Mission: Urban

So we’ve been here for close to a month now. And there are still moments where it all seems completely surreal to actually be here, living in Argentina (like the other night when I for some inexplicable reason felt this sudden urge to watch the water drain “backwards”, like it was a completely new revelation to me that we live in the southern hemisphere or something. EDIT: I just googled this, and apparently it’s not true. I really should have paid more attention in science class.) Anyways, we’re settling in and getting accustomed to our Argentine life, and for the most part, our transition here has been relatively smooth. I’m guessing it’s never an easy thing for anyone to pack up and move to a completely new and foreign culture, but relatively speaking, it hasn’t been too bad for us so far (apart from not having internet access or running water much of the time). Not nearly as hard as it was when we first moved to Costa Rica last year, mainly because God used our experience in Costa Rica to prepare us for this.

Em has definitely adjusted, and is doing well. She’s still not a huge fan of speaking Spanish yet, but she’s coming around. The first few days she didn’t want anything to do with it, probably mostly because she’d forgotten most of what she learned in Costa Rica. Hey, just like us

We’re searching for a more permanent house, which has been a bit of a trying process of waiting on the Lord. But, even that has been good. There just aren’t a lot of options in the neighborhood. Please pray for us in regards to this. Our homes are going to be such a crucial part of our ministry here. There is a section of the neighborhood that is close to the Gorniks’ house that we would ideally love to find a house in. It’s an area that seems strategically perfect. But, so far, we haven’t found even one house in this area that is available for rental. EDIT: When I wrote this post Friday night (and was subsequently unable to post it, due to the aforementioned internet outages), there weren’t any houses available. Saturday a bi-weekly rental guide came out, and there were 7 rentals listed in this area. Amazing, praise God.

We’ve had some very good times together as a team, including not 1, but 2 asados. And man oh man, is Argentine meat amazing. It is every bit as good as people say it is.

asado #1