Jordan's Birthday

Well last week we celebrated Jordan's 26th birthday, so I tried my hand at making an angel food cake as per his request. Though I didn't have the proper pan, I just halved the recipe so that it fit into what I had. It ended up a little more dense than real angel food, but still tasted great - especially with some chocolate buttercream frosting!

Turned out alright with what I had to work with! BTW I used the recipe from here, comes with a handy video as well!

(Side-note, we also had sourdough pancakes for breakfast! It's been great to see my sourdough starter's flavor getting better and better with time)

Blessings,

Missy

Knitting Projects

Hey All,
It's been awhile, we've been a bit busy but we hope to keep the updates rollin'! I thought I would share some of my current knitting successes - socks!

For gifts and for us, down here no one can have too many warm socks for the winter!

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend, blessings!
Missy

Missy Rockclimbing

she is pretty good!

Fruit of the Spirit

This verse has been coming up a lot lately in my life, thought I would share with all of you. 

Happy Tuesday!

Missy

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live in the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 

Galatians 5:22-25

En cambio, el fruto del Espíritu es amor, alegría, paz, paciencia, amabilidad, bondad, fidelidad, humildad y dominio propio. No hay ley que condene estas cosas. Los que son de Cristo Jesús han crucificado la naturaleza pecaminosa, con sus pasiones y deseos. Si el Espíritu nos da vida, andemos guiados por el Espíritu. 

Galatas 5:22-25

Just call us "Reid Hostel"

So for a few weeks there we felt like a hostel having so many different people passing through our doors to stay here in our humble Chilean abode. First we had our Portland friends for about 5 weeks, then we had a Brazilian and Argentinian stay for 2 weekends - leaving to work in Dichato for the week in between - and during that week we hosted some friends from the East coast who are travelling around South America rock climbing. Needless to say we had some busy days, but it was great to meet some new people and catch up with old friends. Here are some photos from the last 2 weeks of homestays.

Andres and Rafael, from Argentina and Brazil, were a real treat to have over - they were super funny guys and had great attitudes!

Having Rhane and Lucy over meant some amazing food - they had some awesome vegetarian dishes that just blew us away!

Chopping up all the summer fruit and veggies

Delicious morning egg dish, chock full of all the veggies you can imagine!

The black bean burger has come to Chile, and it is delicious!

Thanks everyone for really blessing our house by your presence,

Missy and Jordan

Outreach Event

So I have been planning a kids event in the center of town (the plaza) for like....ever! Hoping we could get the help we needed to run something like that, praying for the city to give us the time to rent the plaza for the event, etc.

Well, it finally happened!

We had an extravaganza of Tome proportions last week in the plaza; filled with music, dancing, crafts, games, prizes, and evangelism!

It was an amazing time of seeing just how faithful God is, and how He moves at just the right time.

Initially I wasn't too sure it would even work out -- mostly because I was given a full 2-days notice to get it all together, and then when we arrived there was a huge stage and band being set up in the exact place we were going to hold the event. In the end, however, it ALL worked out and we got to spent the day playing with kids, sharing Jesus with them and their families, and just loving on the people in Tome. I had some amazing helpers that made it go so smoothly - namely a group of Bible school students who did some skits and another group of girls who do outreach events in the form of music and dancing. Everyone came together to really engage all the kids passing through the plaza that day, and it was an amazing boost to see so many kids dancing and singing along to some upbeat Christian tunes, and then praying with us for Jesus to come into their hearts!

We are hoping to do another event soon -- now that I've got one under my belt it seems so doable to plan another!

Love,
Missy