FBCA Youth Chile Mission Trip

To Santiago, Chile

              June 30 - July 10, 2008

 

It's been a busy weekend.

Our activities over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, included...
An English class at the Cases' home where the students sang, gave testimonies, and performed a drama.
A soccer tournament for grade school boys in a housing project. We cheered, refereed, gave testimonies, and performed another skit.
We traveled by train to a shopping area.
More drama, testimonies, and singing at a youth rally and a mission church.
Next time I hope to show photos of our trip into the Andes mountains.

 

Day three in Chile: Our work today was much the same as yesterday except we interviewed more people and had help from two new MKs. The saddest interview was of a man in his 40s sitting in a park. He had just lost his job 10 minutes before our team walked up to him.

The weather (like God) is amazing. The kids are doing a great job with a tremendous attitude. You would be proud of them.Tomorrow they will do more interviews, but in the evening they will give testimonies, sing, and do one skit at a house meeting.
Thanks for all your prayers.

 

 

Below are pictures from our second day.  Today we did a prayer walk in our
target neighborhood, Then we had lunch at a local restaurant run by a
lady who lived in Los Angelas and loves the United States. She and her
husband were delighted to have us there. She called all the kids angels.
After lunch we had a little free time in a park where our young people
took lots of photos of themselves having fun.
Soon, however, it was time to get down to business. We spent the
greater part of the afternoon conducting "culture surveys" on busy
street corners. The kids did very well. Even the "shy" ones really got into it.
Around 5 pm we took the bus back to our apartments and finished the day
eating "empanadas" and debriefing our experiences.
The weather is beautiful; highs in the mid 60's, dry and comfortable.
The smog is real but not so bad. We still can see the Andes towering in
the background. More tomorrow,

 

Pictures from the first day in Chile.

From the Sponsors Ray and Ardith Franklin:

First, we want to thank First Baptist and all the friends and relatives of this group who gave so sacrificially so that we might go. We realize that without your financial support, we could not have this great opportunity. We are very grateful.

 IMB missionaries Cliff and Cinthy Case and their son Clayton will be our guides, hosts, and interpreters while we are in Santiago. We will be prayer walking, visiting in schools, helping with culture exchange and soccer events, doing cultural surveys, stuffing packets, and helping with worship and activities in two mission churches and one established church.

 PLEASE PRAY for us spiritually -- that we are people who love the Lord with all our hearts and love others as we love ourselves. Pray that we will be willing obedient servants of Christ ready to do whatever he may call us to do. Pray that God will work in our lives and in the lives of all the people we meet -- that we may honor Christ with our words and actions. Lastly, please pray for our health and safety.

 

FBCA CHILE YOUTH TEAM:

Senior Girls:

Rebecca Atkinson

Casey Knight

Mary Person

Mallory Turner

 

Senior Boys:
Caleb Knight

Reece Franklin

 

Junior Girls:
Ellen Eubanks

Janet Ozmun

Sarah Person

Anna Grace Poole

Caitlin Secrest

Junior Boys:

Tyler Files

Alex Huckabee

Stephen Westberg