Argentina Summer Project: Day 7

Tomorrow will mark one week since I left for my trip! I can't believe one week has already gone by. It has been a busy week getting adjusted and familiar with Buenos Aires. I was not on any kind of schedule last week. A phrase that was used multiple times each day was "Go with the flow". We really had to be flexible because pretty much everyday, something was bound to change in our schedule.

Last Wednesday, we split off into our campus teams and headed to our different campuses. There are abot five campuses we work with...Architecture, Medicine, Economics, Law, and Agronomia (general education classes). I am working at Agronomia! It is about a forty minute bus ride there. Many of the students wanting to pursue a degree in Economics take there general education courses here. The first day on the campus was mainly to get our bearings on where everything was and what we were doing. On Thursday, we headed back to campus and spent more time talking with students.

We got into a conversation with two girls. They could only speak Spanish so one of the interns that lives in Buenos Aires translated for us. One of the tools we use to help get to know the students as well as a way to lead to the Gospel is called Soularium. Basically it is a bunch of pictures, and when we ask questions, the studnts can pick pictures that relate to their response. One of the questions I asked the girl was "Who is Jesus Chris"? She picked a picture with a path going into a forest and said to us, "Jesus Cristo es el solemento cambio" which translates to Jesus Christ is the only way. Wow!!! It is encouraging to have conversations like this.

On Friday, we did a Prayer Walk around all of the campuses. This was a great way tosee where all the other people on my team do ministry and to just encourage their work through prayer. That night was our first free night!!! We got to experience the city on our own. I went to the mallwith a bunch of people and then we walked around the city for a bit.

On Saturday, we did an AMAZING RACE throughout the city. I definitely feel like I understand the city alot more after doing that. Today (Sunday), we went to Mass. The entire service was in Spanish so I really don't know what was going on. However, the music was absolutely gorgeous! As we were walking out, there was a bulletin board with announcements and it turns out there was a 10 AM service in English. Oops!!! After mass, we headed to a "farmers market". Basically it was like the market in Charleston so I felt a little at home. There were a lot of interesting items being sold in the market. Actually, there were some Americans selling hot sauce at one of the stands. It always throws me off when I hear someone talking in English because it does not happen very often.

Tomorrow starts a new week! Iam looking forward to being on a schedule and a routine. I am excited to see what God is going to do this week and how He will use me on the campus.

Until next time,
K