Friday, January 23rd
After breakfast this morning, we said “Hasta luego” to some of our Chilean friends. Five of the missionaries from Santiago had to drive home after spending the week working with us. They have an 8 hour drive to get there and we will see them again when we fly to Santiago tomorrow morning.
In our attempt to put the finishing touches on our projects, we’ve removed the frames around the cement that was poured, picked up lots of scrap wood and steel and are hammering or screwing in place any pieces that we haven’t put up yet.
Following Mapuche tradition, the Chilean’s slaughtered a sheep outside the church. Pastor Scott gave a short message prior discussing scripture from Isaiah 53. Our friends here will use the sacrifice to provide a large meal for us as we close in on our last night in Lautauro.
Thursday, January 22nd
With our time here coming to an end, we are all anxious to step up the pace and complete as many projects as we can for the Chileans. There are so many needs that we won’t be able to get to this year, but we have done a great job accomplishing just as many. Most of the men/boys spent a large part of today mixing and pouring approximately 6,000 pounds of cement to go over the new drainage pipes. Rick and Ron continued to work on welding for the bleachers and John C. started to install walls in both the bathrooms to allow privacy for the shower areas. Mika and Rebecca were invited to go to one of the women’s home Bible study groups where the women shared about their lives, studied Scripture and enjoyed food. It was a very moving experience for them to have fellowship with Christian Chilean women.
After breakfast this morning, we said “Hasta luego” to some of our Chilean friends. Five of the missionaries from Santiago had to drive home after spending the week working with us. They have an 8 hour drive to get there and we will see them again when we fly to Santiago tomorrow morning.
In our attempt to put the finishing touches on our projects, we’ve removed the frames around the cement that was poured, picked up lots of scrap wood and steel and are hammering or screwing in place any pieces that we haven’t put up yet.
Following Mapuche tradition, the Chilean’s slaughtered a sheep outside the church. Pastor Scott gave a short message prior discussing scripture from Isaiah 53. Our friends here will use the sacrifice to provide a large meal for us as we close in on our last night in Lautauro.
Thursday, January 22nd
With our time here coming to an end, we are all anxious to step up the pace and complete as many projects as we can for the Chileans. There are so many needs that we won’t be able to get to this year, but we have done a great job accomplishing just as many. Most of the men/boys spent a large part of today mixing and pouring approximately 6,000 pounds of cement to go over the new drainage pipes. Rick and Ron continued to work on welding for the bleachers and John C. started to install walls in both the bathrooms to allow privacy for the shower areas. Mika and Rebecca were invited to go to one of the women’s home Bible study groups where the women shared about their lives, studied Scripture and enjoyed food. It was a very moving experience for them to have fellowship with Christian Chilean women.
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