Highlights of Day Two

Bible Study girls

Alison, me y Empanada!

A group from Ouachita Baptist University (pronounced Washitaw) in Arkansas came on this day. They are doing a practical missions class traveling to 3 different parts of Chile. Vina del Mar is their 2nd stop. Their purpose this week is to present several skits in public places and interview university students about their spiritual lives. Karen is hoping to start a 6 week bible study with students from Valpariso.

PS: Vina and Valpo are twin cities in these hills. Both have about 400k people living in each.

In the morning Karen and I went to Valpo to find the police station in order to give a permission slip for "public presentation" to someone in charge. We had trouble finding it at first (which is no surprise because nothing has a sign on the front when you're in a neighborhood) but a nice Chilean girl got in the car with us and gave us directions from there. Police Stations are green and white.
Also that morning we had to find Maria, the neighborhood director? I'm not sure what her title is, but we where told to inform her as to what was going to be happening in her neighborhood. We found her house with her standing outside and after some brief explaination, she was excited. So excited actually (maybe because northerners were in her town) that she took us into her house to give us a tour! It was amazing. 150 years old, 3 levels with a gorgeous view of the port and ocean. Karen was so surprised we were being treated this way.

In the afternoon the group came and settled in to the apartment above Karen's house. We got to know each other a little bit and then two American exchange students, Alison and Alyssa came to pick up the girls to take them to a bible study. That evening was a great time to relax and hear about every one's experiences in Chile thus far. There are a group of 6 american girls that get together every Tuesday to pray for one another. On the way home (another A, Alex, came with us) the A's bought us pastries (and a beef and onion Empanada for me!) and we shared them back at Karen's house.