We managed to all get flights to Cartagena, Colombia before Christmas and our vehicles got shipped shortly after which was fantastic. There was a real sense of excitement and anticipation amongst the team as we arrived in Colombia, our first country in South America. We stayed in Cartagena for Christmas which was a great Christmas present from God! Cartagena is a walled city which is a World Heritage Site and we had some time off to enjoy the sights and the sun. The team also did various work – mine was cleaning a school ready for the Christmas production!
Christmas Day was slightly strange (partly because it was so hot!) but New Years Eve was even weirder! We spent two very very long days travelling from Cartagena to Bogota and managed to find a ‘camping spot’ (really the grass area of a restaurant!) at about 8pm on New Years Eve. It had the most impressive view of Bogota city but was absolutely freezing and quite a few of us girls shed a few tears due to being so cold…the glass of wine did help though (Bogota is at 2,650 metres above sea level)!
On New Years Day we moved just down the mountain and are spending a few nights sleeping on a bar floor whilst we work with a local church (we’ve also bought some warmer clothes so no more tears!) As a team we’ve climbed the mountain Montserrat and prayed for Bogota at the chapel on top of the mountain and visited a mens drug and alcohol rehab. My favourite day was when the ladies on the team went to the red light district and spent time with the sex workers, both male and female and prayed with them and just loved them.
We also got to visit a teenagers rehab and myself and Natalie who were leading the work for these few days got to speak and encourage the teenagers. We were so excited to see young people get healed and delivered as well as a lady from the church reported that her lumps from breast cancer completely disappeared when we prayed for her – God rocks! Its also great to see our team continue to grow in size and in giftings – we really are one big family! Thanks for your prayers and support – I couldn’t be here without you.
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