trust

Today was a vacation day for the people in Argentina because of the New Year. Ok, now who wants to move here? Tomorrow I will go back to work at the hospital in the morning and then I will be working at the Ronald McDonald house in the afternoon. I can't wait to see what that is like!

This morning I went with Carolina to go pick up her grandfather and take him to the super market to buy things that he needed. He likes to throw me off with tossing in some Italian words here and there with his spanish. Aye aye aye, I am already having trouble when they are speaking a mile a minute! There have been 2 things that have been a dead give away that I am CLEARLY not from Argentina. #1: As soon

as I open my mouth, they know. (At the market,

all I said was "muchas gracias" and the person quickly responded, "De donde eres?" That means so...where are you from?) #2 My dark blue eyes and really light skin. Most of the people here have brown eyes and much darker skin. There is nothing I can do about my eyes, but I assure you, I'm working on that tan! After we dropped her grandfather off, we went to on of the panederias (bread shops) that her father owns. Carolina takes care of all of the receipts and puts them into the computer. She also manages all the clients of the panederia. It was cool to see how a family buisness is run and all the different jobs everyone does. I tasted una factura (It's like a sweet crescent with cream in the middle) today and fell in love! I do not know how anyone stays skinny here because there are fantastic sweets and bread at every meal! And you know I be helpin myself to some of it!

This afternoon, Carolina, Cecilia and I went to the mountains where there is a river and you can swim. It was absolutely beautiful and it was fun jumping around from rock to rock. During the summer, everyone goes to the country where there are rivers. Activities at the river: swim, tan, drink mate, eat ice-cream, and relax. It was a great afternoon spent under the strong Argentina sun. Afterwards, we met up with some of Carolina's family and they were cooking the typical Argentina meat, Asado. It is super flavorful and delicious to eat with, of course, BREAD!! One the the women had this puppy that was about a big as my hand and weighed less than a pound! Oh my gosh mom and dad I think we need another dog! Por favor! We ended the day driving through San Paz and Carolina was showed me the center. It is a major tourist spot and the street were full of visitors.

Something that the Lord has really been teaching me here in Argentina is the concept of trust. It might be easy to say that you trust in Him, but when I thought about it, my trust level was

probably at 50%. It is a new country and I don't know the people, but I was not putting all my trust in Him and knowing that everything was in His hands. I was nervous walking around and worried about my communication skills. I have begun to think about this verse: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5. Tomorrow I am trusting in the plans that the Lord has for me and am constantly thanking him for this opportunity of a lifetime!