Last Saturday we went to a sister church of my
Aunt and Uncle's church to help them with an outreach event. It was kind of like a mini-one-day VBS. It was held for the church and neighborhood children. I was unable to talk to anyone so I helped with preperation and one of the games. About 50-60 children attended the event.
On Sunday we went to an authentic Chilean restaraunt to eat lunch. I got to eat Empanadas which are an authentic Chilean food. They are bread pockets with either cheese or meat and other things in them. The people in the picture to the left were at the restaraunt and were dancing La Cueca (an authentic Chilean dance). After lunch we went on drive through the Andes mountains.
On Monday October 5 I started Spanish classes. Classes are going well. For my first week I only had one other classmate but last week was his last week so unless someone new comes this week I guess I will be having private lessons. I don't have school today because It is a holiday. After my first day of school last Monday we went on a city tour of Santiago with the tour guide for the school. The building in the picture is the President of Chile's office.
I made it through one week of spanish class and I even had to ride the metro by myself. In the mornings the metro is like a can of sardines (extremely crammed). I enjoy riding the metro better in the afternoon.
On Saturday October 10 we had a soccer party at Casa Grande (my aunt and uncle's church). Chile was playing Colombia to qualify for the World Cup so it was a big game. We had a cookout and my uncle's nephew preached during halftime. Chile won and on our way home from church you could see that Santiago was alive with celebration.
That was my first week in review! I will try to update you every weekend on what is going on in Santiago, Chile.
-Kristin
