This past two weeks we have been non stop with more EBDV’s (Escuela Bíblica de Vacaciones….Holiday Bible School). The first week we were in the Luz de Vida church in Tacna. They have a team of enthusiastic young people who regularly work with kids in the local area, so we were assisting them throughout the week. Each morning was spent doing door to door giving out invitations for the EBDV which was held each afternoon. Every day we had an average of around 60 kids, (although it was difficult to count as the meetings were held in the local plaza, many kids and parents dropped by at some point during the week). Once again, throughout the course of the week we looked at the theme ‘Dios es Todopoderoso’ (God is all powerful). On the Saturday morning we did a big clean up in the church, which turned into one giant water fight, well, at least we now know that the floors will all be sparkling clean with the amount of water that ended up being brushed out of the building!!! Saturday evening was an opportunity to lead the youth night, there were around 20 people, it was a great chance to get to know some of the youth from the church. The week finished off on Sunday morning with a special service where the kids were presented with prizes for learning memory verses etc.

We literally stopped by the campsite to do washing and get a few hours sleep before setting off for Moquegua. We were welcomed into the church (which was filled with balloons and great illustrations for the EBDV) and got stuck in right away. Each day we had an average of around 45 kids coming along. We again followed the theme of ‘Dios es Todopoderoso’ but changed the stories and verses for some variety. We were only supposed to be here until Friday but the church has asked that we stay on, so, this weekend we will be taking an open air kids club in the surrounding area, followed by a youth night on Saturday evening. On Sunday we will take part in the morning and evening services, squeezing in the final session of Kids Club in the afternoon. The hospitality has been amazing; it has been great working in both churches, meeting up again with many of the people who attended the summer camps in January.

We head back to Tacna- Pan de Vida Church from 4th-7th March where we will be taking part in 2 open air kids clubs, door to door work, youth night and the Sunday services.

Points for Praise
-Enthusiasm/commitment of members of the churches
-Number of kids attending various meetings
- Gods constant provision

Points for Prayer
- Continued motivation
-Next week in the Pan de Vida church
-preparations for Tacna

¡¡¡Es Increeeeeíble!!!

Yesterday we finished an "Incredible" Holiday Bible Club in the church in Ite. The theme was "Jesus is all powerful," and each day the children were taught a different story about one of the miracles of Jesus. We had on average 35 children each day with 60 different children attending at some point throughout the whole week. The club lasted 2 hours with the usual mix of games, songs, memory verses, lessons, quizzes and worksheets. In total, at the end of the week 7 children could say all 5 memory verses word perfect. Spanish was definitely put to the test as each of us had to take part part each day from the front.



Tomorrow is a family service where we are responsible for the whole program. All the parents have been invited to a special service which will show them what the children have been doing throughout the week, the children will also receive prizes for memory verses and attendance. It is an opportunity for us to evangelise to the parents. It was great see some kids coming along that have not had any connection with the church or sunday school before.

On Tuesday we head to Tacna to "Luz de Vida" to help with their holiday bible club.



Please pray for us with;Holiday Bible Club (In the plaza)

The youth meeting on Saturday night

The special parents day service on Sunday

A Busy Rest

Last weekend we got the chance to go as a team to Arequipa for two days. We left on the Friday after a "shovelled in lunch," jumping on a bus for our 5 hour journey. In Arepuipa we stayed at the church where we lived for 3 months during our time there although this time we had to share the building with a team of young people called "Los Radicales." They´re a group of 7 who are recieving training in Arequipa before leaving to do 4 months of missions. It was great to get to know them and share in their devotionals.
On the Saturday night we went to the young people´s meeting which was full. There used to be around 8-15 people every Saturday but the group has grown to around 40!
We decided to walk home afterwards and stopped at the plaza which was full of people. There were bands playing on a stage as huge "firework laden towers" of bamboo were lit up. The firework display was amazing. It was soon obvious that all firework rules and regulations were out the window as people walked around with burnt jumpers and as small bits of flaming bamboo fell. It was awesome!
But the highlight was definitely the Sunday morning service. It was a baptismal service where Nelson (along with another person) gave his testimony and was baptised. It was really encouraging.
It was great to see everyone again and to have the chance to hang out as a team.
Thanks for you prayers!!!