Hola from Argentina!

We arrived a little bleary-eyed in 90 degree Buenos Aires on Christmas morning.  We found all of our bags, were shooed through customs and immediately found our translator.  If that's not a Christmas present, I'm not sure what is.  At the YWAM base where we are staying, we were given the day to adjust to the culture and get a quick run-down of what to expect during our stay.  We had the evening to catch our breath before a whirlwind of our first two days of ministry.

Here is what our contact said before we left:

"Hey, we're going to a church, they want you to join them for some street evangelism."  

Here is what he said when we got to the church:

"Street evangelism is at 12 pm, then they want you to do a workshop and teach them how to do some dramas, then you will go to a park and do open air evangelism, then they want to give you their evening church service to do dramas and testimonies and give the teaching.  Then they'll feed you."

Welcome to outreach.

The next day was almost exactly the same, but add in a trip to a pool as a blessing for us.  We still did all those other things, too, but you should have seen the team's eyes light up when we said, "pool."  In our first two days in Buenos Aires, we did a total of 26 hours of ministry.  Yep.  The church we worked with was amazing.  The pastor's wife said it has been a dream of hers that YWAM eam would come to her church and that we were fulfilling that dream.  Hello!

The next few days are more low key.  We went to a strategic city today and in the open market performed some of our drams and had some time to chat with locals ad other tourists.  We will be doing some worship and intercession at government buildings (or in them, hopefully!)  The rest of the week will hold working with street kids and prostitutes and street ministry with a team from YWAM Nashville.

Can I just say that this team is phenomenal?  They have been incredibly flexible.  Rolling with every punch, and taking every unprecedented turn with amazing amounts of grace.  We are so blessed by them.  Oh, and our contacts are absolutely amazing.  PRAISE GOD!

Okeedokee, here are some prayer requests:  Bug bites.  We are getting bit badly by some phantom bug that none of us have seen, only the itchy evidence it leaves behind.  Health (had some minor, but random injuries).  Continued good attitudes and communication.  For all of our future travel!  (There is much.)

Miss y'all, but we are having a ridiculously awesome time.  Peace out.

Chey and Abbi for the Argentina Team.