Chile VIM 2008

Our 2008 Chile VIM team has returned following a fruitful experience of mission and ministry with our Chilean Methodist brothers and sisters in Arica. Thanks much for the prayers and support that were offered for the team, and for the ongoing VIM ministry in Chile.

Images from the trip (move your mouse over the picture for a description):

2008 Chile VIM Team in Arica -- Front row: Bob, Leonette, Kasey, Juan Carlos,Tim; Back row -- John, Lawton, Walt, Angel, Bo, Victor.

John and Eduardo playing guitar & singing at our welcome service.

Presenting the "Bibla Para Ninos" (Children's Bibles) to El Redendtor Church.

John and Lawton "up close and personal" with Chilean marine wildlife (pelican) -- Tim and Kasey are in the background.

Kasey and Tim by the Pacific Ocean with John Elmore (missionary) and some of our Chilean Methodist friends.

El Rendentor Church as it was when we arrived.

Leonette cleaning up brick after the concrete forms had been removed.

Bo, Tim, John, Juan Carlos, and Angel setting the trusses.

Lawton and Leonette taking a break to watch the crane/truss work.

El Redentor Church with the trusses in place (welded)!

Morning devotional time prior to beginning work.

Kasey and Victor behind the wall that Kasey and Leonette were laying.

Having ice cream at a shop on the Central street in Arica... Bo, Tim, Lawton, Juan Carlos, Victor, Kasey, Leonette.

John and Miguel discussing building plans -- Miguel is a long-time construction coordinator for the Methodist Church of Chile.

The front "Cruz" window of El Redentor Church. The roof is finished ("topped off") and according to tradition the Chilean flag is flying from the highest point.

Another shot of El Redentor as we left it, with Bob in the window.

John beside the pool at our hotel in Tacna (Peru) with our Chilean translator friends -- Sandra, Flor, Rocio, Claudia. The girls came up from Iquique to be with us for the time in Tacna at the end of the trip.

The Cathedral in Tacna (Peru)

We spent the last night of our trip in Tacna (Peru) here, at the Grand Hotel.