Last Thursday was my first Argentine cooking class. We had a great time as we prepared empañadas and made new friends. My empañadas looked so bad that I said, “I must have taken the short bus to cooking class” that night. David, the other American in the group enjoyed the joke and taught me an [...]
Today was my first trip to church in Buenos Aires. Man, do these people know how to have church–for 3 1/2 hours! I really, really had a nice time today. Paul was right…going to a Spanish church is one of the best ways to improve your language skills. It´s cool to figure out words in [...]
If I had any doubts about my choice to abandon everything and come to South America, they have been obliterated. What a great day!
I arrived at ECELA this morning at 8 am in order to take a brief oral and written placement test. My score on the first test was good enough that they gave [...]
My truck, which only has 87,500 miles, was going to rest nicely in front of our house until someone bought it or I returned home. On the day before I leave for Argentina, the transmission on my ‘99 Tahoe “pops” and the reverse gear no longer works. There is also an eerie whining noise. [...]
I don’t know how many non-denominational type churches exist in Buenos Aires. Given the recent revival of the late ’90s and early 2000s, there should be quite a few available. It started me thinking about what it will be like to worship with and make friends with Christians of another culture and language.
While at ORU, [...]
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