Frutos del País

Watch the opening credits of this show and you'll want to cash your savings and fly to Chile ahora mismo. It's beautiful! And even without Spanish, it's easy viewing. The episode currently up is of Melinka, a tiny little island south of Chiloé. The wild southern heart of Chile. And how much does that ferry at the start make you think of Bruny!

With a little help from my fridge

After much thinking and planning, then meeting individually with 'my women' to talk them through what I had in mind, I'm happy to say that last week my grupos de discipulado finally got going! Attendance was a bit patchy and it was an intense week (in large part because of the demands made on my Spanish), but it was wonderful! Most of the groups had a getting-to-know-you time, but, within that, we were able to encourage each other with God's truths, and each group finished up sharing favourite Bible verses and explaining why these words had been important for us. Now everyone has to memorize one verse by the next meeting in a fortnight's time . . . except for me. I have to memorize five. And as my friends who tried to help me learn Greek and Hebrew will testify, I can't remember things, even two minutes later! But I'm sure going to give it a good Aussie go...

Música de la calle

Summer

I've recently realised that, while my internet connection may be erratic, it is at least UNLIMITED!!!!! Happily, this means I've been able to augment my three-free-station television staple with the wonderfully cheap Netflix!!!!! Life is rosy. It also means I can catch you up on a a few photos I took over summer...

                                 The gorgeous campsite of the Anglican youth leaders' camp I tagged along to.
                                 (There was a pool too!) (I also ended up a leader on a, very much drier, camp for
                                 teenagers in a town in desert country eight hours north of Santiago, but my
                                 camera battery ran out and I forgot to take my charger :/.)

                                 New Year's, I think.

                                 Christmas!

                                             A very humble Christmas market - no artisan craft here.

                                 A couple of photos from Cristo Redentor's church retreat.

                                 Our annual SIM retreat. Unfortunately I couldn't fully enjoy the beautiful
                                 location as I was frantically trying to get a book read for my Latin American
                                 Church History course :/. Next time!

                                Some of the SIM team!

                                Cristo Redentor's first women's group for the year!