First Colony Group LST

We've had some time to recover from a busy couple of weeks, continuing to work with the First Colony group, and spending time with Amanda's parents, which she will be writing about shortly. The week after the campaign group hosted the church banquet (see previous post) they held three days of small group English lessons, which were well attended by Chilean high school and university students. Many of those in attendance were contacts from the classes we hold each Friday for university students, and several were new contacts made after we passed fliers to advertise on local campuses. The culmination of the campaign came the following weekend when we went out to a Boy Scout campground about 1 hour south of Santiago and held a 2-day English retreat. The group used LST (Lets Start Talking) workbooks taken from the Gospel of Luke for the lessons during the week, and used a more focused text which allowed for deeper discussions about who Jesus is at the retreat. Several people were impacted by the talk times from the retreat. One student, Marco, has attended our Friday classes regularly, but has never been interested in a Bible study. Marco decided after the weekend that he wanted to know more about Jesus, and is going to begin a Bible study soon with Rodrigo. Pray for Rodrigo and Marco as they begin studying together, as well as for the others we have met through this campaign, and that fruit may be seen from the work that has been done.
Laura of First Colony and Paloma at the english retreat

Talk groups at the retreat lead by the youth from First Colony.

Overall we were greatly encouraged by the energy and enthusiasm the group brought, and especially enjoyed worshipping with them alongside the Chileans for the 2 Wednesday nights they were here. I think I wrote the same thing on the last post just after they arrived, but I wanted to reiterate it. thanks for reading and God Bless.