Canons In The Night

Normal sounds outside of our window in Argentina include the following: canons shooting (not at us), fireworks exploding, annoying sirens squealing, buses and cars honking, nonviolent protestors drumming, and the every-so-often-car backfiring. (enjoy the following video of a typical protest in the middle of the street)

Breaking Down Barriers

Doing ministry in a country that speaks Spanish and being a person who does not would seem like a huge barrier to most, but God (I love those two little words: but God) being the sovereign God that He is can break down any barriers that we think we have in sharing the Gospel; today, I met with Carol, a girl who trusted Christ last week (and she understands some English if spoken slowly), to follow up with her and to talk about how she can grow in her walk with Jesus Christ - with no translator but with materials in English and Spanish we were able to comunicate with each other, and she is excited to begin growing more in her relationship with Him!
(That sentence is all kinds of wrong with its excessive use of commas and dashes, but it still falls under the category of one sentence - much like my other posts.)

Walking Among The Dead

Yesterday, we had a lovely team social, and I bet the first thing that came to your mind when I said "team social" was: graveyard; this graveyard was filled with tomb after tomb of wealthy Argentines who have died over the past years - it literally looked like a city for the dead (Evita is buried there by the way).

Good Food For The Body And Good Music For The Soul

Today was a fun-filled day: sleeping in, visiting the "mausoleum" graveyard (tell you more about that tomorrow), eating dinner at the vegetarian restaurant, and playing a kickin' game of mafia with the students; the vegetarian restaurant was a nice break for the 9 of us that went (our diets have consisted of mostly bread, cheese, and meat), so Portia (i.e. my stomach) was happy to have some lighter food, to listen to some soothing instramentals, and to laugh really hard throughout the dinner - thanks to those who joined me and Portia.
*Shout out to Ralphie, Darryl, Eugenia, and Daphne!

Some Things Never Change, But Some Do

After a day on campus with great conversations, we had the night free - which some of us took advantage of to hop a ride on a subway to see a movie at a nearby theater; we arrived 30 minutes early to find the line setup much like an amusement park - it took us 40 minutes to make it to the counter to order our tickets, but we still enjoyed Jack Sparrow with Spanish subtitles and a bucket of popcorn (and our first taxi ride in the city)!

Let's Paint The Town Red Or An Apartment White

Yesterday (Wednesday, May 25th), was one of Argentina's independence days (yes, they have more than one); that being said, the universities were closed... so, we were able to serve one of the national staff by helping to paint and fix things around his apartment (with many hands, we were able to get a lot done)!

Bootylicious At Burger King

Since being here in the Tina, my brain wants to think in the Slovak language rather than Spanish (i.e. while ordering my hamburger at Burger King today); the cashier asked me a question about my order, to which I responded "yes" in Slovak (ano)... not a good idea since our Spanish-speaking student staff, Nancy, just informed me that ano means anus in Spanish!
*Moral of the story: think and rethink before you speak while in another country