.
Hope all's well for all of you!
We went and stayed for a week with a young couple in the Vina del Mar english congregation named Daniela and Miguel. They took such good care of us! They had just had their 1 yr anniversary the weekend before we got there. After their big mtg we were able to visit some long time friends, the Latham's. We got to sit in on a special once at their house to celebrate that a young brother in their congregation had just gotten named as a ministerial servant. Another night we got to meet up w/Miriam who we worked w/on the construction team last yr. And we got to go to a picnic and BBQ that the english congregation had planned...very fun!
After that we headed back to Donihue for a couple of days. One day we went for a tour of the Chilean Bethel. 4 of those in our tour group were Bible studies so it was interesting to get to hear all their questions about how Bethel works...they were very impressed. Another day a group of the girls from the congregation came over for an evening of eating sweets and watching a movie.
Then it was off to Mendoza, Argentina to get our visas extended. We stayed w/a young couple who are both pioneering and just found out a month ago that they are pregnant, which will be a new assignment for them :) An argentinian friend named David set us up with them...we met him last yr when he was living in Puertezuelo. They were good hosts and showed us around Mendoza.
Now we are back in Puertezuelo, Chile for the week of the CO visit. The plan is to stay around here for basically the rest of the trip, so we won't be running around so much from here on out.
Hope all's well for all of you!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Corinne Arrives!
So Corinne arrived here safe and sound and we have been having lots of fun and keeping busy.
This last week was a special week of activity...the Donihue cong was the host to the District and Circuit overseers (an interesting side point: the DO's wife is the sister of Chichi, a special pioneer who serves w/her husband down in Cochrane w/Juanito Ponce). We were happy to have Vanessa get back from visiting Cochrane. And then this weekend was Donihue's 2-day circuit assembly. Vanessa got interviewed for the part about singleness and did a really good job.
Yesterday Corinne and I left for Vina del Mar. We are staying here for the week w/a really nice couple named Daniela and Miguel...they serve in the english cong. Yesterday evening we did some informal witnessing along Vina's main beach and were able to find a handful of foreign english-speakers. Talked to one woman from Poland who was especially nice and was in Vina just for the day.
Ok, that's a little update for now :)
This last week was a special week of activity...the Donihue cong was the host to the District and Circuit overseers (an interesting side point: the DO's wife is the sister of Chichi, a special pioneer who serves w/her husband down in Cochrane w/Juanito Ponce). We were happy to have Vanessa get back from visiting Cochrane. And then this weekend was Donihue's 2-day circuit assembly. Vanessa got interviewed for the part about singleness and did a really good job.
Yesterday Corinne and I left for Vina del Mar. We are staying here for the week w/a really nice couple named Daniela and Miguel...they serve in the english cong. Yesterday evening we did some informal witnessing along Vina's main beach and were able to find a handful of foreign english-speakers. Talked to one woman from Poland who was especially nice and was in Vina just for the day.
Ok, that's a little update for now :)
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Spring Service...
Hi!
Things continue going really good here. The weather has been so ideal...lots of sunshine with a cool breeze. We keep having good experiences in service too.
Here are some pics that Andrea took from the last couple of weeks. They include Veronica's 1st day in service...I believe she's the 1st official unbaptized publisher to come out of the territory of Puertezuelo.
Have I said how nice it has been to stay here w/Andrea? She's so precious! We end up laughing a lot. The other day she got this text msg from a company that likes to send her "Did you know?" factoids. When she gets these msgs a lot of times she'll translate them to me in english. So she's reading it to me in all seriousness "Did you know that the 1st person executed by electric wheel chair was..." and I had to say "I think you mean electric chair", we both started laughing so hard :)
Hope you're all taking care of yourselves!
Things continue going really good here. The weather has been so ideal...lots of sunshine with a cool breeze. We keep having good experiences in service too.
Here are some pics that Andrea took from the last couple of weeks. They include Veronica's 1st day in service...I believe she's the 1st official unbaptized publisher to come out of the territory of Puertezuelo.
Have I said how nice it has been to stay here w/Andrea? She's so precious! We end up laughing a lot. The other day she got this text msg from a company that likes to send her "Did you know?" factoids. When she gets these msgs a lot of times she'll translate them to me in english. So she's reading it to me in all seriousness "Did you know that the 1st person executed by electric wheel chair was..." and I had to say "I think you mean electric chair", we both started laughing so hard :)
Hope you're all taking care of yourselves!
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