Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Today at English Talk we decided to be festive and have a Christmas theme! One of our starting games to get everyone in the Christmas spirit involved dividing into two teams and having a times race to wrap one team member into the prettiest, most creative Christmas gift. Nico, one of our English Talk regulars, won it for his team with the display above. Hard to compete with the English Talk sign.

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Tonight the Gospel Kids choir came to perform at Luz Urbana. This group of 5 to 14 year olds sang with huge voices and incredible passion, and awed the crowd.

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Today at the Alpha Course we talked about Mary, Jesus's mom. Her trusting response to the angel about Jesus still amazes us. And even crazier is that she was probably just 14 or 15 years old! We decided to show y'all a couple pics of us at that age just to emphasize how young it really is! We're not sure we could have handled the news of being mother of the Messiah, but we're glad Mary did it well.

Saturday, December 4th, 2010

Today we had the privilege of celebrating our dear friend, Noe's, birthday! Noe was one of our first friends here and is such an amazing, sweet girl. So it's no surprise that she has a ton of people who love her a lot. Here's Noe on the left with a couple of friends who love her "un monton".

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

After a productive Friday and our weekly Luz Urbana planning meeting, we headed across the river to celebrate the graduation of one of our friends Ezequiel, who just received his degree to teach Physical Education. We enjoyed some food, friends, and of course, time with Jose, who makes up the other piece of our "Circle of Trust".

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

After our first of three mornings battling the immigration office process to renew our visas, we enjoyed the afternoon with friends in El Parque Sarmiento. However, unlike most of our relaxing afternoons in the park, today we had the chance to go to the Amusement Park within the park thanks to tickets from our friend, Nelson. In this particular picture, we are truly embracing this "flying" ride by singing songs about flying. Since we sang more than one (there are, in fact, a whole host of "flying" songs), it will remain a mystery as to which song we were singing at this moment. But our bet would be "I Believe I Can Fly."

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Today marked the first night that Steph slept alone in her room since leaving the US of A. Her two roommates, Sarah and Sharayah, and the rest of our housemates left for Buenos Aires today in order to visit and help the OM Buenos Aires team, as well as renew their visas by passing into Uruguay. Due to logistical issues and some miscommunication, Steph and Joy stayed in Córdoba to renew their visas in the city. While we were sad to miss out on an exciting excursion, we were relieved to have some extra space and quiet in the house. And I'm sure Sarah and Sharayah enjoyed some nights free from sleep-talking from Steph, as well. (For those who didn't know, Steph is a big sleep-talker. She's even expanded her skill to include talking in Spanish!)