trip to Villa Alemana

so Sunday November 29 was my last Sunday at the church that I have been attending, CEMIPRE. it is amazing to feel like another chapter in my life is ending. my time at this church has been so sweet and I have been so blessed by attending.

after the service one of my friends, Lia, invited me over to her house on Tuesday. Lia, 30 yrs old, is one of 9 kids - Juan, one of her brothers, is a co-pastor at the church, Betsy, younger sister, plays the piano and sings, Gonzalo and her parents also attend the church. So i knew a good portion of the fam.

so tuesday comes around and i take the train/metro about 30 mins inland to Villa Alemana and Betsy picked me up. we then take a collectivo to their house. What i didn't realize is that they own a little supermercado, so we entered the supermercado and Gonzalo was behind the counter (that is when i realized it was their store), then we went through the mercado and out the back, and then i saw the dad making bread! he makes the bread (2x a day) that they sell in the supermercado. their house was attached as well and they have a huge backyard, swimming pool, and animals. Lia is an event planner and she hosts them in her backyard because she got a grant from the government (attempt to support entrepreneurship) to build a big pavillion thing and buy sound equipment, etc.

i was at the house from 2pm-11:15pm. a long day, but it didn't feel that way at all! i got to help bake bread in the afternoon, ate lunch, and helped babysit one of their granddaughters (daughter of the oldest son). The baby was 9 months old and a doll!!! i loved getting to play with her all day!! it was the first time that i had interacted with a baby in spanish! my spanish definitely improved this day because they did not understand any english nor words pronounced with a heavy gringa accento....

it was wonderful to share and get to know what "life in the country"is like here in chile and get to know a wonderful Christian family. they asked me "so are you going to come back and be a missionary too like John (the pastor of my church)?" and "are you going to come back and visit?" ah! it is weird too to think that i may never see them again. but who knows!

villa alemana, by Sarah Moredock

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