
October Prayer Letter
Independence Day Chile’s Independence Day is September 18th, but Chileans celebrate the entire month. After some dreary, cold, rainy months things begin to perk up.
Independence Day Chile’s Independence Day is September 18th, but Chileans celebrate the entire month. After some dreary, cold, rainy months things begin to perk up.
Camp News The month of September brought many different groups to camp: At the beginning of the month, we hosted the annual Family Conference for
1 Chronicles 16:1 “Seek The Lord and His strength, seek His face continually.” Baptism We are so thankful for the baptism of a husband and
Ezekiel 34:26 promises “showers of blessing” to God’s people. Our “summer of drought” has been followed by a winter of once-in-a-decade rains! Along with the
David Flinck writes to share the good news that the Antofagasta Church was able to resume meetings in their church building as of this past
Mariano Proto sends these photos and a video to update us on progress being made at the Carmelo Church building project. This past week the
Thank you for your prayers for us during this week. The men made progress with the electrical installation and formed-up for pouring more sidewalks. There’s
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. After a lengthy argument drawing the Roman
The author of Ecclesiastes reminds us that enjoying the work God has set before us is one of His many good gifts. “…Every man should eat
Church Update Please pray for us as we are in our winter months now and in full swing of church ministries. We have had an
Thank you for your prayers! We just completed a week of frosty cold mornings and today the rains started once more. This is our rainy
As the Scripture in the writings of Paul so often say, “We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in
The original well dried up due to a prolonged drought in the area. An attempt to deepen the well was made but could only manage to go several feet. Water did come out, but not sufficient to irrigate, let alone to fill up the future pool.
Goal: To provide water for the soccer field, the bathroom building and other green areas
Location area: Next to the soccer field
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Goal: Provide a place where children can play on traditional playground equipment with swings, slides, hanging bridges, etc.
Location area: Next to the sand volleyball area
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Goal: Provide stationary group games for children and teens
Location area: Next to girl’s dorm
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Goal: To provide adequate housing for the staff during the time that they are ministering at the camp. The staff housing would include 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a kitchen and a dining area in the 2nd and 3rd floor.
Location area: Main building (above current kitchen)
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Goal: To provide an overflow room for extra staff or guests.
Location area: Behind the soccer field
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Goal: Move current parking area (next to the main building) to the front of the boy’s dorm.
Location area: Main building area
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Goal: To have a green zone right outside the main building with adequate seating area (this also includes swings) to do follow up counseling sessions after meetings.
Location area: Next to main building
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Goal: Build and observation deck facing the soccer field and mountains, creating a seating area for meetings, devotions, meals, etc.
Location area: Main building
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Goal: Utilize the high ceiling to create a second floor above the current dining area (50×50 feet / 15×15 meters). This would give us another large meeting area, a game room and a control room for the first floor.
Location area: Main building
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Goal: To provide an outdoor covered cement pad to carry on different programs and activities.
Location area: Back of the soccer field
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Goal: Adequate housing for campers.
Location area: Current boys’ dorm
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Goal: To create an outside eating area near the main building area.
Location area: Near the main building
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Goal: To construct a place where food can be grilled outside to alleviate the kitchen in their meal preparations
Location area: Near the main building
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Goal: To recuperate our soccer field that once was green and now is brown or without grass.
Location area: Near the main building
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Goal: To fill the sand volleyball court with the appropriate sand.
Location area: Sand volleyball court
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Goal: Create a seating area to have devotions as a cabin or simply a relaxed place for conversations.
Location area: Various places around the camp
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Goal: To add a variety of obstacles to work through as a cabin. This is a vital part of our program; it promotes teamwork and reveals character traits.
Location area: Behind the boy’s cabin
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Goal: To provide some green areas near the existing buildings.
Location area: Near buildings
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Goal: Create a chapel area next to the main building where a small group can meet. Currently the camp church plant group is in need of a bigger place to meet. This would serve not only for the church plant, but also as a new meeting room for the camp ministry.
Location area: Next to main building
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The church in Carmelo has hired labor to remove the old roof of the church and replace it with a new one. When the roof is finished, they will be ready for the next phase of the building process, which is having skilled workers come to help with drywall, plumbing, electrical, tiling and painting.
The Carmelo missionary team is aiming to schedule work teams to begin in August or September of 2022 and beyond.
The goal is to build a game-friendly outdoor area for kids as well as a covered soccer field with wire netting and lights.
This project includes demolition of existing walls to enlarge the auditorium space, along with the construction of two bathrooms, two Sunday school rooms and a foyer for reception.