Only One Week Left!

Happy First Day of Winter everyone!!!

My how time flies! In one week I will be getting on a plane going back to the US... crazy!

This week has been interesting. I am still battling illness. On Wednesday I went back to the doctor and found out I had pneomitis (i think thats how its spelled) which is basically an inflamation of the lungs. I am still dealing with lung pain, which sucks. The doctor also thinks (as well as I do) that last week I didnt have pharyngitis like the doctor said but the flu. Who knows whether it was swine or not, but I definitely had something that resembled it. Scary. I´m thankful to only have an inflamed lung now from it though and a cough, which, could last for weeks! But my mom already scheduled me a doctors appointment for the Tuesday I get back to make sure everything is taken care of.

Despite sickness I did manage to go to campus two days this week, which was very fruitful. While no one accepted Christ, I was able to share with a few girls who had once been Christian but have since turned away. One of them said that she was thankful we shared with her and didn´t try to shove our religion down her throat, which some people had and had turned her off to God.

Another girl we had shared with blamed God for the death of her cousin, which is interesting because I was able to share my testimony with her and relate it. While she didnt want to accept Christ and was still in the process of figuring things out, she did say that maybe one day she would that she wasn´t closed off to the idea, which is really great to hear.

This week was tough because one of our groups pretty much spoke to Satan. Some girl told them off (in Spanish of course) telling us Yankees to go back to our colony we weren´t some project and to stop telling people about God. That shook the girls up but at the same time its a reminder of just how lost these people are. It is also a good reminder of how Satan is trying to tear us down because we are doing good.

On an amazing front, they continue to do follow ups with Rocía and she is amazingly receptive and really gets what it is like to know God! She even came to Vida on Friday which was really encouraging. She is such a joy and blessing to have around!

Another guy we had accept Christ, Rod, is really awesome to talk to... He really seems to understand what it is like to be a Christian as well which is really encouraging.

This week for Vida Estudiantil was really fun as well. We did a Navidad en Junio party for the Argentines! During English Club we had them make Christmas ornaments to hang on our Christmas tree. We also made a like fireplace and hung stockings. I also helped baked Chocolate Chip and Sugar Cookies and Apple Crisp which was really cool! I think all the Argentines really enjoyed celebrating Christmas American Style.


This week is our last week here in La Plata. Tomorrow we are having an Asado, which is a big feast here in Argentina where they basically cook/barbeque an entire Cow!!!! Then on Tuesday they are having a Despido which is a going away party here in Argentina. I made a really cool slideshow of the trip with music to show. I hope its good!

Thursday morning at like 630am we leave for Buenos Aires to catch a flight to Igauzú for debriefing. Those are waterfalls which are bigger than Niagra Falls. That should be really exciting!

Then, Sunday night we get on a plane to return to the US.

That means, this will probably be my last Argentina post. I will make sure to do a post arrival update when I get back to the US.

For now, take care! Please be praying for our team´s travel over the next week as we fly to Igauzú and home!!