smiles are contagious

So this morning I was thinking about this verse: ‎"He said to them, "Go intoall the world and preach the Gospel to all creation." Mark 16:15. Then I began to think about Argentina and how cool it is that our
God is in every single country and on every single continent in this world! I decided that today, whether or not I talked to someone, I wanted to show them the love of Jesus, even if it is a smile. Here in Argentina, the culture is very different, as you might expect. The people are friendly, but can be a little rigid and abrupt. When I smiled at some people today, they kind of gave me a look like...whatss up with the forgien girl? I was like "Dontcha know smiles are con

tagious?"

Since today is saturday, I do not work at the hospital. Today for lunch, Alicia was cooking and I looked into the pot on the stove and saw this! (check the photo) I put on bravest face and asked her...um que estas cocinando mama? She said that it was chicken of course and she asked me which part I wanted. I said, "Well what are the parts here that I can choose from?" She said some spanish words that I didn't know but I deffs knew what she was saying "el corazon o el estomago" The only thoughts that were running through my mind were "oh my freaking goodness, come again?" I love trying new things but somethings when it comes to food I'm a little chicken. #cheesypun

One of Alicia's daughters, Caroline, took me on a tour of Cordoba. She knows a lot of hi

story and was able to show me lots of the churches and there was this building dedicated to the invisible children. I know this might be a stretch, but if anyone has ever seen The Official Story, a movie, then you know what I am talking about. All of this occurred during Argentina's Dirty War in the 1970's. This is when there was a lot of unrest in the country and political problems. Many of the children were disappearing and were called "desparecidos." Many people were tortured and taken right off of the streets of the city and never seen again. The picture was taken in front of the building that honors the "desparecidos" and it has their names written all over the walls. Such an sad part of the country's history.

So tonight is one of the biggest holidays in Argentina: NEW YEARS!!! I am so excited that I get to spend this time here. I am going with Alicia's kids to their dad's house to celebrate. Tomorrow we are going to the country and mountains and I can't wait!