Happy 4th of July to our fellow Americans in Portugal, Ukraine, and our families at home! Things are going well here in Chile. We are wrapping up our last week working with the Hualpancio corps, and we will all be sad to see it leave.

Both last Saturday and yesterday we held a play time with kids from around the neighborhood. Yesterday was a little more organized than the first simply because the catch was….we’d have to find the kids we’d play! Some of us went around the streets looking for children to play with, while the rest stayed behind to plan games, activities, songs, and a devotional. The outcome for both days was about ten kids and lots of fun! We started with a parachute and simply learning each other’s names, followed by lots of fun games. There was a devotional and even crafts. Futbol was a big attraction, for especially the boys, while the girls made beautiful sidewalk art. Each set gave lots of fun laughs, and created bonds. God blessed each day with beautiful weather, which is rare here, with a norm of cold and wet. The picture included is of the first Saturday, playing with the children.

We were put in charge of planning the past two Sunday meetings, which consists of three a day. During the meetings our team lead songs, performed our choreodrama and introduced pieces of the program like offering and prayer. Last Sunday we also joined the people of the corps on a visit to the local nursing home. It was amazing to watch as roughly 20 people walked to the nursing home to sing, dance, and speak with the elderly.

One treat we have had was our international television debut. While visiting in the devastated community of Tumbes, we were spotted and asked to be interviewed for the advertisement of a local restaurant that had been destroyed by the tsunami. We were honored, and were interviewed for the local news!

We ask that you continue to pray for this corps, with a specific emphasis on the leadership. The officers here are very blessed to have soldiers who work extremely hard to share the love of Christ with others.

Next stop…El Cuerpo de Concepcion

Viva Chile!