Mission: Urban

Contributing blog posts from members of short-term teams visiting team La Plata.

It’s been just over two weeks since we returned from La Plata, and I am still processing what we did and what happened there.  Some days it seems like it must have been a dream, and we weren’t actually there.  Other days I am SURE we were there, but it is like thinking about something [...]

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To help us get a “flavor” of traveling in LaPlata the team set up a scavenger hunt by dividing us Yanqui’s (that’s what we were to the Argentine people) into three groups with a set of specific instructions. As we accomplished each step we accumulated various points. We could request help from anyone except the [...]

Well the trip came to an end, finishing in a flurry of one last prayer walk, great lunch (pizza done just the way I like it – thin crust, a little sauce, and lots of Queso!), fellowship with the Team, visits from the Baileys, and a wild ride to the airport.   (Oh, and watch out [...]

****DISCLAIMER:  some of my spanish words may not be spelled correctly in my posts, please forgive me!  And we had some connectivity issues so some of these posts are a little off-date.****

Back to work on Tuesday – it was nice to do another prayer walk with Rich through the Villa de Miseria (the village of [...]

After an overload day on Sunday, we spent Monday being pure tourists!   It was fun, informative and very unique.   We loaded the bus and headed for Buenos Aires – lots of interesting sights along the way, and Brian and Nate probably got tired of all of the ‘tourist’ questions, but they tolerated us nonetheless.
The national [...]

(I’m a couple of days behind…so I’ll do my best to catch up here)
Okay – can you believe that while we were here, we were given a homework assignment!   We were told to READ Psalm 105 and 106, then write a Psalm about our life….  So we did this individually, then collectively read our Psalms, [...]

Well, this was our last full day here in Argentina.  By this time tomorrow we will be in the air and on our way home.  It really hit home that we were leaving tomorrow as we were doing our online check-in to prepare for departure. I for one have mixed emotions as we prepare to [...]

To day we did our first Prayer Walk. We divided up into groups of 2 or 3 and were lead by one of the La Plata Team. In the morning my group walked around the Gorniks neighborhood. Here we prayed for a number of  the families or individuals they have met. We prayed as we passed either [...]

This morning started with worship and then a prayer walk with Deb Dunlevy.  She walked with us through her neighborhood stopping along the way to share specific prayer requests. After we prayed she explained how she and Nate consciously put themselves in positions to make contact with people in the community. Once contact is made [...]

Javier

View of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires

And where do we go?

Presidential Palace

Here are a few photos of some of the highlights of our tour of BA.