Nervous

Just a quick minute to write a blog since it has been requested by the DOCTOR Jeffery McCormack. I hope I spelled your name correctly.. but it's the DOCTOR part that really counts though, right?

Anyway, I'm really tired and I only have about 20 minutes left on my computer juice, so here's a quick recap of the past few days.

Katie got mugged.

Jennifer has the swine flu.

Just kidding!!!!!! Haha... I'm pretty funny.

We went to La Boca on our day off (Friday). This is just like a complete tourist trap, but I got some great pictures and we had an amazing lunch. We went into this restaurant (more like we were forced into it) and had awesome food, awesome service, and we even had the bonus of having a real live tango show while we ate. It was awesome. 

After eating lunch, we headed back to the apartment for some rest. That night we went to a show with one of our readers, Mariana. She's around late twenties I believe, and she is such a bubbly, fun person. We went to this "Brazilian Dance Show" as it was advertised, but really it was like a Portuguese play. Haha- it was funny. We didn't understand a word, but it was funny so we had fun trying new foods (Brazilian) and meeting some great people/playing fun little Brazilian games/etc. 

Saturday morning we went to Recoleta. This area is really famous for the cemetery where Evita is buried. Ironically, her grave is less than impressive. Although hers wasn't that great, this place was AMAZING!!!!! I took almost over 100 pictures alone of this beautiful, serene cemetery, and we were there less than an hour. I could have spent hours walking around, but I wouldn't have known who anyone was or what they did. We had an english-speaking tour guide throughout the cemetery, so that really helped in learning some important people from Argentina's history. After the cemetery we went to this beautiful church next door, and of course everything was white with gold accents and just beautiful, beautiful details. 

There were about 100 billion shops outside the church/cemetery, so we did a little shopping for some friends and family back home :)

This was I think one of our favorite parts too because we all really like shopping for other people... except maybe Katie haha. Even Katie agreed that this place was awesome though. All these people come together everyday to sell their products that most HAND-MAKE! I mean just about anything you could want, they sell. It was really inspiring to see all these people who love what they do (and do it VERY WELL might I add) and make a living off of it. We walked around a little more, but as I have previously said... it extremely cold here in BA. At least for me... I am very cold ALL THE TIME. 

That night we went to a youth devotional at the church and had the opportunity to hang out with/meet some of the teenagers at the church. Surprisingly, I was able to keep up with most of the devotional that night. It was about temptation, and the youth minister, Pedro, actually used one of our lessons from the LST Luke workbook as his textual reference in the Bible. That was cool for us because we were able to chime in on our thoughts which we had maybe developed when reading with some of our students. It was also really cool to hear the difference in opinion from their culture and ours. Their minds are so different, and this was a good kind of different. They are so open minded, and it was really refreshing to hear such young people have such open, loving hearts. So many of these people here we have met at the church are more mature than I was at their age. Having hung out with these people a little more, I see they are so driven. They appreciate what they have, and do what they do to the best of their abilities. Oh and they do all of this while striving to please God. Amazing.

We ate pizza for dinner after the devo, hung out a little more, then headed to bed. Church the next morning was good to see everyone again, and then there were no classes because of the election in Argentina. Many people are also sick because of the swine flu/regular flu since it is their winter. Therefore there have been lower numbers in attendance since we got here on Sunday mornings. 

Afterwards we were invited to eat lunch at the church, so we went home to change and get our stuff for our afternoon reading sessions, and came back to eat a DELICIOUS MEAL with around 20 people. They made rice, chicken and veggies for everyone, and it was divine. Much better than the potatoes we were going to have if we had eaten in the apartment. The conversation was great, and spending more time with the people was even better. I'm definitely going to be sad to leave this beautiful place with these even more beautiful people. 

Today was a good day for reading... mine was rather slow. One of my 3 readers cancelled, therefore I only had one at 3 pm and one at 7pm. Katie and Jenn had rather full days, so when I stayed home this morning I prepared lunch. We had a yummy lunch, a productive afternoon, and then a good night at the church. Some of our readers are getting sick and not showing, so we have to make sure they are still interested in coming or if they are just too busy this time of year. I hope that tomorrow (my full reading day) is productive. I'm really nervous about several of the conversations I left them with the last time we read (Thursday). I've been talking with the girls and getting their advice on several things, and they have helped reassure me that there is only so much we can do. The rest is up to the Holy Spirit moving through us. I pray that this week is a great one for all of you as well as us here in Buenos Aires. 

You guys stay hydrated... we'll try to stay warm!

Love you all-

Ciao

Praying for God to speak through us...

Well today was an interesting morning. Jennifer didn't have any readers, so we've each had a turn to sleep in for an extra hour one time in the past week/2 weeks. Me and Katie headed to the church in a good mood and excited for our readers today. My first two are 2 of the better english speakers, so I knew I wouldn't have too much difficulty. My first reader, Mabel, is a middle aged woman, probably in her mid 50's, and has several children. Her english is pretty good, and she has talked to me some about her kids and how she worries for them since they aren't very religious. I try to comfort her saying that sometimes as teenagers (since I was one for quite a few years), we hear what our parents tell us and know that they are most likely right, but we don't want to obey them or agree with what they say just to annoy them or rebel against them. I know that I didn't appreciate the way my parents brought me up until just a few years ago. I try to comfort her by using the famous saying in English that sometimes it takes "distance (since I have been in college now for 2 years) to make the heart grow fonder". I know in my case that is very true. My parents are now 2 of my best friends. I know I don't tell them how much I appreciate what they did for me, and especially all they sacrificed, but I thank God for putting me in such a loving, Christian home.

Mabel and I were in the part of Luke where Jesus tells the parable of the men who owned the banker money. While one owed 500 coins, the other only owed 50. When the banker tells them that they don't have to pay, Jesus uses this as an example to show how all sins are the same in God's eyes. "Which one loved the banker more?" is a question we have for our readers in the LST workbook. Most people see why the one who owed 500 coins loved the banker more, because obviously his debt was greater, but it is more difficult for them to see the underlying reason Jesus uses this example the first time we read through the story.

Well then Mabel and I start to talk about forgiveness, and after we translate a few words, she asks me why God forgives all sins. Of course my obvious thought is that all sins are the same in God's eyes. Although while I believe this wholeheartedly, I can easily say I didn't see her next question coming. She then proceeded to write down a word in spanish, and then she turned her book around for me to read it. Violacion. Rape. I immediately think... "great... my favorite subject". Rape for me is my worst nightmare. I know this is something that usually isn't discussed, but it is now something that frequently happens in our world, and therefore I believe it should be discussed and acknowledged. I look at her, take a deep breath, and say "I know."

It was like we had ESP or something, because we knew what each other were thinking. Especially for women, this is something to be feared. The fact that men or even women today can take something so precious from you is really scary. Mabel went on to say that she thinks something like this is "imperdonable", or unforgiveable. Because I am human, and a woman at that, I agree with Mabel. Something like this to me is unforgiveable. It is literally in my mind the worst thing someone can do next to murder. I maybe could even think that rape is worse than murder. But what to tell this woman? Mabel believes in God, and as far as I can tell has a really good faith. I want to encourage her to trust God in this sense, but something about this conversation tells me this is something personal to her. She then goes on to ask me to forget explaining that to her, but how would I explain this to a CHILD.

WOW. I mean... seriously... what a great question. Something I wish I was wise enough to tell her how I would go about doing that, because I wouldn't know where to begin. I look at her and decide the best way to be with her is honest. I tell her I have no idea how I could explain to a child that they should forgive the person if they ask for their forgiveness. Or how someone can be released from jail after good behavior or whatever when they raped a child (or anyone at that matter). At that moment all I could do was pray to God to speak through me. I was lost for words as far as I knew, and already trying to fight through the language barrier.

Finally I took a deep breath, and then I told her the only thing that I could think of. It's not our decision. We don't have that power to judge. We may have the earthly power to judge someone, but in the end it is God who has the ultimate power to judge someone's heart. Only he knows the intermost depth of someone's soul, and whether or not they are truly sorry for what they do. At that moment I confessed to Mabel that I was only human, and my love ended at rape. I told her that if this happened to me or my children, all I could do was hate that person. I could fight the temptation to hate them, but in the end I believe it would overcome me, and that it could only be God or the Holy Spirit working through my heart for me to actually forgive a person for wronging me or my family in that way. She seemed to follow me, and I tried to explain that the enormity of God's love is just too big to understand for we mere humans. We can only love or hate as much as any other human, but it is God who can love even the ugliest of hearts.

All I know to do at this point is pray for her and hope that God can heal her heart. I know of nothing else to say or do, but encourage her to think that if Jesus can forgive us all for ALL of our sins combined, I must too be able to forgive one person or a few people for the wrongdoings they have done on my behalf.

I ask that you all pray for me, Katie and Jennifer. As the lessons continue, the questions are only more difficult and they are only going to become deeper questions that even I still ponder. Pray that we can be a light to these people here in Buenos Aires, and that they can see a glimpse of the Holy Spirit working within us.

Ciao-
Annie

Interesting

MVP of reading sessions today:
BRENDA
congratulations, Brenda!

We're so proud of you. But seriously... she's awesome. She not only brought us alfahores (pronounced ALPHAWHORES), but she also talked to me and Jenn both about baptism and stuff. she's 18, and she literally found our add in the newspaper by herself and came all the way across town to talk to us in English. SO COOL.

SPEAKING OF READERS-
we had our most interesting reader yesterday. Katie had this reader who came in and had lived in NYC and somewhere else in the US, and so we figured she'd be a good reader- no issues. HA wrongggggg.

Well she starts talking about the first lesson with Katie. The first lesson for those of you non-LST people is about the introduction of the story of Jesus by Luke. Really simple. FALSE. Somehow the woman got the idea of REINCARNATION. Yes, I said it. REINCARNATION. CRAZY. Here's a quote... "So like if you're a bad person, maybe you come back as a rat"
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAhahahahaha... WOW.

Templeton was my first thought from Charlotte's Web. ha HA. So funny.
Anyway, so Katie handled the situation very well and told the woman what she believed about Jesus in a respectful way. The woman obviously doesn't believe and didn't want to come to church, but Katie did a really great job of being very reserved in that situation.

I had to blog about this because it wins for the funniest moment of the week. REINCARNATION.

never have i ever...
love you all-

Week one

I'm not getting to write as much on this as I want... but just know that we are so busy it's kind of ridiculous. We had free time this weekend, but between working and trying to sight see and eat sometimes, I try to sleep as much as possible. Right now both Katie and Jenn are falling asleep, and I am staying up to write this. I'm trying to keep video journals as well, just because it's quicker, but I know I'll want to remember this trip forever.

The first week was really a lot of fun. We have done a lot of sight seeing the past couple days (Friday and Saturday) and Sunday (Father's Day) we spent at our friend Alejandro's house with his family. They are Soooooo COOOOL!!!!!!! The dad's name is Ruben Dario; who to all you spanish majors out there.. you know that is the name of a famous spanish author we studied in Lit this past semester with Martinez. Anyway, the dad is crazy fun and awesome. He is originally from Colombia and his wife is from somewhere else too but at at the moment I forget. She cooked Colombian food on Sunday, so we went over there to eat with her, Dario, Alejandro, and his brother Juan David. The church secretary came too, Rosalina, who is quickly becoming one of my all-time favorite people (talk about the heart of a servant)! We enjoyed some amazing rice y frijoles (beans) and steak. Although I don't really enjoy red meat, I ate it so I didn't offend anyone on our first impression. Katie's a vegetarian, so I didn't want to add to the pressure of them trying to find something else for us to eat. We were so grateful to be invited over after church because we were planning on making gross pasta when we were already missing our families.

After we ate lunch, they brought us ice cream. IT WAS HEAVEN. They have these ice cream places here where you can get like a tub of ice cream to feed a bunch of people that you can pick 4 flavors... so we had vanilla, chocolate, orange sherbert, and DULCE DE LECHE (my favorite). It was so good- I could eat that every single day. They drove us home quickly since we were already running late for our Sunday afternoon reading sessions.

I guess I could tell you all about our weekend. On Friday, we went with the youth minister, Pedro, to Plaza de Mayo. We wanted to sight see, and one of my readers (Analia) told me several places in the area to visit, restaurants to eat at, etc. We walked around for a while, then Pedro pulled us in this Burger King. I know what you're all thinking- because I was thinking it too... Burger King is nothing special. UHHHHHHH HOLD YOUR HORSES: I'm afraid I'm going to have to burst your bubble. It was ridiculous. I know the BK's and McDonald's,etc in Honduras are really nice, but this one was 3 floors, straight out of Italy or something, and BK had like mosaics on the walls and sculptures and the ceilings looked like something painted back in the Renaissance period. This place is seriously ridiculous. Look for pictures later. Then we continued walking down the famous Calle Florida (Florida street) to visit shops, kiosks, etc. We walked over to Puerto Madero, which is this really awesome place (port) with an awesome bridge/view. We ate lunch at this grill in that area which was delicioso. It was good to have some more normal food from the US of A since lately we've just been eating a lot of ridiculous snack foods. From Puerto Madero we walked about 95 miles to San Telmo........




Just kidding. It only seemed like it was around 95 miles, but it was worth it. This place is AAWESOMEEEEE. Talk about such a cool little tourist town. I say touristy town, but there weren't a ton of people out. We were there around the time the sun was setting, and it was gorgeous. The roads were stone, and the buildings all seem to have little balconies with cute chairs and tables (post pictures later). I wish that I could just upload my pictures, but until I can get internet on my laptop, I don't want to slow this computer we have in the apt down by uploading a zillion pictures. This is why I am trying to describe every little thing! Anyway, I could totally see myself living there. Me and my future dog... ideally a white husky... just trotting around for an afternoon stroll. We went to the most adorable Flea Market inside San Telmo, and I felt right at home. It was like going to the Flea Market like I do once a month with my parents. I wanted everything!! We didn't have enough pesos to get anything, so we decided to go home and get money out to exchange since they didn't take debit cards obviously.

The end of that day was exhausting since we seriously walked probably over 20 miles... easy. We were so beat, so we came in and hit the hay early that night. No late night weekends for us! Saturday morning we decided to get up and return to San Telmo. We took the subte (subway) to Plaza de mayo and walked to San Telmo. We did this after we did a little grocery shopping at the market that morning (since we slept in to avoid walking in the rain). We got to San Telmo around 4 and hit up the Flea Market. We each bought at least one thing, yet I only spent 10 bucks. Holla.

We took a taxi...

A.D.D.-
TAXIS are super cheap here.

and headed back to the train. We switched lines about halfway through Line A for Line B and took that to a part of town we had never been. This was a little scary (sorry, Mom). It was night time, and the map we have is very small so we had a hard time finding the person's house we were trying to find. We were supposed to be arriving at 7pm at 2 of our readers' apartment (they're newlyweds). We finally called them at like 630 and said "we're inside the western union on the corner of _______ and _______, can you come find us???" Of course, I am the translator of any and all phone conversations we have... therefore it was a frustrating moment when I couldn't hear a word the man was saying... in Castellano...in a busy area... when I was scared of being kidnapped (sequestrada).

NEEDLESS TO SAY, God was looking out for us. They arrived shortly after and drove us to the market. We got some things to eat and some delicious Dulce de Leche cake (if you can't tell by now... that's my new obsession), and then we headed back to their apartment. We ate empanadas and chocolate muffins (?) for the main dinner and the cake for dessert with coffe.

1. Empanadas are super cheap here. They are like a pastry shell and you can eat anything in them. The chicken ones are my favorite. We tried a veggie one (they made these for KT obviously), cheese and onion, meat, and pollo (chicken). They had broken their oven earlier in the day, and so the empanadas were cold. haaaaaa that was funny... but I cannot complain because it was a lot better than eating cold pizza and trail mix like we usually do :)
2. Unfortunately i'm going to return to America addicted to coffee and tea. That is literally all they drink here as a beverage. That and sodas.. which I like some soda like Fanta, but I'd rather drink water. I seriously don't know how people here aren't dehydrated because no one drinks water, and if they do... it's carbonated? I miss my filter in America (spoiled).
3. DULCE DE LECHE=HEAVEN

Ok well I am now ending this blog because it is past midnight, and I have to get up early for a super long day tomorrow (I have readers from 11-1 and then after lunch from 3-8 pm.

As far as prayer request go, this is our list:

1. pray that we all have patience with each other and our readers. Also patience with ourselves and with God. I'm finding it difficult to remember this is his thing, not mine. I'm getting so frustrated not knowing how to approach the people who don't want to believe or maybe just don't have a clue. I want to save them, but I don't know how!!!! We talked tonight and decided we really just have to give that to God and trust that all we can do is pray (we would love your help with that)
2. please pray over our health. we're starting to feel the wear and tear of going all day every day, and being tired is something we feel is not fair to our readers. we want to be able to give everything we have for the full time we promised to our readers.
3. please pray over our families. we know they are really missing us right now, and we miss them a lot too. it was really hard being seperated on Father's day, and so we want our Dads to know we love them and miss them so much.
4- finally, pray that God will teach us to be a light in the way we act every moment of every day. we want to be an example not just to our readers, but to the people of the church and of the community.



Thanks to all of you who took the time to read this- we miss you and love you SO MUCH!!!!

Annie, KT, and Jennifer

PS- we have a computer in the apartment that works with Skype. our names are:
anniekatebrown
jensheree
katiemcmack

We're here!

So we arrived after a 6 hour delay in Dallas.. because our plane was BROKEN. Rest assured though, our 10 1/2 hr flight was a success. We tried to pass the time in the airport by eating and making videos on our computers, which I might add are pretty funny. We arrived around noon in Buenos Aires to be picked up by our missionary and two people from the church, Marcello y Estella. We were nervous, but we drove back to the apartment first to drop off our luggage. The apartment is really cute and perfect size. There's one bedroom with a queen size bed and one small room in the front with a twin bed (which is where I sleep). We have a small dining room and kitchen and a little bathroom that only turns on the light by motion detector. It's funny to be taking a shower and the lights turn out... scared us at first, but now we're used to it.

We walked around the area of our apartment first called El caballito. It's a lot like downtown Honduras with small shops and narrow one way streets. The apartments are all really nice so it's nicer in some ways than Honduras, but other ways it's very similar. Joel took us to the church to get to know the area and where to go, how to get places, which places to buy the cheapest produce, meats, etc.

Considering that me and Katie don't like lots of meat, Jenn can knock herself out at the meat shops :)

Our first day we had to go meet Savanna Roe, who is here with Wheaton on study abroad. We got on el subte (subway) to go a few stops down to meet her at Plaza de mayo. It's very European-like, since that's where lots of businesses and government places are located. We've heard this is the part of Buenos Aires that reminds people of Paris. There is a long part that is only where people can walk and so it's really nice, but reallllly crowded. I didn't take my camera when we went the other day, so I'm taking it since we're about to head back to that area, and I hope to get some good shots.

The subway was a little tricky at first, but I think we've mastered it at this point. The people here are awesome, or at least the ones we know. Some people tend to think that Jennifer and Katie look a little strange here with their blonde hair, so sometimes/all the time we get some crazy looks. I have never once felt unsafe to say the least. At nighttime obviously we don't walk alone, but everywhere and everyone says that it's always really safe here.

We're really excited to get to know some of the youth at the church because the ones we have met are really awesome. A lot of people have some kind of English knowledge here. They at least know several words or sentences/phrases, which is really convenient especially for KT and Jenn. My highlights of my days are listening to them practice their Spanish. It's AWESOME. We'll have to show you the videos we've made sometime, they are so freaking funny.

Speaking of funny, I could not have asked for two better buddies to do this mission trip with. They are so much fun, and we are all so carefree and laid back that we haven't fought or had a misunderstanding about anything.. yet. Let's hope it stays that way (knock on wood).

Our first reading session was all day yesterday, and we started at 10 am and read until 1 pm, took a break for siesta time/lunch, and then returned at 3 pm to read until 8 pm last night. It was a lonnngggg day. Although we were really tired, I really got a chance to get to know some of the people at the church and our readers a lot better. Usually when I don't have a reader for an hour or two, I like to talk to Rosalina. She's the secretary at the church, and she doesn't really know any English. She's really helping me practice my spanish and get used to the accent here. It's crazy, but it is also crazy beautiful... kind of like the people.

Rosalina is seperated, but not divorced. She has been like that for over 11 years she said, but yet her "rebel" of a husband, as she called him, still bums off her and lives with her and her daughter in the church building. She says its so sad to see that her daughter, Kara, is more like him in a lot of ways, and she thinks he has influenced her for the worst. She doesn't attend church, but she believes in God she says. Rosalina and I had a great talk about faith and our parents who have set us on the right path. She hopes that her daughter can eventually be able to see her faith and learn from that like she did from her parents.

One of my other readers, Hernan, is a well known atheist that has been reading with LST for several years at this church. When he first started out, he was very strong about his belief/nonbelief in God. I was told beforet he trip he had softened a little, but I kind of hoped I wouldn't get him as a reader. Of course, the first person that signs up for my time is Hernan. God really stuck it to me there, didn't he. Well Hernan was my first reader yesterday at 10 am, and he is just now getting over a cold so he was kind of standoffish. We started talking about what he does, what he likes to do, etc, and basically he loves to learn. He has been studying english at school and wants to learn more languages. He really liked that I spoke spanish, and said he wants to talk to me sometime outside of our session in spanish instead of english. He brought his own Bible that we read out of instead of the book that he said one of the old LST workers had given him. It was good to see that he carried this around, and that gave me some hope for our sessions. He was really receptive of everything we talked about when we were reading in Matthew 5-7. We talked about forgiveness though, and he said that he didn't want to forgive people who have wronged him. I told him that is something that I definitely struggle with as well, and he was surprised. I kind of found it ironic that this is what we read, considering it's probably what I need to work on the most. We also spent some time talking about holding "things" up over God, like money, clothes, etc. When I told him I struggled with this too, he REALLY found that surprising. I think he found hope in my honesty. I am really looking forward to reading with him on Monday.

I reallllly had the greatest conversation with a 19 yr old, Catalina. Her and her brother have been going to the church here for awhile, but she is weak in spirit because she finds it difficult to be a Christian in Argentina. She seems like she is new at being a christian, and she wants so hard to believe in "these things" as she would say. It is so exciting to work with someone so eager to learn about Jesus. Even the story of Mary "giving light" to Jesus in a barn is so strange to her (in Spanish they use the phrase "dar una luz" as giving birth). I am so eager to see where we can go in our conversations about the Word and her being baptized. Right now she wants to wait until it is warmer because it is winter here. I think she is going to become a very good friend who I can have for the rest of my life.

We are in love with our landlord, Pablo. He is so nice and very cute... too bad he's married.

Today we went back to Plaza de mayo and walked for about 90 miles... or so it seemed. We got some great pictures that I'll upload later on facebook. We walked around Calle Florida which is a very famous avenue that only is for walking down with millions of shops on the sides. This is the part that reminds me of NYC or Chicago. We then walked alllllll the way down to Puerto Moderna and ate lunch at this precious little grill. The food was awesome... definitely more Americanized. It was good to have something besides peanut butter or trail mix. It's hard to eat here since the main thing to eat is steak, which I don't like and Katie (the vegetarian) obviously doesn't eather. We've had pizza the past 2 nights... which has been awful.

I am very sleepy since we've been up and walking for what seems like forever. Tonight we're hoping to hang out with Alejandro who is a youth from the church. We are also expecting a visit from Pablo around 830 to fix our computers to pick up internet access in the apartment!! CANNOT WAIT TO SKYPE YOU MOM AND DAD!

love you all and keep praying-
Annie B

One week away-

This blog is more for an introduction of what exactly I'll be doing, how long, etc. I leave one week from tomorrow on Monday, June 15th. I will be stopping over in Dallas and from there to Buenos Aires. We'll arrive early Tuesday morning (we're flying through the night, and they are 2 hours ahead of Nashville). 

When we arrive we will be picked up by the missionary from the church there in Buenos Aires that we'll be working with. His name's Joel and he speaks English. HOLLA. I really hope that even though I'll be working with a lot of people who at least have a base in English, I can practice at least with my Spanish a lot. It will be different because I'm sure since everyone their uses vosotros and speaks with a different accent it will definitely be difficult. I'm hoping after a week or so I'll be able to pick up on a lot of stuff though. 

I think that the first day we are there we will be getting accustomed with our apartment that me, Katie McCormack, and Jennifer McMurtry have all to ourselves!! We will probably have Joel help show us the closest groceries, markets, restaurants, etc. I'm pretty sure the first day is just to help get us comfortable in the city and at the church building. Starting on Wednesday evening, we'll have readers come to the building who have already started with LST. These readers will have more advanced English-speaking skills, so our job that day is to get to know them on a more personal level. Through LST (Let's Start Talking) we are encouraged to get to know our readers that way so that we can evangelize in a more subtle way. For those who do not know about LST, it is a program that works to teach people conversational English using the Bible as the text. It is a very gentle way to introduce people to the story of Jesus and the Bible as a whole. We will start with the book of Matthew (Jesus' story) with the readers who have never read with LST before, but most likely the majority of people we will be working with at this church have already started/finished the book of Matthew. Luke is our next text. 

I am really excited to see how everything will play out. Katie, Jenn, and I have decided it really is up to God, and we just have to trust and know that He is going to help us when we don't know the answers to all our readers questions. But PLEASE, pray for us anyway!! We are nervous since none of us have really had to work with people before who have never heard of Jesus, so pray that we will have the knowledge and patience to help our new friends in Buenos Aires!!!

We love you all-

Katie, Jenn, and Annie B