Inicios

¡Les saludo a todos desde el gran país de Argentina!

We arrived in Argentina Wednesday two weeks ago, and yesterday we finished our vacation in Buenos Aires, the capital city; we visited an art museum, walked through a famous graveyard, the Recoleta, toured a couple big soccer stadiums, and took a day-long trip to visit Colonia, Uruguay on the other side of the (quite large) Río de la Plata.

My sister and her student flew out yesterday to return to the States, and I said goodbye to Ricardo and Yolanda and to the capital city this morning before going to Wilde (weel-day), where I will most likely be living for the next 7 weeks. This marks the end of the vacation and the beginning of "work."

Steve Bailey, my boss, has shown me (and promised to give me) a schedule of what I will be doing weekly. It involves lots of youth meetings, children´s church meetings called horas felices, and early morning prayer meetings with missionaries here from the States. I will post about how they are going once I start them.

I am living in the house of a friend of Steve´s here in Wilde named Meche. Two Colombians, whose names I´ve forgotten, Meche´s uncle Carlos, his mother Mariela, and their dog Mateo are living in a smaller house behind the main house.

I will write later about my experiences with the people, with the food here, and some other things. For now, though, ¡ya está!