Firstly, I will apologise for any awful typos that may occur in this update - the keyboards in the local internet cafe are not as agreeable as I´m used to!
So, since Saturday, we have had our first service at the Lutheran church, and a campo trip for the whole team.
The church was an amazing experience - most of the service was (obviously) in Spanish, so we were relying on Pete´s mumbled translation (so the service was not interrupted) for quite a bit of it! I (Jonathan) was preaching and, despite being terrified, it seemed to go well, especially thanks to Linda´s translation! Some of the team also led the Sunday School, and afterwards presented what they had done, along with a quick song, to the rest of the church. We also went to the church in the evening, without as muc help, though James managed to translate enough for us to vaguely understand the sermon! Between the services, some of the team went and played sports wit some of the local children, after trying (and failing) to get a TV to show the World Cup final - though we did manage to find out who won.
Yesterday was our first campo trip as a whole team, and the first trip out for most of the team. We spent the morning helping with replacing a family´s house, and then spent most of the afternoon playing with the children from the small local school. It was wonderful to see the kids enjoy the activities we had brought for them, the favourites being colouring and playing with mine and Anna´s cameras!
Work is continuing to go well on the building site, with yet more earth being shifted today - we have now dug two very deep holes and the trenches are beginning to span the whole area.
Prayer points for this week:
- Illness - we have had our first illnesses over the past few days, with Annie, Alison and James having had days off. Please thank God for a speedy recover for Annie and Alison, and ask for a similarly quick bounce back for James, who only fell ill today.
- Leading groups - this week is our first week with all of the youth groups and teaching going on. We would appreciate prayers for confidence and a continued ability to break down the language barriers
- Campo trip - we have our first overnight campo trip this week, which myself, Claire, and Kate (a vet student from the USA) are going on, so if you could pray that we would be able to really make a difference in the community we go to
- Claire (our Strider from Sucre) has now returned to Sucre, so prayers that she would settle back quickly, and not miss us too much (!) would be welcome
Adios!
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