Moquegua 20th-24th March.
This week some of the team went up to visit the San Antonio church in Moquegua. We went to help out during the “Santa Semana” which is Easter time. We got to work straight away on the Thursday when we went to a district in Moquegua to show a film on the life of Jesus. The place was called “Costa Verde” which means “Green Coast” but to be honest there wasn’t any coast to be seen and it was most certainly not green. We came up with a better name for it, which was “Brown Desert”; we thought it suited it better. We went round from house to house inviting people to watch this film which we projected onto a big screen that we had put up. A good number of people showed up and we got opportunities to share with people afterwards and to invite them to the church. Because of the Easter weekend, we had meetings on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. During the days we went from house to house inviting people along to the services that were going to be happening. There was a man from Ica who was speaking at some of the services. The team took part in the services as well presenting different dramas and mimes with evangelistic messages. One of which I was involved in was a drama called “The Barber”. Some of you may have heard the story which tells about the barber who doesn’t believe in God. Well I played this barber.
We also had the opportunity to do an open air event at one of the markets there. We presented a mime and Javier shared afterwards. It was another opportunity we had to be able to share with people afterwards and I’m thankful to God for the help he has given me in Spanish, enabling me to share with the people there in a language that isn’t my own.
Part of our work in Moquegua was also with the kids there. We went back to the “Brown Desert” where the church works with some of the kids there on Saturdays. We sang songs, danced along to music, there was even a clown (one of the team dressed up) who brought a message to the kids. A bit strange I know but sure sometimes things are a bit different out here. We also presented a puppet show which went down well and was a bit of fun as well.
We were also involved in the Sunday school in the church the following day, where we did similar sorts of things with the kids, songs, dances and Graham and I got another opportunity to show off our puppet skills again.
We really enjoyed our visit to the San Antonio church there in Moquegua. We got to play football with the youth in the church, which was good fun, even though we had to get up at about 6 o’clock in the morning for it. It really was one of the best church visits for me, we felt really welcomed and loved by the church. Pastor Edgar was really good to us and we certainly won’t be forgetting him too quickly. It just so happened that he was also a very good guitarist. One thing that I won’t forget from that church was on our final night there, we were brought up to the front and then the congregation came up and thanked us personally, Peruvian style, with a handshake or a hug or a kiss or sometimes all three. We really have fond memories of the church there in Moquegua and I’m sure ones that will remain with us for a long time.
This week some of the team went up to visit the San Antonio church in Moquegua. We went to help out during the “Santa Semana” which is Easter time. We got to work straight away on the Thursday when we went to a district in Moquegua to show a film on the life of Jesus. The place was called “Costa Verde” which means “Green Coast” but to be honest there wasn’t any coast to be seen and it was most certainly not green. We came up with a better name for it, which was “Brown Desert”; we thought it suited it better. We went round from house to house inviting people to watch this film which we projected onto a big screen that we had put up. A good number of people showed up and we got opportunities to share with people afterwards and to invite them to the church. Because of the Easter weekend, we had meetings on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. During the days we went from house to house inviting people along to the services that were going to be happening. There was a man from Ica who was speaking at some of the services. The team took part in the services as well presenting different dramas and mimes with evangelistic messages. One of which I was involved in was a drama called “The Barber”. Some of you may have heard the story which tells about the barber who doesn’t believe in God. Well I played this barber.
We also had the opportunity to do an open air event at one of the markets there. We presented a mime and Javier shared afterwards. It was another opportunity we had to be able to share with people afterwards and I’m thankful to God for the help he has given me in Spanish, enabling me to share with the people there in a language that isn’t my own.
Part of our work in Moquegua was also with the kids there. We went back to the “Brown Desert” where the church works with some of the kids there on Saturdays. We sang songs, danced along to music, there was even a clown (one of the team dressed up) who brought a message to the kids. A bit strange I know but sure sometimes things are a bit different out here. We also presented a puppet show which went down well and was a bit of fun as well.
We were also involved in the Sunday school in the church the following day, where we did similar sorts of things with the kids, songs, dances and Graham and I got another opportunity to show off our puppet skills again.
We really enjoyed our visit to the San Antonio church there in Moquegua. We got to play football with the youth in the church, which was good fun, even though we had to get up at about 6 o’clock in the morning for it. It really was one of the best church visits for me, we felt really welcomed and loved by the church. Pastor Edgar was really good to us and we certainly won’t be forgetting him too quickly. It just so happened that he was also a very good guitarist. One thing that I won’t forget from that church was on our final night there, we were brought up to the front and then the congregation came up and thanked us personally, Peruvian style, with a handshake or a hug or a kiss or sometimes all three. We really have fond memories of the church there in Moquegua and I’m sure ones that will remain with us for a long time.
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