“Fear not, for I am with you, Be not dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 Friday 14th After twenty four hours of travelling (and more for those from the Isle of Lewis), we arrived at the airport … Continued
Hello from Nicaragua! We have been about a week here but it feels more like seven years. We have been so amazed by the hospitality we have seen and received. Every effort has been made to help us feel at home. Our journey from Heathrow to Houston was very long and this was followed by … Continued
On the Friday 21st (our last one working) we undertook yet further ditch digging/ prepping the ground to lay pipes. We also finished painting the pool- Hurrah! We just had to wait 3 agonising days till it could be filled and swam in again. Saturday we managed to go volcano boarding. This consisted of sliding … Continued
‘To contemplate the mountains (or the project, or the mission, or the task ahead), I ask myself this question: where will my help come from? My help will come from the Lord, creator of the heaven and the earth.’ (Psalm 121:1,2) We are a team of seven, about to set off for the small community … Continued
Latin Link members Juliana and Ian Horne are passionate about creation care, and have been helping local communities to combat the effects of climate change in the Andean highlands of Peru. They have worked alongside churches and people in three separate projects, planting thousands of trees on mountainsides. The first project involved 350 people from … Continued
St Mark’s Church, Harrogate, has supported global mission for many years, and recently has built a multidirectional partnership with Latin Link. Associate Minister Daniel Watts takes up the story. In 2011 the Missions Support group at St Mark’s was looking for ways to enable the church family to connect more with mission. For ten years … Continued
The partnership of Latin Americans with a local church open to fresh ideas is bringing breakthrough to the hard graft of outreach into the local community. Dalry is a small town with a population over around 6,000 in north Ayrshire, Scotland. Dalry Trinity Church received an Incoming Mission couple, Sadoc and Vivi Chongo, in August … Continued
Guildford Baptist Church have had an ongoing and strong partnership with Latin Link for many years. The church supports several Latin Link longer-term workers, and in 2016 sent a Strider to Colombia for ten months. The church also sent a Step team of 11 to Cusco, Peru, in 2016, further solidifying the partnership. Rachel White, … Continued
Thursday was our first day working not only without a leader who actually had a better idea of what we were doing (Saulo), but also the first time we weren’t all together as a team since we first got to Heathrow all those weeks ago! It was slightly strange and a little sad, but we … Continued