My new home

Hola todos!

It has been an interesting couple of weeks, getting adjusted to the new surroundings, but I have now found my bearings, made friends (even with the dogs, can you belive it? -- For the first time in literally years I am experiencing fond feelings for dogs!!), and found out more of the specifics of my role here. I´m glad to report that despite all the warnings from the Buenos Aires folk about how cold it would be here, it has been shorts and t-shirt weather pretty much every day - though I don´t know how much longer it will last.

So, my role involves helping with all the mercy ministries (outreach to the community that live in the desert, work with Aids patients, and a feeding programme for the homeless), as well as being on a ´mini-DTS´ team, where we will take teachings and dramas that we learnt during the DTS to other churches, schools etc in Mendoza and to other provinces. This will probably happen about once a month. They also run sports camps for the community here every so often, and hopefully I´ll be helping on those too. Next week (Weds up till Easter) I´ll be participating in some kind of extreme camp in the mountains, which should be challenging but great fun.

Other very exciting news is that this weekend I´m moving out of our underground rather cramped basement into a tiny wee trailer, which I´ll be sharing with just one other girl. It will be fun to have a mini-caravan as my home for the next little while!

I´ve had the chance to explore a bit of the city at the weekends, and it is absolutely gorgeous. The streets are all lined with trees and there are four lovely plazas. On a Saturday one of the plazas is filled with different live acts and performers, and has a great atmosphere. To my joy there are coffee shops on nearly every corner!

So, I will wish you a HAPPY EASTER now in case I don´t get to the internet beforehand. Eat lots of Cadbury´s chocolate on my behalf! Photos may follow, with any luck....