cuatro and counting.

(sorry, i´m terrible with blogpost names. actually, just blog names in general, as you can see. please pardon.)

hola, todos! i can´t believe it´s already, and yet only, been four days since i arrived in buenos aires. :) sunday afternoon was exploring some of the city, and classes started yesterday. hehe, the spanish classes remind me of the ones back in the u.s...we´re going over el subjuntivo, for any spanish takers out there. oh, grammar.

in the afternoons, we´ve been focusing on human rights and argentina, and there has been a lot of information to take in about the modern history of this beautiful country (1940s ish to present day). it really tears me up inside to think of the torture that humans inflict on each other. and all for what? power, or fame, or money? i feel like it´s been a recurring subject in the past few months, with the loft service on sexual trafficking, gettysburg (yes, a bit more random, i know), and now human rights. more on that later (or such is the hope and intention).

this city is large and so, so beautiful :) i´ve barely seen a glimpse of it, too! the setup actually reminds me of china, kind of...with the abundance of apartments and small stores right next to each other. everything´s so specialized :) hehe.
and i´m thankful every day for my host family. they really are so wonderful. sunday night was finger puppets and crosswords in spanish (which, for the record, are extremely hard) with my host mom :P and after class and wandering the streets, i get to stop by and see my parents at their office supplies shop. :) my little sister adores casi angeles (and now i want to learn their songs! so i can sing along, haha), and my brother makes me laugh quite a bit, probably unintentionally. i don´t know my older sister quite as much, but hope to do so. still adjusting to the late dinners (at 9 or 10!) and lack of vegetables XP
oh yes! and sunday night walking back from our orientation was super scary. my street was really dark and empty...i sped walked the whole way, haha. praise God for bringing me back safely! there is such a difference in the lifestyle of the city between weekdays and weekends, haha.

to my brothers and sisters, please pray for my quiet times. its been a bit hard to wake up early enough, and during the day there is so much to see that i find myself rarely dwelling on Jesus and abiding in Him =/
(and i know this is random, but is it just me, or are the song of thanks in 1 chron 16 and the beginning of psalm 105...extremely similar?)


well! i will stop here. this is getting way too long, even for me to want to read, haha. i hope all is going well with you, my dear reader! :) until next time.