CHILE, P. Enrique José Grez López. With the desire to embody the ideal that the national camp assumed, a group of youth from the branch from Ayinrehue, went to the area of Trovolhue to work in the community and parish of that sector.
“Our Battle, Mary Queen of Chile” is the ideal that 850 pioneeers assumed this summer, and motivated by this ideal, a group of 15 pioneers, with Father Enrique Grez in charge, worked for a week in Tovolhue, IX Region. With their recently crowned Blessed Mother as: “Queen of the Fertile Land”, with energy and some tools, this Group of Pioneers shared with the comunitity of the area carrying out a mission which consisted of going door to door conversing with the people and at the same time responding to their needs, which included from chopping wood to working the land and orchards or vegetable gardens.
It was a Stations of the Cross for everyone
On the other hand, a project, on the land within the boundary of the “Saint Joseph of the Coast Parish, was carried; this work was requested by the community. This project was to erect the Stations of the Cross, this required road repair and the installation of the corresponding stations, which resulted in a way that the faithful could have an encounter with Christ and which is open to everyone.
“I believe that this contact with the people is a new way to know Christ, that includes the people you go with as well as those you meet; but more than helping them with something they need or by doing something that will improve their quality of life, it is very gratifying, and it was truly reflected in the acceptance by the people. We were very happy as a group because we left a mark in those who welcomed us in their homes as well as the people of the area, since the Stations of the Cross are a gift for everyone”, affirmed one of the pioneers from Temuco, who besides saying that he was very motivated, he wants to repeat the experience.
Translation: Celina Garza, San Antonio/Melissa Janknegt, Elgin, USA
