It was sad to leave Jeremiah’s hope because our ministry was amazing and God pushed me to step outside my box. Even cooler my teammates were right there to help me. I could not have asked for a better first month with just my team.
After spending a month in Ukraine my squad finally met back up again in Lviv. It was a blast and more importantly getting to hear stories of what happened on their teams while they were with their host was really cool.
I can definitely say that I had way to much chocolate while we were in Lviv, but I couldn’t resist because Lviv has a chocolate factory and are known for there chocolate. It was so worth it.
After spending a couple days in Lviv it was time to say goodbye to Ukraine. My squad had three days of travel from Lviv Ukraine to los Andes Chile. I am sure my squad and I can say that it was the smoothest travel days we have had yet. We even got to go to Istanbul for like 3 hours on one of our layovers so that’s a plus. When we finally made it to Chile it was mid day and HOT I tell you. I think I had to shed a layer or two of clothing, but it felt so so good. When we stepped outside the airport in Santiago it was beautiful. There were mountains surrounding the whole city with the tops covered in snow and the sky was bluer than blue.
My squad was going to have leadership development weekend(LDW) in Santiago but things were a little to expensive so we changed it to Los Andes which is were my team, priceless in him and philo is doing ministry for the next two months. So we hopped on a double decker bus and drove to the bus station to catch another bus for an hour and a half ride to Los Andes. LDW is basically were squad mates pour into each other about what they learned the past month. It was so good and I’m honestly in a little bit of overload from all that I learned from them. All I can say is God never stops teaching us which is a good thing too.
Last day of LWD we listened to one more morning devotional, shortly after our squad split up again. A whole lot of emotions were building up but I am ready for Chile and all the things that I am going to learn. I can’t wait to see the foot prints that God leaves while we are here.
So as of right now priceless in him is being split up into groups of two and put into four different homes provided by people that go to the church we are working with the next two months. The families we are staying with are amazing. They have such servant hearts and they tell us we are family to them. It’s crazy to see families just take us in and we have only been here for three days. Los Andes city/town life is beautiful. They have a town center that is basically a park and it’s were everyone hangs out. My team and I have eaten so my empanadas because they are so popular and for good reason. For ministry priceless in him is going to be making Christmas bread for a fundraiser to help put a new roof on the church. There is also word that we are going to be doing a outdoor Christmas play in December, which I am stoked for, but it’s also going to be in Spanish so I will be working hard. There are a couple other things we are going to be doing but those were some of the more popular ones on our list.
Thanks so much for being supporters of my world race and getting me fully funded. I was just reminded that I was literally fully funded by week two of me being on the field. I mean God is that good. He answers prayers even when we think it’s not accomplishable. Our God provides in all circumstances. So I want to thank you guys so so so much again for being there and wanting to pour into the kingdom of heaven.
