For all you Sequim/Port Angeles people out there, I am doing a presentation this Sunday about my time and work in Venezuela, I would love for you to be there! I'm hoping to be able to answer a lot of questions and share my incredible experience with all of you :)
Sunday, August 24th 6:30 pm
Olympic Vineyard Christian Fellowship
3415 South Peabody Street, Port Angeles, WA
Hope to see you there, Chelsea
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Welcome Home Us
We're back...dun dun dun. That's right folks, I stepped foot on American soil last Wednesday. After 2 days of travel and 11 hours on planes, almost missing a connecting flight, 3 hour delays, and one lost bag....We made it! Praise the Lord :) Seeing my parents and Grandma at the airport was the most amazing feeling. Here are the three of us, after many many hours on planes, but oh so happy to be back....
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
7
We had our final meeting with our servant team and officially handed over the ministry to them. How exciting! Here they are, they are great students truly committed to the Lord. 
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
19
19 days, less than 3 weeks! Until we leave Merida....I can't believe it. It feels very surreal....My mix of emotions includes excitement/sadness/worry/confusion/anxiousness/glee/anticipation....and a million others. These last three weeks we are mainly focusing on making sure the students are fully equipped to run everything without us...as well as concluding all the details of living here (ie: moving everything into the storage facility (that's an hour away...ugh), re-painting the apartment, paying/ending bills, flight information, storage of weekly meeting equipment, etc etc etc...) Therefore I don't have anything super exciting to write about...However....here are a few picture updates of life recently.
Like I said in my last blog, my friend Rafael came to visit from the States (although...he could easily pass for a Venezuelan with his Salvadorian heritage) and we had a great time hanging out....like the old days when I was on project!
Lucia, my closest friend and disciple here, finished her classes and headed off for family vacation in England (to visit a sister there) and so for our last lunch together we went up into the mountains to a castle! It was freezing, but fun :)
Rafa and I took a trip to the zoo....
The summer project took over English Club, and they're doing a great job leading it with a ton of enthusiasm!
We had a goodbye fiesta for Eben...he got to dance with EVERY lady in the house! 
Rafa and I also had fun trying to figure out what we were doing...haha.
Riots have begun again...this time they are protesting death. Ironically, the day after the first protest, a medicine student was shot. This has only spurred on the riots....
The whole apartment needs to be repainted as we're moving out, so Amanda have been using our nights and weekends to do that.....and having a little fun with it as well ;)
I apologize for the lack of ministry updates at this time, we are definitely in the winding down process. This week will be my last discipleship appointments with my girls, and the rest will mostly be moving out stuff....Today is our last big meeting with the servant team, and we will be commissioning the new leaders to LEAD their movement next year...I'm excited to see how it goes....and see them take ownership.
Like I said in my last blog, my friend Rafael came to visit from the States (although...he could easily pass for a Venezuelan with his Salvadorian heritage) and we had a great time hanging out....like the old days when I was on project!
Lucia, my closest friend and disciple here, finished her classes and headed off for family vacation in England (to visit a sister there) and so for our last lunch together we went up into the mountains to a castle! It was freezing, but fun :)
Rafa and I took a trip to the zoo....
The summer project took over English Club, and they're doing a great job leading it with a ton of enthusiasm!
We had a goodbye fiesta for Eben...he got to dance with EVERY lady in the house! 
Rafa and I also had fun trying to figure out what we were doing...haha.
Riots have begun again...this time they are protesting death. Ironically, the day after the first protest, a medicine student was shot. This has only spurred on the riots....
The whole apartment needs to be repainted as we're moving out, so Amanda have been using our nights and weekends to do that.....and having a little fun with it as well ;)
I apologize for the lack of ministry updates at this time, we are definitely in the winding down process. This week will be my last discipleship appointments with my girls, and the rest will mostly be moving out stuff....Today is our last big meeting with the servant team, and we will be commissioning the new leaders to LEAD their movement next year...I'm excited to see how it goes....and see them take ownership.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Lately...
Hello folks...it's been a while I do realize that. First and foremost in the post I would like to put to rest the conversation of "a bushel?" It has been confirmed for me by 7 different people that the lyrics are, in fact, "Hide it under a bushel? no!". Yay!! Some small sense of triumph (and thank you much to a humble Eben who even conceded his own defeat after much googling...) LOL.
Secondly, what has been going on in Merida lately?! A LOT! Perhaps that why I've been lax in my writing and keeping up on this blog lately. Let me see if I can sum up a bit through usage a few pics (blogs just aren't as much fun without them!)
Amanda and I hosted our "last" English club (because the summer project is taking over this charge) and we had a lot of fun playing a big game of jeopardy to review all the things we have taught this year....
Lucia and I have become frequenters of a local pastelito place....maybe too frequent, lol.
Our team took a trip to the Coromoto Ice Cream store that features the most flavors in the world (featured in the Guinness Book of World Records).....including some really weird ones!
We spent hours in the plaza waiting for ....drumroll....the SUMMER PROJECT to get here!! It's true, they are here folks, healthy and whole and in MERIDA. We have a had a lot of fun so far getting to know them and they bring a TON of energy to us old folks who have now been here for over 9 months (wow!!)....They have already seen many students come to Christ as they've been sharing on campus and inviting students to our weekly meeting.....
Amanda turned 25!!
We had a fiesta for the birthday of Amanda and Kelly (one of our students) as well as the arrival of the summer project....They got to learn to dance, Venezuelan style ;)
Rafael Turcios came to visit!! Jesus, Lucia and I were his welcoming committee in the airport....
We may have had some car troubles :( :S....welcome back Rafa!
In reference to a previous blog...here is the total for a tank of gas...less than 3 Bolivares...that's less than a dollar - TOTAL!
Secondly, what has been going on in Merida lately?! A LOT! Perhaps that why I've been lax in my writing and keeping up on this blog lately. Let me see if I can sum up a bit through usage a few pics (blogs just aren't as much fun without them!)
Amanda and I hosted our "last" English club (because the summer project is taking over this charge) and we had a lot of fun playing a big game of jeopardy to review all the things we have taught this year....
Lucia and I have become frequenters of a local pastelito place....maybe too frequent, lol.
Our team took a trip to the Coromoto Ice Cream store that features the most flavors in the world (featured in the Guinness Book of World Records).....including some really weird ones!
We spent hours in the plaza waiting for ....drumroll....the SUMMER PROJECT to get here!! It's true, they are here folks, healthy and whole and in MERIDA. We have a had a lot of fun so far getting to know them and they bring a TON of energy to us old folks who have now been here for over 9 months (wow!!)....They have already seen many students come to Christ as they've been sharing on campus and inviting students to our weekly meeting.....
Amanda turned 25!!
We had a fiesta for the birthday of Amanda and Kelly (one of our students) as well as the arrival of the summer project....They got to learn to dance, Venezuelan style ;)
Rafael Turcios came to visit!! Jesus, Lucia and I were his welcoming committee in the airport....
We may have had some car troubles :( :S....welcome back Rafa!
In reference to a previous blog...here is the total for a tank of gas...less than 3 Bolivares...that's less than a dollar - TOTAL!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
a bushel?
Conversation I had yesterday (in the middle of a staff meeting)....
Ivan (paraphrased) : How can we really let ourselves be known as Christians?
Me: Well, not hide it under a bushel.
Eben (sitting next to me with confused face): What??
Me: You know...(with hand motions and singing voice from "This Little Light of Mine") "hide it under a bushel? - NO!!"
Eben: hahahahahahahaha
Me: what??
Eben: It's not bushel!! It's "hide it under a bush? - oh no!" You can't hide things under a measurement!
*I tried to google the lyrics but it keeps coming up with random versions that don't contain the "bushel" part.....does anyone agree with me, or did someone poorly teach me the song as kid? hahahah. oops. 22 years later, I think I've got it figured out.*
For anyone who is interested a bushel is a unit of dry volume, usually subdivided into eight local gallons in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. (wikipedia)
I always thought it was a measurement of a woven basket of apples....I think Reading Rainbow messed with my mind as a child.
Ivan (paraphrased) : How can we really let ourselves be known as Christians?
Me: Well, not hide it under a bushel.
Eben (sitting next to me with confused face): What??
Me: You know...(with hand motions and singing voice from "This Little Light of Mine") "hide it under a bushel? - NO!!"
Eben: hahahahahahahaha
Me: what??
Eben: It's not bushel!! It's "hide it under a bush? - oh no!" You can't hide things under a measurement!
*I tried to google the lyrics but it keeps coming up with random versions that don't contain the "bushel" part.....does anyone agree with me, or did someone poorly teach me the song as kid? hahahah. oops. 22 years later, I think I've got it figured out.*
For anyone who is interested a bushel is a unit of dry volume, usually subdivided into eight local gallons in the systems of Imperial units and U.S. customary units. (wikipedia)
I always thought it was a measurement of a woven basket of apples....I think Reading Rainbow messed with my mind as a child.
Monday, June 2, 2008
just to rub it in a bit....
I hear you're paying over $4 a gallon for gas in the states these days?
I went out with a friend who has a car last night.....she put Premium in her car for roughly 36 cents a gallon....unleaded runs at about 12 cents.......
Now if only I could bring THAT back with me, lol.
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