Part of the reason I wanted to go on this trip was to see God working in Argentina. Not because I doubted that he is, but because I just wanted to see it for myself like I did in Tanzania. Last night I realized I had been getting so wrapped up in being here and trying to figure things out that I havent been looking to see God working here. So I asked Him last night to show me his love here. I wasnt really sure how I would see it, but I definitely did this morning. One of my friends and I got on the bus as usual, but two guys from the UC Davis program got on as well at another stop and we hadnt seen them before. We started talking to them and probably 5-10 minutes later the bus broke down and we had 20 minutes until school started. Fortunately, one of the guys was fluent in Spanish and helped us ask a woman how to get a taxi. As we were getting off the bus and onto the taxi it dawned on me that this was God showing his love for me in a simple, but awesome way. And it wasnt in a ¨santa claus¨ way like Donald Miller talks about in Searching for God Knows What. He anticipated my needs and provided a way for them to be met. God is so incredibly good and I love how he makes a whitness to himself in the most simple ways. It shows how humble he is that he doesnt always express his love in some big extravagant way. Man I love my God.
And today, so far, has been a great improvement from yesterday. After the placement exams I was feeling kind of disappointed because I didnt do very well on the oral part. Ive never had an oral exam before and couldnt remember how to say anything. Then, I was really looking forward to our tour of the park and downtown Mendoza, but when we got on the bus, we found out that the whole tour would be in Spanish. I mean, yes, I did come here to learn Spanish and immerse myself in it, but at the same time, I really did want to learn about the city and not just guess from context clues. Our tour guide was really nice though and we did speak with her in English some. Plus it was good to get to hang out with other Baylor kids.
Okay, I'm going to try and make plans with other Baylor people.
¡Ciao!
