Hello All!
This week was my first official week as an intern. The Asuncion team really knows how to break in new interns. No, I joke, they are great!
A few of the things I've done and or participated in this week.
Team Devotional
Translate Songs
Visit a memeber in the hospital
Visit with a member at their home
Our house hosted Ladies Tea
Youth Group Devos
Begin preperation for pre-teens class
Attempted to make flyers for English classes
Womens Bible Class
Made cards for the memebers who are ill or in the hospital
Today I will be heading out to Cordoba, Argentina! We were scheduled to leave at 5 pm but in South America time that means about 6.30-7.
It's summer camp time! We will spend a week in the moutians getting to know God and each other better. There will be no internet or cell phone recpetion. Im sure our youth will survive a week with out it, although some suggestest they might not.
I am immensly excited to be able to travel again, all the more excited to be able to return to Argentina! Horray for more passport stamps!
I ask for you prayers in safe travel, campers experience Christ, patience and for the counsolers to be always remember there are learning eyes upon us.
Thanks for your prayers and keeping in touch!
Hasta Pronto!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Conference in Brazil
Hola! Hola!
We returned "home" back to Paraguay on the 12th.
To recap:
The missionary conference was nothing short of amazing, eye opening and priority readjusting. We had the privledge of listening to the wise words of John Willis , an elder at Highlands Church of Christ in Abilene and a professor at ACU. He taught about how God create and God sustains, among many other topics. The ladies class was taught by Dottie Schulz, a former missionary in the Netherlands. She was an amazing speaker how taught about loss, women in Gods work and re-entry to the states after your time serving abroad. It was a Brasilian missionary conference but other South American mission teams were invited. The team from Asuncion just happened to be the only non-Brazilian team. It was great to meet new people who were missionaries in other parts of Brazil and memebers of the Continent of Great Cities,who place teams in South America. It was also a immense joy so see some old friends!
When we were not in time of praise and gaining knowledge we all fellowshiped with one another. We saw some sights, ate chocolate fondue, learned interesting Brazilian games, ate at a CHURRASCARIA and many more awesome things. A nice surprise was to see Carlos Castilho. I didnt know he was attending but it was really good spending time with him.
For those of you who dont know, my home church in San Antonio helps support Carlos' ministry.
Here are some pictures. Enjoy!
We returned "home" back to Paraguay on the 12th.
To recap:
The missionary conference was nothing short of amazing, eye opening and priority readjusting. We had the privledge of listening to the wise words of John Willis , an elder at Highlands Church of Christ in Abilene and a professor at ACU. He taught about how God create and God sustains, among many other topics. The ladies class was taught by Dottie Schulz, a former missionary in the Netherlands. She was an amazing speaker how taught about loss, women in Gods work and re-entry to the states after your time serving abroad. It was a Brasilian missionary conference but other South American mission teams were invited. The team from Asuncion just happened to be the only non-Brazilian team. It was great to meet new people who were missionaries in other parts of Brazil and memebers of the Continent of Great Cities,who place teams in South America. It was also a immense joy so see some old friends!
When we were not in time of praise and gaining knowledge we all fellowshiped with one another. We saw some sights, ate chocolate fondue, learned interesting Brazilian games, ate at a CHURRASCARIA and many more awesome things. A nice surprise was to see Carlos Castilho. I didnt know he was attending but it was really good spending time with him.
For those of you who dont know, my home church in San Antonio helps support Carlos' ministry.
Here are some pictures. Enjoy!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
A Recap And a New Start
OI! OI! OI!
A lot has happened since my last post. I returned home 6 days later from Thailand. The next summer (2007) i returned to South America and traveled to Chile Brasil Argentina Bolivia and Paraguay. This last semeseter I prepared for my semeseter long internship. Through much deliberation and prayer God has lead me and Micah (co-intern) to Asuncion, Paraguay. I arrived January 4th and God willing i will be here until August 11th. So about a little over 7 months.
The last few days have been a little crazy but awesome.
SATURDAY JAN 5th
Here is my schedule for the past 4 days
Micah and I fly out of Houston at 9 pm Friday night we had a lay over in Buenos Aires and then headed to Asuncion after about 5 hours.
A 3 hour plane ride we finally arrived in Asuncion at 5pm (2pm US central time).
2 hours later we had a youth activity. Burgers and fun.
11pm we returned home "unpacked" some and went to med at midnight.
SUNDAY JAN 6th
8.15 get ready for church
9.15-11.30 church
11.30 - 2 lunch
2-3 return home and pack for the trip to brazil the next day
3-4 take Asuncion team to airport and see them off
4-7-30 church in Capiata
8 - 10.30 picked up and spent a night at a friends house (to be taken to the airport the next morn) then sleep
MONDAY JAN 7th
4 am wake up and to the airport
5.15 fly out
9 am arrive in Sao Paulo - 3 pm lay over
3 fly out Porto Alegre
6pm bus ride to Canela
8.30 arrive to the hotel
9-12 dinner room situated saying hello to every one then sleep
TUESDAY
8 breakfast
allll day conference
And we find ourselves at this moment.
I am currently in Canela, Brasil for a Missionary Conference. The missionaries in Brasil plus us the Asuncion team is here for a week long conference with classes devotional and sight seeing.
Im pre-tty tired but am so HAPPY to be in Brasil again!!! I will return to Asuncion the 12th.
I will soak up every moment of familiar faces and brazilian food!
I will keep yall updated!
A lot has happened since my last post. I returned home 6 days later from Thailand. The next summer (2007) i returned to South America and traveled to Chile Brasil Argentina Bolivia and Paraguay. This last semeseter I prepared for my semeseter long internship. Through much deliberation and prayer God has lead me and Micah (co-intern) to Asuncion, Paraguay. I arrived January 4th and God willing i will be here until August 11th. So about a little over 7 months.
The last few days have been a little crazy but awesome.
SATURDAY JAN 5th
Here is my schedule for the past 4 days
Micah and I fly out of Houston at 9 pm Friday night we had a lay over in Buenos Aires and then headed to Asuncion after about 5 hours.
A 3 hour plane ride we finally arrived in Asuncion at 5pm (2pm US central time).
2 hours later we had a youth activity. Burgers and fun.
11pm we returned home "unpacked" some and went to med at midnight.
SUNDAY JAN 6th
8.15 get ready for church
9.15-11.30 church
11.30 - 2 lunch
2-3 return home and pack for the trip to brazil the next day
3-4 take Asuncion team to airport and see them off
4-7-30 church in Capiata
8 - 10.30 picked up and spent a night at a friends house (to be taken to the airport the next morn) then sleep
MONDAY JAN 7th
4 am wake up and to the airport
5.15 fly out
9 am arrive in Sao Paulo - 3 pm lay over
3 fly out Porto Alegre
6pm bus ride to Canela
8.30 arrive to the hotel
9-12 dinner room situated saying hello to every one then sleep
TUESDAY
8 breakfast
allll day conference
And we find ourselves at this moment.
I am currently in Canela, Brasil for a Missionary Conference. The missionaries in Brasil plus us the Asuncion team is here for a week long conference with classes devotional and sight seeing.
Im pre-tty tired but am so HAPPY to be in Brasil again!!! I will return to Asuncion the 12th.
I will soak up every moment of familiar faces and brazilian food!
I will keep yall updated!
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