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More traveling

It has been a very long time since posting!
I am going to try to find some time again to blog.
In August, I had the opportunity to go to Buenos Aires, Argentina with my church & dear friends Fernando and Guadalupe, who are from Bs. As, but are currently staying in Pittsburgh. I spent 2 weeks with the team and many people from the local church doing outreaches in the parks, school, & orphanage in the city. We spent afternoons doing kids ministry with puppets, skits, games, prizes. In the evening, we had special services at the church, where we invited many people who we passed by on the streets and in the parks. We were blessed by the new friends at the local church, and God was with the work that we were doing there. There was a special connection to begin with ... Ferni and Lupe - but having spent time there, we began to realize that our churches are similar, not only because our sanctuaries look nearly the same! Between the churches there is now a bond that unites us, even though we are a hemisphere apart. We bonded over tea time, ping pong, stomp, and everyone's favorite... huevos revueltos. After returning to Pittsburgh, we receive emails from our church family in Buenos Aires.


Shortly after returning from this trip, I had a meeting with my boss where she asked me if I would be available to travel to Patagonia for a job assignment. For the geography geeks, Patagonia is the southern part of Argentina & Chile... So in amazement I found out that within 6 months, I would have another opportunity to travel again, and back to a place I just had made some new friends! I am pretty amazed at this opportunity and how fast it really came together. God reveals plans for our lives in ways that we can't even imagine. I found out the dates for returning to Argentina for work, and this overlapped with Guadalupe also returning to Bs. As. for her medical school! Also I will get to attend the church where I spent 2 weeks! Following a short time in Bs. As., I will travel to Patagonia for work. We will be traveling between 4 towns with a group of researchers & doctors who study birth defects.

I look forward to traveling becasue it will be warm there!! August in Bs. As. was wintertime, and now with traveling further south, it's great to go in December. And the soon coming winter in Pittsburgh, I will get to escape for a few weeks!

posted by carla @ 2:10 PM