So last weekend we went to Mendoza, Argentina! It was a great weekend just us 10, and we had alot of fun! We didn't have an agenda and were just hanging out, and it was really nice because we havn't really done much of this so far. We ate some really good food, and the weather was perfect, but my favorite part of the trip had to be the journey. Although we were so cramped up on a tiny bus for 9 hours it was amazing, the views over the andes were indescribable. I tried to take a video of it, but it doesn't capture a fraction of the beauty! I loved it. On the way back we had to stop of at the border for about an hour before we were allowed back in, but it was just stunning, Jona played Christmas music, and we made the most of watching the snow seeing as this Christmas I am pretty certain we won't be getting any snow on the beach!



On Monday we began a course about Relationship training. We were talking about how relationships in your past with your family and friends can effect how we are today, and it will lead up to a weekend away going through some dammaged emotions seminars which Steve will lead. I think that is some time in December. We never get information until about 2 weeks before they happen :) So everything is a bit of a surprise!



Whilst we were away Lise stil went to the hogar with some of the others and they continued with the garden project and prepared all the soil to be planted in this week. So on Monday we thought we would go and have a look and see how the garden looked to see if it had be ruined! But we were faced with a completly different problem! One of the boys had planted in all of the space that had been prepared to plant in this Thursday with the other boys! it is a difficult situation because he is really keen, and it is so great that he is so involved and really cares about the garden, and apparently he is the one who is watering the garden when none of the other boys wants to. So we are encouraged, but at the same time we were in a bit of a difficult situation because the others wanted to plant as well this week. But we managed to just prepare some more soil and they planted in another area. The garden is looking so good now! I am so impressed with them, the boys have worked so hard with us, and I am so happy with the way we can bond with them during this time.



On Thursday night we went to see Hillsong :) It was SO MUCH FUN! They played half in Spanish and half in English and many of the songs they played I knew better in Spanish! They played really well, and I'm pretty sure all the Christians I know here in Santiago were there! It was a late night though considering the next morning I had a Spanish class at 9 o'clock which means we had to leave at 8.15! I was very tired.



Then on Saturday we had a conference about the work that OM do in India with the Dalits. Steve did some teaching about other religions, and they did some fund raising, and it was mostly an awareness raising thing. We also performed our drama again that we had been practicing with the art ministry. We had a good day, and also made friends with a lady who is a hairdresser who says she will come to our house and cut all of our hair and pamper us a bit! We made a good friend there I think! :D Unfortunatly, not many people came, I have found this in a couple of events now, I guess it comes with the spontinaity of the people, that if things change at last minute, the won't let anyone know they can't go, and will simply not turn up. Probably less than 20 people turned up, which is a shame because I know the organisers put alot of effort into it.



Please pray

For the Relationship training were doing, and the weekend away next month, that we will all think honestly and will be open to the teaching, and that God will help us through any thing that comes up.

For the other lessons we will be having this week, the lessons about other religions, the evangelism training, Spanish classes, just pray that we will learn well and that we will be refreshed enough from the weekend to have energy throughout the week.

Pray for the people who came to the Dalits conference, pray that they will remember what they have learned and that it will be on their mind to pray for the situation, or help financially with the work.