Cultural things

I went to Buenos Aires and that was pretty cool, i got some pictures, but nothing too special. I wanted to get some more but the group i was in was in such a hurry that i couldn't do much. I'm thinking about staying back a few weeks at the end of the year and to some tourist things while here…it’s sorta expensive to fly back. About BA: There's this building that's the equivalent to the US's white house and it's painted pink. The story behind it is that there were two major political parties that ran for office, and they alligned themselves with either white or red. Every time the other party was elected, they painted the house their party's color. Then this one man got elected, (i forgot his name), and he said he wanted to be the representative of all of argentina, and he painted it pink. And it's been that way ever since. neat story, eh? BA was huge, and the street we walked down was called florida street, a severe tourist trap, never the less, a pretty neat place. At some point along the way we went into a food court and i got me some protein. (did i mention that we eat hardly any meat at this place?) Yea so anyway i got me some meat in the form of a really large burger. Jeremy ordered for me so i wouldn’t get ripped off for not knowing the language. (a thing you gotta watch out for)

The day before the Buenos Aires trip we went to that ranch that i wrote about. It was pretty neat. We learned about the land of Argentina (which is extreamly flat) and cattle farming and some other things. I learned that on this particular farm that there were 2.5 acres per cow...which allows for not having to add things to the diet, making it very natural. In the united states, they put more cattle on less land, sometimes as many as 100 on one acre and therefore have to add nutrients through supplimental foods. Afterward we had an awesome dinner with some of the finest beef around...sloughtered just days before. The meat here is sort of fatty, but if you learn to just eat it with the fat, you'll enjoy it alot more. I wish there was some way i could bring some argentine beef back stateside, but it prolly won’t happen.

Remember Josue?? my roommate? Well he’s even cooler than i thought. On Thursday night we broke bread and shared testimonies through a translator and i learned that josue is studying so that he can go back and serve in his church back in Bolivia. He also said that he is praying for me that i can learn the language quickly so that he and i can have in depth conversations with me and we can study the bible and pray together. I’m excited about this. A lot of the people in the bilingual program (the ones who speak English) are not very encouraging or edifying. I’m praying that it changes but if not, that’s okay because not associating with them as much will help my spanish a lot more. But all this is to say, i’m excited to learn Spanish so that i can have a cool relationship with josue. Well, i shall update as the week progresses, and be praying about Wednesday for when we have that first day of spring evangelism thing. Thank you all for all your prayers.