Chile, Coffee, and the Lumberjack

Gasp! Sorry for the large gap in the monologue, but I've had no time to catch up since I left for Chile. I've only been here five days and I already feel at home. The people here are so amazing and the country is so full of life. Time is scarce, so here is a short run down.
This is Adrian and me running through the terminal in Mexico City. We had about an hour to claim our luggage, run through passport control and customs, run across the airport and recheck our luggage for the trip to Chile. Madness!

This is us waiting around to be picked up. It was 4:00 AM for us, but 7:00 for los chilenos. Blah!

Here is a shot of the vineyard country at 80 miles an hour. What's that in Km/Hr?

The 1st night in Vina del Mar (that's with an enya) was New Years Eve. We went down to the beach (rocks) to watch the fireworks. It was somewhat mysterious to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time at night. Mysterious in a captivating way.

Then there was the Casino all lit up. Adrian is a goof ball.

Here's the path we take to get from our hotel to Karen's House. It's about a 15 minute walk. It is rather interesting architecturally speaking, but the druggies hang out there at night.

I've made fast friends with the people here. We're working with several churches, so I've met about 150 people in the past few days. Try keeping up with that many names. By the way, it took me several hours, but we finally figured out that Betsabe (accent on the last e) is Spanish for Bathseba. Guess it's another one of those names we would consider a bit presumptuous in English, like Jesus.



Well, it's all quite a blur here. Karen keeps our days packed full. Between driving all over creation, the churches, and the beach, we don't seem to have much time for silly things such as updating blogs and the like. Also, there hasn't been much sleep on account of the time change and Jimmy snoring like a lumberjack. We've all gone out and bought earplugs to remedy that. Coffee seems to be the best remedy for the lack of sleep. As a student, I'm a professional at that. Happy belated New Year to all of you and God bless.