So I am a little late in posting this entry and I am going to be all over the place, but I am excited to finally get it up. This last weekend I went with Vida Estudiantil to a little pueblo outside the city of Cordoba for another retreat. This retreat however was with students from all over the country who are involved in the movement. Pretty sweet. We left Thursday night on an overnight bus (double-decker and much better than an airplane) at 11:20 pm and arrived the next morning at 11ish. A pretty different way to travel for us US folks. It was a really good experience though. I enjoyed it mucho.
There was around 90 of us and we stayed in the Casa Grande Hotel. It was super fun! I loved getting to meet students from all over the country and see God's movement not only in BA but all over the country. Although my spanish is definitely improving, let me just say that there are so many different accents and some are so difficult to understand. Do not even try to understand jokes in spanish. When everyone else laughs, just laugh.
It is such a blessing to be able to participate in ministry here while I study. I have been able to make so many Argentine friends that if I was only doing my program, I would not be able to meet. Also, it is so encouraging to see the Lord being praised all over. For me, it is so easy to only think of the Lord in the US because that is the only place I have seen him. I know he is everywhere but it takes on a whole new meaning once you get to experience seeing him somewhere else. It is such a blessing to have spiritual community in a foreign land. It is challenging enough to be living in another country, but if I didn't have this community to lift me up and be the reminder that God is here in this huge city and country, where finding people who care about Christ is difficult, things would be so lonely. And for this, I am so thankful to be a part of this community.
All this to say the retreat in Cordoba was wonderful.
In other news, God is really working in my heart. I recently just finished a book by Henry Cloud that God has really been using to speak to me. Let me say this, I am really excited to see the Lord changes and grows me over these next 9 months. He has showed some of the things we are going to be working on and I am excited. However, here comes the hard part. Once you see and understand what needs to be done, it is time to get to work. So here we go. The hard part. But, exciting none the less!
My prayer - "For God wants you to silence the ignorant talk of foolish people by the good things you do." 1 Peter 2:15
My question - What does that look like for our lives?
