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
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