Week 3!!!!

I am now in my third week at the bible institute and life is falling into a steady rhythm....

Sunday is truly a day of rest here. Breakfast is at 8:30 and then iglesia starts at 10:00 (which in Argentine language it is safe to assume 15 minutes after whatever they tell you). The rest of the day is spent catching up with family, walking to town, studying for exams, and enjoying your free time...because you know it is rare! We are also given the opportunity to go around the lake for evangelism. The lake in town is relatively empty during the week but during the weekend it is bursting with life.

Monday

Breakfast starts at 8am

Bible for three hours at 10am

Lunch at 1pm

Choir practice from 2:30-4:30

Ashley, a young woman who is teaching at the Christian School here on campus, is directing a choir for all of the PBB students. Her mom was very influential in the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and Ashley herself led a student choir during her college years and is working with Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir's sister church now. The plan is for our choir to travel around Argentina and possibly elsewhere singing in both Spanish and English as a ministry. Ashley will be with us for a few months. I am very excited the PBB group is very musically gifted.

Monday has a relaxed schedule because a lot of the students from the bible institute leave over the weekend for ministries in Churches near and far. The rest of Monday is used as a catch all for any extra classes.

Tuesday-Thursday

Roommates alarm goes off at 5am and continues to ring until 6am, when I get up :0)

Breakfast (which is required) is at 6:50. Every morning your choices are cornflakes, bread with dulce de leche or jam and a banana with coffee or tea.

The entire student body then goes to the small chapel at 7:45 for a prerecorded audio service on the morning's devotion by Joe Jordan. The service is translated for us PBB students through our headsets.

After devotions I run to the PBB room for 3 hours of bible class. I'm enjoying the opportunity to really dive into God's word. Please pray for my exam in bible on Monday!

From Bible I hurry off to chapel where we sing a few songs and listen to a sermon from a guest speaker or one of the professors here at the school.

When chapel ends I have a 30 minute break or 15 depending on if the speaker went over.

Spanish is 2 hours and a very challenging class for me because my teacher doesn't speak any English. It is slowly getting easier to understand her and I have learned a lot from my friends and work.

Every student is required to do lavado (dish pit) 3 meals a week. The girls I work with love to teach me new spanish words and have huge servants hearts.

Spanish class ends at 1pm and then I head off to the comedor for lunch.

Study hours is from 2:30-4:00 in the PBB classroom.

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Deporte, mine being handball, from 4:15-6:00. On

Wednesday and Friday I have work for 2 hours from 4:15-6:00. I am currently in Cleaning but I think they are transferring me to gardening. Word of life does not hire anyone to help upkeep the school. Everything is done by the student body to help keep costs down.

Dinner is at 7:00

We have study hours again at 8:30-9:45, except for Wednesday because we have UME . I have been assigned to the UME group Nicaragua. I look forward to learning more about the country and knowing specifically how I can pray. Please add Nicaragua to your prayers!

In dorms is at 10pm and then my roommates and I have one of the planned activities I told you about in my last post. Lights out is at 10:30 but always ends up being later.

Friday's schedule is the same as Tuesday-Thursday except that we do not have study hours at night. I have replaced those hours with Argentine Uno, Worship time with students around a table with a cup of mate and a guitar and growing in God's word. :)

Saturday... we don't really have a set schedule but we always have at least two hours of work and something else...not sure lol

This is the crazy life I am living here, but with its craziness comes a ton of blessings! Thanks for your prayers!

Prayer requests:

learning the language

evangelism in Buenos Aires on Tuesday

A virus is going around and I am starting to feel a little under the weather :(

my new home

Wow! I can’t believe after a year of praying and preparing I have been in Argentina for a week! It was hard to say goodbye to everyone but I know that this is where God wants me to be.

The plane ride was great! I couldn’t sleep but a girl named Courtney who is also in the PBB program sat next to me and we stayed up chatting half the night. I also managed to get all my luggage through the airport…building some serious muscles!

I was told in an email to meet the Word of life representatives

under the orange meeting point sign at the EZE airport. I figu

red out later that saying meet under the orange sign is like saying, "turn at the blinking light" which one! After all of the group had gathered in the airport I climbed aboard the school's newly donated double decker bus and headed to my new home.

I live in room 423...pictures coming soon. :)

I am on the top bunk which is really high off the ground so I made a pact with the other girls in PBB that if anyone hears a big thud in the middle of the night we must come to each others aid. In addition to making our beds and keeping our cubby clean every morning, my roommates and I take turns each day sweeping, wiping windows, etc.

I love my roommates they have made me feel at home. I am probably going to butcher there names but it is worth a try!!! Johanna is 18 and is from Argentina but moved to Portugal with her parents a while back, Arielle is 17 and is from Mexico. Both Arielle and Johanna are in their first year at the bible institute. Rebecca is my room supervisor, she is in her third year and is from Costa Rica. The girls surprised me one day by labeling everything in Spanish and English. They are so thoughtful!

Our first day in Monte we went to a restaurant called Maria (something hahahaha) name will be coming to you soon ;) I ate all sorts of Argentine delicacy meats, which basically means don’t ask. For those of you who know me very well that is a pretty BIG deal. Needless to say the school cafeteria’s main dish is always centered around beef…found in the field directly across the road from the school

Each night of the week we have something special planned. Tuesday nights we have a missionary come to our room and share her testimony. My roommates and I each have a job hosting the missionary... bring cookies, hot water, tea, tidy the room or washing the dishes. It is a great time of fellowship. On Wednesday we have UME (Student Missionary Union..I think?) For UME you pick a country you want to learn more about and then with other students you pray for that specific country. Because I came in the middle of the bible institute year I picked three and I will be placed in one of those countries next week. On Thursday the girls in my room and I rotate sharing our testimony and I will figure out today what Friday holds!

This week has been full of orientation classes. I love my evangelism class with David Santander. On September 21st we are going to Buenos Aires for the sole purpose of evangelism. Please pray that the Lord would direct our words and prepare the hearts of those who we will come into contact with.

Today was the first day of Spanish class. Please pray!!! Our teacher doesn't speak any English in class and doesn't really know any English either. I know that God will be faithful to help me through the classes Philippians 4:4

I believe that it is very safe to say that Argentine Uno is way more fun then American Uno! It has been great getting to know

the people here at the school. I can't wait for the day when I can carry a full conversation that does not consist of broken Spanglish.

I went to my new town, San Miguel de Monte with several PBB students on Saturday. It is a gorgeous 15 minute walk, when it is not raining! God's creation astounds me!

Chapel has been really neat. We sing with all of the students in Spanish and then the sermon is translated for us through headphones. It is really cool how everyone is connected through Christ and even though we may not understand each other we share a common purpose.

Thanks for your prayers and support! The internet connection is bad here so I will try to post as often as I can.