This past Wednesday I arrived in Medellín, Colombia! Apart from a delay on my second flight and a few extra questions at customs given my large quantity of luggage, everything went smoothly. Since I arrived, I have kept busy meeting with people who head different seminary departments, helping me get a sense of how things work here and where to go for different needs. Today I attended two classes at the Saturday morning Bible institute on campus to get a better sense for what those classes are like. One class was on contemporary challenges and focused today on the church's response to poverty and abuse of power. Another was on the Old Testament prophets and discussed eschatology. I'll be meeting with the head of this program on Monday and hopefully get a better idea of where I can fit in teaching there.
My first impressions of the seminary have been quite positive, and everyone has been very welcoming. One thing that has especially stood out has been how much the school here is proactively seeking to train more teachers and flexibly meet the needs of the church here. Many of the teachers for the Saturday Bible institute are seminary grads who were given opportunities to use their training to teach others. Today I sat in on a class with a student in his final semester who is also being trained to teach and who hopes to do a master's degree in the future.
Tomorrow I'll go on a city tour with a short-term mission team from Idaho which will help for getting to know the area. I barely know any of the city yet and have yet to experiment with public transit, so that will be a project for the coming week.
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