Greetings from Gary in Medellin!

Gary sent this email update last week to their small group from church and I thought it was just too good not to share! Enjoy!

Hello from Medellin-

Just a note to tell you all that we are surviving here in Colombia.  It seems every time we come to Colombia we have a problem with our e-mail account. We are only able to receive e-mail on our gmail accounts.  We both miss keeping in touch with the our life groups.  

We have successfully completed our initial level one training and we have six more weeks of study. While we have done little in the way of prison ministry here so far, we have taken opportunities presented us with fellow students at the university from around the world who are here learning to speak Spanish.  They have been curious about what we are doing and have asked many questions about God and Jesus Christ and as possible we have had short conversations during breaks and before and after class.  It is interesting to discuss such issues with "post moderns" from the areas of the world where Christianity and the Church were once so strong in centuries past and see that many have drawn away or are uninformed about God and Christ.  They seem to be almost completely ignorant of the concept of God, but they are interested!

One speech we had to give was on who is the most important person or the most influential person in your life.  That provided the starting point when I explained that Jesus Christ is the most important person in my life.

Anxious to share more of what is happening when we return, mid June.