After several months of praying and planting ideas, I (Anna) had the opportunity recently to co-facilitate a women’s training and discipleship group with our pastor’s wife. During one of our weekly Zoom meetings, the pastor appeared on screen, exclaiming his excitement and gleefully giving thumbs up as women shared their testimonies. They are acting in […]
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The local municipality is taking strict & proactive measures due to Covid19. At this point, Medellin doesn’t have too many cases…but they’ve been watching the numbers grow exponentially in countries that didn’t take preemptive measures. The result is Pico y Cedula. Pico = Peak and Cedula is your National ID card. You can only be […]
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Medellín has a lot of tourists. A lot of ex-pats (foreigners living abroad). Frankly, a lot of gringos. (PS-this label has zero negative connotation. It is simply a way to identify people.) That said, here is an example of a common interaction for our family: Local: Where are you from?Kims: The U.S.L: Wow, your Spanish is really […]
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I saw this power strip today. Not uncommon to find Macgyvered versions here and there. Some of you are looking at this and thinking, “is it safe?” No one around me seemed bothered by it. Just out there in plain sight with electrical tape being the only thing keeping the live wires from being exposed. […]
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Our journey to Colombia started back in 2015. Praise the Lord, we are finally able to send a newsletter from Colombia! It’s been a long journey to get here but we are so encouraged by your endurance as partners and your willingness to journey with us as we all invest in Kingdom work. Expecting the […]
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A couple days back I went to my local bank to setup an account. Did some research online about what I needed to do and what to expect. I’ve mentioned one of two things on the video. Listen well and polite. It’s customary for private security guards to patrol private banks here in Colombia. Usually […]
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One word of advice, don’t let shows about Colombia influence your opinion of a resilient city and people.
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Team Kim for Colombia 