Step week 3 ¡Hola! Happy Easter weekend to everyone back home from the Step team! We have had another brilliant week full of fun and challenging experiences, which have really allowed us to immerse ourselves in Chilean culture. After church on Sunday, we worked for a few hours in the sun to lay down the … Continued
Step Week 2 Hola! Our second week in Chile has flown by and as a team we are all feeling very welcome in our new home. Although we are settling in well, we are also still discovering new things everyday as we work with German and his team on the new church. However, one thing … Continued
Step Week 1 Hola everyone! We have had an amazing first week in Chile, learning more about the people and their culture every day. This past week we have been overwhelmed by the generosity (mainly in the form of food!) of the people we have met so far and feel so blessed by their kindness. … Continued
Saturday Today was our day off and we were heading to Antigua, with Suzanne (our short term coordinator) as our unofficial tour guide. The drive to Antigua was about an hour and included beautiful views of the volcanoes. Our first stop was Cerro De la Cruz (Hill of the Cross), named so because of the … Continued
It is Friday night. The moon is out full, but with the appearance of a half moon, as the top part is obscured in some clouds over mountains. It is almost the first time we have seen the moon. There are a few stars in the southern sky, none of which I can name. Cicadas … Continued
Tuesday 1st August In between more practical tasks on the building site, completing the painting on the old church and smartening up the comedor, where the church currently meets, this week was children’s holiday club. There was some apprehension about the number of children who would turn up as we had hoped to have the … Continued
The last 4 days have been very productive and full of experiences for the team. The building work for the comedor is progressing slowly but surely, and it has been very nice for the team to be a part of it all. In addition we have re-painted the outside of the old wooden church, now a classroom, … Continued
Philippians 1:9–11 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Friday 28th July The day … Continued
Departure Nicaragua The five of us travelling from Nicaragua to Guatemala had finished one step team and were at the start of a whole new adventure. We left at 3am in darkness and arrived in sunshine with the green hills of Guatemala City making a warm welcome as we landed. Departure UK I was still … Continued