Out of this mountain flows streams of ice cold glacier melt water giving life to the valley below. We hiked most of the day to reach the base of the glacier where the two streams emerged from beneath the massive blocks of ice. There was a man and his young son nearby. The man tried to …
I hope everyone was able to enjoy a wonderful Christmas and New Years. After being gone for about a year, it was wonderful to go home and spend quality time with family and friends during this holiday season. I arrived back in Santiago yesterday morning. The picture above is from the market that I went …
During our end of the year banquet, we looked back over the previous year with a 7 minute slide show. If you have a minute, please check it out. I hope these pictures show a little bit about what this past year was like in El Oasis. The pictures show our regular Monday night devotional …
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of events. We finished another semester of ministry in El Oasis, had a team retreat to discuss and evaluate the year, and I am currently writing this from Lilburn, Ga. This Monday night at 10:15 for my 10:15 flight, we were frantically putting our shoes on …
Each year in El Oasis we try to go on a camping trip with a group of students. Me and Greg were in charge of organizing the trip this past weekend. By the end of the weekend, I was exhausted but it was well worth it. I love camping and hiking and so getting to …
Thanks for your prayers. The retreat at the beginning of this month was excellent. Lots of students were able to attend. The retreat speaker was really direct and was able to connect with the students. Please keep the students in your prayers that made decisions after the retreat to sexual purity, setting boundaries, and making …
In 2 more hours, students will enter the El Oasis house with bags packed and sleeping bags in hand, ready to set off for a weekend retreat. It has been an incredible semester so far. I hope that you have been able to receive my email updates. If not please let me know. One …
Gracias por las oraciones para el retiro!! Thanks for praying for the retreat! It was a really great weekend. Above is a picture of a student walking out to be baptized in the ocean Saturday afternoon. I will be sending out an email soon describing in more detail the wekend.
We are loading up the van and waiting on the students to arrive at the El Oasis house with bags packed and ready to go on a retreat to El Tabo. This is one of the two big retreats we do each year in the ministry, and so we are looking forward to it with …
This past Wednesday night on the subway back to El Oasis, I couldn’t stop thinking over the meeting that I had just had. I went out to a city just outside of Santiago called Maipú to meet with a guy named Sergio that is working with the kids in the community. Sergio is a photographer …