Sunday, June 23, 2019

Farewell to Cucuta ... A very quick visit to Santa Rosa de Cabal


An invitation to eat hamburgers after the ministry meeting in Villa del Rosario.




Two great friends ... who went together many nights to take folks home after the meeting!! ... and the faithful van that is used for the Lord's work in picking up children for SS and adults for gospel meetings.




Plane leaving Cucuta




landing in Pereira



view from a shopping centre



inside the shopping centre where we had lunch



a land of contrasts!!!

Santa Rosa de Cabal ...



the front yard





it was great to be able to see and spend just a little time with Uncle Alan






Nowdays there is a small Christian preschool with Grade 1 of primary school functioning in Santa Rosa... Pray for this work of faith as they seek to reach out into the community with the gospel through these little lives!





Morning devotions and welcome to a new school day. there are 24 students enrolled.


Leaving Pereira, travelling over the mountains to Girardot ... our next stop...











An impressive bridge that crossed high in the mountains over deep valleys.





Looking forwards in the bus where we were travelling ...
then
Looking backwards at the same spot at all the big heavy trucks following ...




a nice little stream up in the mountains.

Cali ...


W and W.E had the opportunity to travel to Cali ... to visit brother Vince and also a full time commended worker, Jose Luis Batioja and family as well as the assembly there ...















with Vince





lunch in a shopping centre with Vince and Natalia and husband.

...Assembly work in Cali... 




the group of believers there in Cali ... many are from Venezuela ...


brother Falcon, the son of an older couple in W's home assembly in Venez.
(it's quite tough for any who migrate ... costs of living are so high in Colombia! W noted that this dear brother did not even own a pair of socks! :(



Sunday School


With a couple who have migrated also from venez, and Jose Luis (carrying the baby) and Elisabeth, his wife


Great friends from many years ago..



Pray for the Batioja family ... Jose Luis, Elisabeth and children ... serving the Lord in Cali





Venezuela and Venezuelans

Well, what can we say about Venezuela and Venezuelans...?

The situation in Cucuta is heartbreaking!!

 La Parada: the actual Colombian side of the border ... on the border ... and ... where daily all the action happens ... is a whole other world! :(