We are off to Chile!

Tomorrow we leave for the capital, and there we will meet with the team going to Chile. This is the first short-term trip to Chile for Christ for the City. They want us to make a good impression. The team consists of a group of professionals who will be doing different workshops for pastors, pastor's wives and lay workers. There are psychologists, pastors, children workers and ourselves. John and I will conduct a workshop on how to penetrate a community. We will be sharing our experiences here. I will be doing a workshop for pastor's wives on marriage. I will be talking on "love and respect." Edner is a youth pastor with a successful computer business. He will be talking to pastors on how to start a small business. Pastors in Latin America need to supplement their income. Most churches here are small and poor. There will be workshops for children workers also, and some door-to-door evangelism.

Besides our participation in Christ for the City work, we will be sharing in a few churches that our missionary friend there knows. We have prepared a few talks, but we really aren't sure how many times we are going to speak. Please pray for our friend. She is 84 years old and has been ill for a few weeks. She needs to be health and have energy for all the activities that she has planned for us.

Last night we had dinner with an American couple who owns a condo here also. They are believers. We went to one of our favorite places. It is very typical, very pretty, and the food is good and inexpensive. This man volunteers for the Gideons, and he gave our waitress a Gideon NT. It was nice to see another believer using every opportunity to spread the Word.

Today we will say good-bye to a few friends, clean out the refrigerator, and close up the place. As usual, the Lord has done so many things that it is hard to even talk about everything. Our friend in Chile has Internet, so I will try to blog from there also. Keep praying for us. We need traveling mercies, and the Holy Spirit to impact lives.
Until then....From the beach....