Today has been a wonderful day in Uruguay! We went outside our city this morning with our hosts to meet with the pastor in his home. He has four beautiful and delightful young daughters whom Joni and I purely enjoyed. After we got home, a young woman (a spiritually searching member of our girls group, we met her last night) dropped by with Mate because she wanted "los chicas americanas" to try it. It was pretty good - extremely strong, but I still prefer my Ukrainian tea. :) We had planned on doing a prayerwalk around town so we invited her to come with us. She is quite the tour guide and took us into the museum, the theater, and the cathedral and told us all about the history behind it. Overall a very enjoyable and productive afternoon - we were able to share with her some and learned a lot of Spanish in the process.
We had another girls study at home today (In addition to last night's, when 10 teenagers came and watched Monty Python with us afterwards. They had never seen it before and now there are cries of "Ni!" resounding through Uruguay.) 10 more girls came tonight and I got to share my testimony. We are compiling a prayer list for the 20+ teenage girls who are already within our circle of influence. I wish i had time to convey all of their stories but none of them are pleasant. We have a lot of work to do.
Our Spanish is improving but still a challenge. I'm exhausted after the 12 hours of total immersion today! I must admit, my brain is currently lingually confused. It's not really sure what's Spanish, what's English, and what's not today. I even used a Russian word on accident on this afternoon. Joni is improving a lot and our nighttime ritual is on the couch with our Spanish-English dictionary to look up words we heard but did not know. If we've learned this much in 4 days, I can't wait to see how our Spanish is at the end of July!
I like the Maragatos, but still getting used to the "manana" culture. Yesterday, our girls group said they would come by at 2 o clock, but they arrived around 3:45. I like the relaxation but am having to let go of my American philosophy of constant productivity. :)
The food is good - we've had lots of Dulce le Leche which is pretty grand.
The church here is small and is not considered a necessity for the Christian walk, which presents many issues. Spiritually supportive families are few and far between and the youth group here is a majority of first-generation Christians. It's just the presence of a few righteous who can open up the doors for the King of Glory to come in. Please pay close attention to the prayer list on the right hand column, they will be updated frequently because He answers frequently!
That every knee may bow,
-Amy
Psalm 24:8-10
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