Inaugural Service and Voces Concert

*Sorry for the lateness of this post!!!*
The biggest thing that happened during the month of March was our Inaugural service on March 19th. It was such a special day, and the place was PACKED with visitors (Chilean and North American… we even had a friend come that we met in Peru!). Normal church attendance is usually between 100 -120, but on inauguration day we filled the building with 360 people! We had a great service, full of singing, a sermon on the good news, and even a baptism at the end!

After the service we had a reception where people could mingle and talk with visitors, and the interns were in charge of serving food and drinks (a.k.a. we were the waiters). After the reception a concert was performed by Voces (a group that sings Acappella songs, but in Spanish). The concert was a big success, as many people stayed for it. Many of the Chileans had never been exposed to Christian music, and they all really seemed to enjoy themselves.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO DONATED MONEY FOR THE VOCES CONCERT! IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS! THE FRIDAY BEFORE OUR INAUGURAL SERVICE, VOCES PERFORMED A CONCERT IN THE PLAZA IN FRONT OF OUR CHURCH, AND AS A RESULT 2 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, PERLA AND FRANCISCO, CAME TO THE INAUGURAL SERVICE AND HAVE BEEN COMING TO CHURCH EVER SINCE! EACH OF THEM ARE NOW INVOLVED IN A BIBLE STUDY! PRAISE GOD!

All in all it was a great day for our Christian family. And, as a result of all of the visitors, several new bible studies have begun. We are truly blessed to have this new building and had so much fun celebrating that together in our inaugural service.


Voces performing for the church on Sunday afternoon


The crowd watching the concert. In the front few rows are my friends, and English students, Raquel, Carl, Ingrid, Francisca, and Matias. Also, can you spot my dad? ;)


John Mann, an intern, serving trays of food to our guests.


I met Alan (in the Voces T-shirt) during my trip to Peru, and was able to witness his baptism. He traveled all the way from Lima to be with us on our Inauguration day! He is pictured here with some boys from our University group.