First Day with Students

We're just ending our Day 4 in Chile (I think it's day four...)and we had the opportunity today to try our hand at communicating with students on our own. It went better than I thought it might for me. Chileans are rather notorious for speaking very VERY quickly, even other native speakers have trouble understanding their Spanish. As such, I wasn't sure I would be able to comprehend the speed of their speech. I held my own, though, and had a great time getting to know several of the girls. We had an English Club meeting today that was a great opportunity for us to practice Spanish, and the Chileans to practice English!

Today we also ate Döner kebab. If you're thinking the same "Donner" I was--you're wrong. We ate this Döner, not this Donner...We also ate a massive hot dog for dinner, finished off by delicious gelato--I should not eat for a week!

Faithful Reflections

Today is my second day in the wonderful city of Santiago, and while I enjoyed myself immensely, there’s something that I just cannot get out of my mind.

This morning, my team met at the director’s apartment in one of the nicer areas of residential Santiago for a briefing on how to share the Gospel with Chilean students. The main emphasis was that we need to form relationships. Please do not take my statements the wrong way; relationships are undoubtedly an important part of any ministry, but I don’t think “relationship building” can take the place of “spiritual building” especially on a mission trip.

There is a Truth in the Gospel that is more important than a relationship—sometimes, relationships must be sacrificed for this Truth, Jesus said this when he told his disciples that a man must “hate” his father and mother to be a true follower.

So, long story short, I’m going to try and make the most of this opportunity to share the Gospel, and hopefully gain the respect and friendship of the students along the way.

Prayers Please!

First Post

Hello, online world!

This blog was created to share what's happening in my life this summer as I branch out from home and spend six weeks in Santiago, Chile. Anyway, take it or leave it! Enjoy!!