Tuesday

Hey Everyone,

It is Tuesday evening, and our six crews have been hard at work doing GAP and their afternoon ministries. All of the crews are meshing wonderfully. I am posting pictures from the Nacional crew, Liverpool, and Penarol crews. These crews are named for the various futbol teams in Uruguay. Nacional is one of the street ministry teams that is using the Redeemer Drama, surveys, tracts, and is passing out invitations to the Coffe Shop Thursday and Friday. Liverpool is doing GAP and hosting a kids club at a housing complex on the Rambla. Penarol is doing GAP as well and is doing some construction of tables and benches as well as doing games and sports with the neighborhood kids in the afternoon. It is painfully slow to upload photos from here. I would love to post more. Please look for your family and friends.

Nacional doing the Redeemer

Kayla, Dorotea, and Bethany talking to the kids

Only one from Liverpool so far, this is Dawn and ? with the children at their kids camp

Some unknown Cubs fan, (Sarge), doing spiritual battle while prayer walking

Penarol Prayer walking, this is Matt, Joseph, Kaitlyn, and Julio

Penarol, with their handywork at the sports club.

Leslie and friend.

Greetings from Uruguay!

Hello everyone! First off thank you so much for your prayers this week. Also thank you for those who prayed especially for me, I am feeling much better.

OK on to the update....this morning we went to the local church for worship. It was such a blessing to worship with another body of believers. Praises in two different languages were being lifted to the same God. It was such a beautiful time of praise and worship, even though we could only understand about half of it, God was moving. Where two or three are gathered He will be there. We were challenged to be intentional this week in making relationships and using our lives as the only sermon that some of the people of Uruguay will ever hear.
All of us walking to church. (not standing out at all)

The churches worship team


The pastor (on the right) and Lyle our translator. Chase leaading one song in English.


This afternoon the groups are spending lots of time in training for the week. They have already had a lesson in culture and how not to offend the people here. Some learned that lesson the hard way at lunch on Saturday by drinking from the bottle and not the glass :) Now they are in what we are lovingly calling Redeemer Palooza where they are learning how to present the drama presentation of Gospel called Redeemer. It will be a wonderful way to present the Gospel to the people of Uruguay this week. Please pray for them to have clarity as they are trying to remember how to do everything they are learning this drama.

Thank you so much for your prayers. More updates to come!

Molly

They're Here

Ok, first off, everyone is here safely. I think the flights went off without a hitch, and everyone and their luggage has arrived. Today we went through the ordeal of checking 50 something people into this hotel, which actually went very smoothly. We all walked to a resaurant and had hot dogs and fries. When we got back, played some silly games, divided them up into their work crews. and did some crew training. Tonight they'll go to dinner with their work crews, and then come back for Worship, church group devotions, and then nighty night. Tomorrow is Church with the local congregation at the seminary. Then we'll train all afternoon. Please be prayerful that our everyone gets the rest they need, and that our training goes smoothly. I spoke too soon about our work sites, as a door was closed at one site. Please be in prayer for Scott Liddell's crew as they have to shift gears with their ministry. I will hopefully post some pics tomorrow from today and tomorow.

Ciao, (That's Chow)

Jim

We're Here

Hey Everyone,

The IWC staff arrived in Montevideo without a hitch. Molly's sick, so please pray for her. We have been finalizing the arrangements here. I had asked folks to pray for several of our ministry sites, and I am happy to let you know that all seems well on that front. Here are a couple of quick photos

A couple doing the Tango on the streets of Montevideo

Shopping for goodies for the participants

Folks at home, please leave comments. Thanks

Jim