Encounter Bolivia: Cristo de la Concordia

Our group

On Sunday afternoon after lunch, we took a trip to the Cristo. In response to our retreat the past weekend, we brought trash cans and gathered litter. There is a real litter problem at the Cristo so Pastor Juan publicly spoke on the matter to all the visitors at the Cristo and explained what we were there to do and why we were doing it. He explained our responsibility to take care of the earth God has given us. We left the large trash cans there with labels so that others would dispose of their trash. As we were gathering trash, small children would run up to our cans with handfuls of trash. It was nice to know that we were inspiring the next generation of Bolivians. When we finished picking up the trash, we took some photos and climbed up to the top of the Cristo. It was so amazing.