I will try to recap as much as possible in this post and the ones to follow about Argentina. I should have posted much sooner about my adventures, so hopefully I can piece together from my memory and my journal.
By Week 4, I really felt like I was finally settled in and felt like Argentina was other home for me (besides Fort Mill and Charleston). I was in a routine and kind of felt like I knew what I was doing over there. Of course, it was still challenging at times, especially when I would present the Gospel to the students on campus. Each encounter would present its own challenges, and I had to rely on the Holy Spirit to lead me through those conversations.
Monday - When I went to campus, I encountered two different girls that went I started to present the Gospel, they completely shut off from the conversation. I knew this would eventually happen at some point, but it was extremely disheartening when people would not listen at all. Later that day on campus, I encountered Atheist, which was my first time having conversations with people that didn't believe there was any god. Monday night was team fun time and we watched "Despicable Me". It is such a kids movie, but adorable none the less!
Friday - When I went to campus, I got to hang out with four girls I met during Week 2: Vale, Caro, Angie, and Noelia. I had been meeting with them once a week with my teammate, Jessie. These four girls are awesome and have such a fun and loving spirit. This day in particular, they invited us to their Accounting class. Of course, I would not pass up an opportunity to go to Argentine class! It was VERY interesting, and I have NO idea was going on. Haha. Friday evening, Vida Estudiantial (its the Campus Crusade for Christ of Argentina) had an event at our hotel. The topic was "Why bad things happen?" This is a topic that is hard for people to grasp...Non-Christians and Christians. It is a tough subject for me to handle at times. The turn out was great to the event, and there were alot of great responses to it.
Saturday - The Evangelism team spent the afternoon preparing for the skit we would be doing for the children in the poorer part of the city. We had visited this area the previous Saturday. I was excited to see the children again and to put on a skit for them! It was so awesome that the children remembered us and would run up to us and give us all hugs. The Gospel was presented to their parents later that night. We didn't find out until later, but many of the parents were interested in joining a Bible study and one man even became a believer. It was hard saying goodbye to the children and to the church people we worked with. It is amazing how fast we formed friendships with them all. After working with these children for two Saturdays, it really gave me a passion even more for working with children but also to work with less fortunate ones.
This week, I experienced alot of challenges, but experienced many blessings as well.
Until next time,
K
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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