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