New Friends & Field Trips

We found some new friends! It's a bit of a long story, but suffice it to say that each day I am reminded that God will provide. Sometimes it's just enough to get us through that particular day. Last Wednesday, His provision came when I was feeling very lonely. I met a family from Australia who has been in Argentina for the past 3 years ministering to many of the University students here.

(Did you know there are close to 150,000 of these students in the city?)

In about a week, they are returning to Australia for a time, but we are thankful to begin a friendship with them. They have 4 kids who are 12, 10, 8, & 6. We're missing their oldest son and Andrew in the picture above which was taken at Jacob's 6th birthday party on Friday.

David, Andrew & Johnny had a great time playing with some new friends who could speak English. It was a natural connection. I loved being able to communicate well with other little ones... sometimes I speak my worst Spanish with the kiddos here. I'm not sure why.

Feliz Cumpleaños Jacob!

On another note...

So, I've done a lot of really hard things these past 3 months.

One of the hardest was letting Andrew go on an e i g h t hour field trip. He was so excited to go and there was not a legitimate reason for me to say no.

Friday morning, they loaded up the buses and went across town to Parque San Martin and had a day of games, fútbol, and hang outs. Not one other person spoke English.

And this is Andrew getting off the bus...

He was totally bummed about the green apron thing, but thrilled to be able to wear his own clothes (he had the faux-hawk going on this morning).

He painted his lips with a red lollipop and only ate one alfajor (cookie sandwich).

When we went around the table talking about our highs and lows of the day,

he did say the best part of his day was coming home.

Makes a mom happy.