I am excited to announce that last Sunday we had our first church service with Chileans! This is what we have been working towards for a long time and it finally happened. Two family's of our team had one house church and I partnered with another family. We had 12 people in total at our church and praise God for that. It may not sound like a lot, especially for those who go to churches with hundreds or thousands of people, but you gotta start somewhere and I was thrilled with those who came. I just know God is working on their hearts. I think the ones who came were coming to check it out and see what it is we have been talking about but now that they see we aren't crazy or cultish, they want to invite their friends and family as well.


It was such an exciting day for us and, praise God, the service went great. We spent time in prayer, study, communion and a meal afterwards. We sang one song with them and hope to teach them new ones each week. We had two children and I told them a bible story and colored with them during the adult study.


A number of encouraging things were said from those who came:

  • They were thankful to be there and hope to see our group grow.
  • One man hopes we become like a family which is exactly what we are hoping for.
  • They hope to invite their friends and family.
  • They really enjoyed the service, especially the singing and communion.
  • They hope to come again next week.
Everything ran pretty smoothly and we learned a lot from our first gathering that we can now work to make it better each week. It is such a learning process but our friends were very encouraging and patient. I have complete faith that in no time, God will multiple our group just as he multiplied the fish and loaves of bread for Jesus.