Mes de Deportes!

Hey Everybody!

Life in Santiago has been exciting and challenging as the new team
continues to adjust to a new culture and language. We are in the
middle of our Mes de Deportes (Sports Month) and are having weekly
activities of soccer, aerobics for the ladies, mini tournaments, etc
to continue to build relationships with the students of El Oasis and
to reach out to the universities. Each week this month at Donce, we will play a sports-related game. The picture below is from playing jump rope this past week. Next month we'll be having our Music and Arts month and we'll finish off the semester with a month of service.

The exchange students did an awesome job putting on the scavenger hunt
in the mall. Teams of students were running around taking pictures
with different signs, people, plants, and using creativity to get more
points. We're excited to see what else the exchange students can
dream up.

It's been awesome to see how God has come through to make this
transition of teams possible. Two of our Chilean interns, Andres and
Kathy have stayed on to work at El Oasis for another year. Heather
Pearce from the original team has stayed on for another semester.
These three have made this transition possible. We appreciate so much
your prayers as we continue to learn the language and culture and
bring El Oasis into all that God has in store for us this year!

- Lukas Fortunato

Greetings from Santiago

Greetings from Santiago once again! We are continuing the semester here in Chile, and have seen great results from this first month. Our second Bible study was about Jesus’ baptism, and this past week the theme was the resurrection. We performed a short play that included the perspectives of Joseph of Arimathea, the guards, Mary Magdalene, and Peter. The play was followed by a talk in which we encouraged the students to “leave their problems in the tomb” so that they could celebrate their new life in Jesus. We had a party after Bible study to symbolize this celebration. Overall the night was a huge success!

We have also started our devotional dinners on Monday nights (called Donce, pronounced don-say). The theme for the semester is “Youth in the Bible”. We have talked about David (as a boy, of course), Daniel, and Joseph. After dinner and the devotional, we play a game in which the students become very competitive! The winners receive a treat the following week, while the losers have to wash dishes! This past week we played trivia.

Our exchange students are doing really well. They’re continuing to adjust to the culture, and they are learning the language very quickly. This month they are starting bi-weekly activities for the students that they will be in charge of. The first is a scavenger hunt at the mall. We are all looking forward to that.

We would appreciate your prayers for the continuation of the semester!