I woke up in the middle of the night wide awide, still suffering from jetlag

There were many “first times” for me today. We finally got to stroll the street of Santiago. This place is beautiful, it feels  European with the old buildings and the “maple” trees. The people are generally good looking with sharp features. David brought us to view our potential new house. We learnt how to travel by subway and bus.

 

Afterwhich, David left JH and I at the street near our house while he went to work. We decided to explore the street and look for our lunch. Most cafes here sell pasta and burgers. We went into one of them. I attempted to order food with my “muy poco” Spanish. Half the time, I couldnt understand what the cashier was saying and I just “Si” all the way. We ended up with an extra coke and fries. JH was laughing at me the whole time. Hey, at least i can speak poco spanish whereas his spanish is nada

We went with Cindy to meet up with her student. She is going to be a vet but strangely she doesnt like animals. It was a good meet up and we managed to invite her to our Singapore event. Hopefully she will turn up.

My team members are a hardworking bunch! They will work till the wee hours of the night to prepare for their work and ministry stuffs and wake up very early in the morning the following day. They will arrange for meet ups with people during their break times and then return to work in the evening. They have to do the household chores, run the church and basically run everything. They are also very thifty. Inspite of the freezing weather, Cindy will walk to her school just to save the transportation money. On top of this, they have to adjust to a new language, adopt a new culture and at the same time make a living. Yet they do all these with a sweet spirit, doing unto God. It’s not easy and I’m inspired by them.

I realise that I have to learn everything from scratch. Even simple things like greeting people, taking public transport and ordering  food. I know that this is not comfortable but I know that I will regret big time if I have not chosen to come. I This is a venture of my lifetime! I look forward to what God is going to do in us and through us!

Pls pray with us that God will authenticate our presence here. That we will be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and will be able to connect the potential people with us. Pray that God will lead us to the right people. Gracias!