I am now back in Santiago after my time in Argentina and Chile at both a Campus Crusade retreat in Argentina and a Jesus Film Project trip in Chile. I can't post any pictures right now (I left my camera plug at another apartment in Santiago, but hopefully later today I will have some pictures). I will start out by detailing my experience at the Campus Crusade retreat in Argentina.
We left for the retreat at about 10pm local time on Sunday, January 21 from Santiago, and after a long trip through the night and day we arrived at the campamento (camp) in Villa Pehuenia, Argentina at about 5 pm on Monday. Our trip included an overnight bus ride to Temuco, Chile, and then a smaller winding bus ride through the Andes Mountains and across the border into Argentina.
The scenery during the drive and at the Campamento were amazing. We passed numerous volcano formed snowcapped peaks and even traveled through a 3km long, one lane tunnel.
The Campamento is located on beautiful Lake Alumine. This lake sits in a mountain valley, has beautiful sandy shores, and cold clean water. I spent a couple afternoons laying by the lake talking with people, reading, and just enjoying the surroundings. Unfortunately their isn't much of an ozone layer and I got sunburnt pretty bad.
Their were about 60 or 70 students and staff from Argentina and Chile at the camp. Fortunately for me their were a number of Americans on staff with Campus Crusade that could help me a little bit with the language since everything was in Spanish.
The campamento was a great week of worshiping God, learning from his word, practicing Spanish, and getting to know new people. It was a great introduction to South America, and I will have some more pictures and details coming soon.
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