After our week in Tacna we headed back to base (Ite camp centre). We finished the Amazing Journey 6 day kids’ club activity sheets and perfected our acting skills for the ‘Amazing Journey’ presentation. We helped out at the ladies meeting ‘May Sale’ (700 soles was raised for the work of the ladies meetings and Sunday school ministries of the church), Friday night youth meeting and Sunday services.
On Monday we returned to Moquegua for a very eventful week! The first evening we took the kids club in Costa Verde (it’s like a mission area of the church) it turned out to be the 3rd anniversary so the evening finished off with lots of food, cake and sweets!! On Tuesday, we presented the Amazing Journey in the Mitchell and Porter school, and were even invited back to take a kids club the followind day and to judge a ‘best decorated classroom’ competition (sadly we didn’t have time to judge the classrooms!) One evening we experienced our first strong earth tremor, this time it was more obvious than any of the others which we have slept through, or just didn´t notice!!
During the week we were able to run kids clubs in ‘Las Vegas’ and ‘Las Americas’ (no, we didn’t board a flight to the U.S.) these are two areas were the church is trying to start up a ministry (like the Costa Verde project). We had a great turn out considering we just arrived and started the club (they don’t do the whole publicity thing here).
During the week we helped the youth of the church prepare and sell ice-cream type things in the market (they are trying to raise money to buy instruments and get a music group in the church). Over the weekend we participated in a youth night and Sunday service Mothers Day Specials (Mothers Day is huge over here they provided meals during the services and people sang songs etc for their mums.) After an incident with a spider bite on Friday morning, Lynne has had stayed on in Moquegua (with Shirley). They bid farewell to the other members of the team on Sunday afternoon, (so she can continue to receive the necessary treatment). Thankfully it seems to be improving and they are both being well looked. They will hopefully be reunited with the team on on Friday.
Please remember the team this weekend as they will be in the Ilo church. They return to Ite on Sunday to lead the Sunday school and participate in the Church service. The following week will be spent in preparation for helping out in ‘Pichi’ church in Tacna (this will be a new adventure, Mision Rescate teams havn’t previously been involved with this church), doing kids activities and English classes in a ‘Pepe’ school and helping out in the Manantial De Vida kids Missions project!