We have arrived in Buenos Aires and been here for a couple of days. I am sorry I have no more pictures of Peru. My bag carrying my camera, mp3 player, bible, journal with a story I had been writing for the whole month of peru and finally finished, but never read it, sandals, hat, and clothes. Got taken while we were out to eat and so I lost all my pictures from the trip thus far. But I got a new camera now so I there will be more fun times with pics and hopefully some videos.
We finished up in Peru and I loved it there, I was sad to see it go, but will never forget the things I learned there. I would have to say the biggest thing that I learned there was to just live my life, because most of the time when the best ministry happened when I wasn’t even trying to do ministry. We met a guy in a Taxi who ended up invited us over to his house and coming back to God. There was one night I was talking to a little old lady who had a stand in a park and I invited her to a service in the park that night and she went forward and accepted the Lord there was time after time that I got to see God just move in so many different ways just through my life.
Buenos Aires is like a breath of fresh air, we live in this amazing neighborhood with tree lined streets, It is fall here so the leaves are falling off the trees and the temperature is absolutely breathtaking every day. It is a hard contrast from the sandy streets of Lima.
We spent last week in Cusco Peru where we had some training and team debrief time, as well as some fun times. We got to go four wheeling through the mountains as well as see the breathtaking sights of Macchu Picchu. The surroundings of Macchu Picchu are by far the most spectacular thing I have ever seen in my life. The ruins sit atop a hill that is surrounded on each side by deep lush valleys. The mountains on each side shoot straight up into the sky and clouds. I had to steal these pics, but I wanted you to see what I am talking about.
We arrived in Buenos Aires and we are working with an old friend of mine I did not know very well through college. We had hung out a little bit way while she was in college in Florida, but she is a teacher now in Buenos Aires at a Christian school. I found her on Myspace and saw that she was stationed in Buenos Aires. It worked out that we could come and stay with her and it has been a blast being here. She has been such a great hostess and it has been fun reconnecting with her. We did an assembly at the school on Friday and tommorrow we are going to go and work at getting things straightened since they have just obtained a new building for the school.
The girls have been staying with Mariah at the church which has a very nice setup. And James and I are staying in a house with a family from the church. We have been very blessed by them as we each have our own room and bathroom, mine happens to be all pink and filled with stuffed animals. And we even have a lovely pool out back. The family Frank and Rosa and their son Ricky have been more than gracious towards us.
Today, Sunday we were treated like royalty from a couple in the church. We got to get a real taste of home and American lifestyle. Earl and Marj a couple from Virginia who are stationed in Argentina for his work with Exxon/mobil invited our team as well as all the single people from the church over for a good home cooked meal. So about 15 of us stumbled into their house where we were greated with all the comforts of home. Mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese, green beans, barbequed chicken, corn bread, beef, chicken salad and to top it off sweet tea and apple pie. It felt like thanksgiving and we were all definitly thankful. It was just fun to be with a group of Americans that were not part of our group. The majority of the people there are missionaries at the school where Mariah works.
We are leaving here on Tuesday, we are flying up to London where we will have a 12 hour layover before heading down to South Africa. Not sure what country we are going to next, but will let you all know soon.
