On Sat 21st July a step team from England arrived in Arequipa. The team is made up of 15 people- they are a mixed age group with ages going from 12 upwards and they are a fantastic bunch. I have enjoyed getting to know them since Sunday and am looking forward to working with them further in the coming weeks.
It is holiday time in Peru at the minute due to Independence Day being on Saturday, all schools get two weeks off, so because of that and the team being here Nuevas Fuerzas changed this week and we met on Wednesday and today from 9am - 12pm.
It was great having the team there for them to see what happens at Nuevas Fuerzas and also to watch them connect with the young adults. I think the people who come to Nuevas Fuerzas were glad to see some new faces as well as get a chance to do new activities as the team brought a wide range of games and different activities with them.
Over the past two days as well as the normal activities of using computers, knitting and colouring in, we have had nail painting and jigsaw building (oh an aside here - in Spanish jigsaws are called rompecabezas, which made me laugh when I heard it because 'rompe' means 'breaks' and 'cabezas' means 'heads', so basically its breaking heads!!).
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| Kati, Rachel and Alejandro doing a jigsaw |
And today the activity was painting canvas bags which went down really well and the people who got to make one really enjoyed it.
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| Kati concentrating hard on her bag |
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| Maribel making her bag |
The team also brought a parachute with them, and that is a fantastic item to play games with. We used to play with one in CSSM and had the added bonus there of sand flying in your face as CSSM games were mostly on the beach, when dry anyway! Thankfully here there was no sand, just a lot of moving the parachute up and down, throwing balls up and down on the parachute, laughing and running around.
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| Everyone under the Parachute |
Not only were fun and games had, but the Step team sang songs in Spanish, did some drama and two of the members Michael and Tom shared their testimonies.
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| Anna and Alice doing the 'Chair' drama |
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| Some of the team members plus Axel (from NF) singing |
I think the members of Nuevas Fuerzas really enjoyed the two days, I know I did. And it was nice to see Manuel get up at the end and thank the team for coming and bringing all the games and activities which have been kindly donated to Nuevas Fuerzas.
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| Manuel with Paul translating for the team |
Over the next five days the Step team will be leading a Holiday Bible Club in my church and leading the service on Sunday. Please do pray for the team, for their health and safety and for energy levels as well.
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