Prospere la jornada
One of the closing hymns we sing at church often (HL 748) includes the line " Denos pan con que vivir / Y prospere la jornada ." It translates to "Give us bread with which to live / And prosper the __________." According to my go-to online Spanish dictionary , a " jornada " is a workday, journey, or day trip. Last weekend, Concordia the Reformer Seminary here in the DR hosted its 3rd jornada evangelística - an intensive, multi-day campaign in which the residential students plan and carry out a variety of outreach activities targeting a certain neighborhood. While said neighborhood was Licey al Medio this time around, the weekend kicked off with a Bible study for Chamos volleyball league players in an area not near any of our current church plants. Chamos is an NGO run by Victor Reyes, a Venezuelan member of Iglesia Luterana Pueblo Nuevo. The growing league currently consists of ~250 players in 2 major cities. Victor's goal is to teach not only volley...