I wrote that yesterday, but since we didn't have internet last night, I didn't have time to finish it. So here's my update today. We are leaving Sunday afternoon to fly to Santiago, Chile for the remainder of our mission efforts. We will be doing follow-up there with a church who just had a team from LST for 3 weeks. This includes more reading sessions just like the ones we were doing here in Buenos Aires. Therefore, we will read for 2 weeks with people in Santiago, then maybe have our pre-planned vacation type week (5 days) for those days then return to Buenos Aires and hope that our last few days here before we head back to the States can be beneficial to seeing people/saying goodbyes/etc (this is hoping that the medical emergency is no more).
After feeling a bit upset and depressed for this recent development, I really started thinking about what me Jenn and Katie have been spending a lot of time reading about in the Old Testament- faith and trust. We've been especially aware of Abraham's trust with every step of his life. We all discussed how we envied the faith Abraham had in God and his plans for Abraham and his family. Well once this thought entered my mind, I knew I was doing just the opposite. I was being selfish and putting my plans/ideas ahead of God's. Obviously, this is above me. A medical emergency isn't really something you can blame on one person, and it's definitely not God's problem. Currently, I'm trying to be submissive and as understanding as possible. I am now looking at this as an amazing opportunity of God's plans for us while we're in South America. We all three have definitely learned something in the past few week we've been in Buenos Aires- God is good, His word is true, and lastly that in order to tell people about His word... you must be willing to obey and follow it. We are definitely learning this week that we must be willing to "practice what we preach", for God is really putting us outside our comfort zone.
One of our biggest worries is that we'll be split up as far as housing goes. That really makes it difficult for us as a team, because night time is our main time to regroup from the day. Please pray that even if we are separated, that God will work big time inside each of us. We are excited for Sunday in a bittersweet way, but we feel so blessed to be able to stay in South America for the rest of our alloted time. We will finish our last day in a big way... Happy early 4th to all those reading this from the States. We miss you all, and we're making USA french toast for breakfast tomorrow... we know that's not exactly what we would make in the US, but its what we can do while we're here. Tomorrow during the day we hope we can get some loose ends tied up... picking up laundry, mailing some postcards we wrote you all the first week we were here, and maybe spending a little more time seeing Argentina before we leave. Tomorrow night the youth is hosting a HUGE soccer game. We will be decked out in Argentine colors/jerseys, but our hearts will be red, white, and blue :)
Cheesy... but we're pretty cheesy girls. Tonight we saw Transformers 2 with some of our favorite people here, and we were so grateful for the extra time to spend with them. We can't wait to keep these friendships for the rest of our lives! I'll try to write again tomorrow because I'm not sure when our next time to write will be. We are really clueless as to our information/lodging/work that we'll be doing in Chile. We know the flight information, but that's about it. Pray for us to walk with certainty that the Lord is taking us on a crazy, but beautiful, journey.
Thanks for all the prayers... we really need them right now.
Love you all so very mucho :)
AKB, KAM, JSM
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