All's quiet on the Colombian front

It has, in fact, been a quiet spell these last 3 days. Most of my time has been spent in the office. Most of our regular groups are on vacation right now, so we are planning and preparing for the upcoming 'Campamiento' in July. It is the big event of the summer, and is the same thing that I came down here for last summer. It was a great week then, and I think this year may be better. They have changed some of the things we will do, it sounds like a lot of fun and very deep spiritually too.

We spent most of this afternoon practicing a skit we plan to do during the camp. It is something Francisco found on Youtube, a very powerful skit I think. If you want to see it, here is the URL http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=9_M0H5nrY8E

Today I met another American here. He is a businessman from Atlanta who is loosely connected to Chick fil-A through personal friendships. Anyway, he is in real estate and is working with Jesus Ortiz on a plan for a shopping center here in Bogota. He and his wife have an apartment here, as she is apparently Colombian. He seems very nice and as hospitable as any Colombian. I think he is going to invite me over this weekend, and he already did invite me to his place for a 4th of July celebration!

Tonight I met another guy who speaks English pretty well, too. He is a young Colombian and studied English in high school. He works in a little shop that sells logic games and puzzles and other things like that. He and his friend who worked with him were both really friendly. The non-English speaking guy, Rafa, and I even played a game of chess. I think I will meet up with them again in the future sometime. They were cool people. :)

Well, that's all for now folks-

In Truth,
Stephen