Church! I did my sunday morning ritual of going to the Radisson and sitting in the lobby before church and reading my bible. I always wonder what the hotel reception people think of me since every sunday this random gringa shows up and just sits in their lobby for a few hours or so. Anyways, after the service, the church got together for a big potluck/picnic. The back room was set up with long tables that stretched across the room and all 100 of us squeezed in the room to break bread literally. Although it was a little chaotic at first, to see the whole church sitting around together eating lunch and talking and laughing, was such a blessing and i can only imagine that this was how the early church felt in its small house churches.
I came home from church and after a sweet nap on the couch, AShlee and I headed over to Sammy's house for a meeting. The meeting was about Jovindencia and on top of the fact that they served us rootbeer which I haven't had for a year, the meeting accomplished a lot. I feel like although the group is young (Ashlee and I are the oldest), we all really care about the group and want to see God work in it. We got through a lot during the meeting and afterwards Sam showed me his collection of books including his new Goldsworthy book on prayer (okay probably NONE of the readers care or even know who Goldsworthy is but shameless plug: read Gospel and Kingdom, just do it, trust me, you won't regret it!). Anyways, all that said and done... AShlee and I headed home and were greeted with freshly made empanadas. Thanks Seba!
I came home from church and after a sweet nap on the couch, AShlee and I headed over to Sammy's house for a meeting. The meeting was about Jovindencia and on top of the fact that they served us rootbeer which I haven't had for a year, the meeting accomplished a lot. I feel like although the group is young (Ashlee and I are the oldest), we all really care about the group and want to see God work in it. We got through a lot during the meeting and afterwards Sam showed me his collection of books including his new Goldsworthy book on prayer (okay probably NONE of the readers care or even know who Goldsworthy is but shameless plug: read Gospel and Kingdom, just do it, trust me, you won't regret it!). Anyways, all that said and done... AShlee and I headed home and were greeted with freshly made empanadas. Thanks Seba!
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how about if you find nigel and me a cute place to stay in la serena for new years? or are you hoping we'll stay in valparaiso? i'd like 2-3 days lying on a quiet beach, drinking mojitos (or pisco sours) and exploring the local markets and cafes... it would be very nice if you'd stay down there at the same time. do we need to find a place that you can also stay at?