Seems our new STL boat will head down soon. Hopefully we'll be able to get it fixed up and headed out to sea in a couple months.
One of the things we have yet to do is name it!
For this I'd like your help.
To the right of the page is a survey with a few choices, please select your favorite (please just vote once).
Also, feel free to suggest a name yourself by sending it to:
chilestlboat@gmail.com
Thanks!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Good news!
As many of you know, we've been given a boat to use in our work here in Patagonia.
The 41' (yet to be named) arrived in Chile about 3 months ago and has been stuck in the port of Valparaiso since then accumulating port storage fees.
Well, finally, it looks like the paperwork is done and the boat should be released to head down here this week! The customs broker told me that the storage fees have accumulated to around $28,000!
The broker and a lawyer friend (Elena) apparently have gone to bat for us and petitioned the port for a reduction in those fees.
Last night I got word that the port is going to charge us $0 for storage!
Can somebody say Praise the Lord?
The 41' (yet to be named) arrived in Chile about 3 months ago and has been stuck in the port of Valparaiso since then accumulating port storage fees.
Well, finally, it looks like the paperwork is done and the boat should be released to head down here this week! The customs broker told me that the storage fees have accumulated to around $28,000!
The broker and a lawyer friend (Elena) apparently have gone to bat for us and petitioned the port for a reduction in those fees.
Last night I got word that the port is going to charge us $0 for storage!
Can somebody say Praise the Lord?
Busy weekend
Hey everyone, we had quite a busy weekend and we needed and really felt your prayers.
Some of the things that stand out now that we're back home:
Sunday morning I preached a missions service in Puerto Aysen. They really put a lot of effort into it and most of the kids and several adults dressed in national costumes. We had to leave before the end of the service to get to Puerto Cisnes in time for the evening service. (Just got word that 4 adults gave their hearts to the Lord!)
We made it to Cisnes in about 3.5 hours, Rhonda made some sandwiches Sat night and we stopped and ate on the way.
Service was packed, it's a tiny place and there were 27 present. Including those who attended Sat night and didn't come Sun AM they reached 33 this weekend. Very good for Cisnes!
2 people gave their hearts to the Lord, a neighbor lady and a young girl.
A 91 year old lady and her daughter walked nearly an hour to attend. When I took them home I had to lift her in and out of the car.
We forgot kerosene and the firewood is too wet to light in the cabin. We never did get a fire our whole stay. Temps were in low 40's in the AM inside.
Mon afternoon it got hot! Temps must have been in upper 60's and everyone is out in t-shirts and shorts. Very nice weather! Spent the day visiting and counseling.
Tue AM we headed home, good weather and made it back safe and sound if rather tired.
Thank you for praying for us and for the pastors and work in Puerto Cisnes!
Some of the things that stand out now that we're back home:
Sunday morning I preached a missions service in Puerto Aysen. They really put a lot of effort into it and most of the kids and several adults dressed in national costumes. We had to leave before the end of the service to get to Puerto Cisnes in time for the evening service. (Just got word that 4 adults gave their hearts to the Lord!)
We made it to Cisnes in about 3.5 hours, Rhonda made some sandwiches Sat night and we stopped and ate on the way.
Service was packed, it's a tiny place and there were 27 present. Including those who attended Sat night and didn't come Sun AM they reached 33 this weekend. Very good for Cisnes!
2 people gave their hearts to the Lord, a neighbor lady and a young girl.
A 91 year old lady and her daughter walked nearly an hour to attend. When I took them home I had to lift her in and out of the car.
We forgot kerosene and the firewood is too wet to light in the cabin. We never did get a fire our whole stay. Temps were in low 40's in the AM inside.
Mon afternoon it got hot! Temps must have been in upper 60's and everyone is out in t-shirts and shorts. Very nice weather! Spent the day visiting and counseling.
Tue AM we headed home, good weather and made it back safe and sound if rather tired.
Thank you for praying for us and for the pastors and work in Puerto Cisnes!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
70 days
Raul Bustos lost his job in Talcahuano when a tsunami destroyed his place of work at the end of April. He moved to Copiapo to find work in the mining industry and August 5 entered the San Jose mine to fix a truck. Yesterday, after 70 days he, along with 32 others, ended the longest work shift in Chilean history.
It's not often that good news captures the worlds attention and even rarer that good news captures the medias attention like this story has.
Last night everyone in Chile and many around the world celebrated as 33 men were given another chance at life! At 10pm, as the last miner was hoisted to the surface, every siren and church bell in Chile sounded, horns honked, and people shouted and waved flags. It was a great moment and an event that will be engraved in Chilean history.
Many of the miners wore a t-shirt over their coverall that says it pretty good: "Thank you Lord!"
It's not often that good news captures the worlds attention and even rarer that good news captures the medias attention like this story has.
Last night everyone in Chile and many around the world celebrated as 33 men were given another chance at life! At 10pm, as the last miner was hoisted to the surface, every siren and church bell in Chile sounded, horns honked, and people shouted and waved flags. It was a great moment and an event that will be engraved in Chilean history.
Many of the miners wore a t-shirt over their coverall that says it pretty good: "Thank you Lord!"
Iquique mens retreat
On October 8th I went to speak at a men's retreat outside Iquique. Kind of a long trip. left the house at 9am and arrived at the hotel in Iquique 6pm. And that was travel by air with a VERY fast plane change in Santiago!
We drove another hour and a half into the desert to finally arrive at the retreat site. Very different climate than here in Aysen. Hardly any clouds, dry, dry, dry. Chilly in the morning and very hot mid-day.
There were just over 100 men there from Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. We had a great time and it was good to see many lives touched!
We drove another hour and a half into the desert to finally arrive at the retreat site. Very different climate than here in Aysen. Hardly any clouds, dry, dry, dry. Chilly in the morning and very hot mid-day.
There were just over 100 men there from Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. We had a great time and it was good to see many lives touched!
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