Dinner, Conversation, and Alfajores.

Tonight, Dave, Ruth Ann (Anita), and I got to have dinner at the home of Alice Peacock. We drove through Bosces on the way, the former home of Nate & Deb Dunlevy. Then, we made our way to dinner at Alice's. I was excited to meet two Argentine students who are also trying to learn English. Both of them are from the Berazategui church. Here we are after dinner...


Notice the pattern on the tapestry behind us - two peacocks! I wonder if that means anything specific.

Anyhow, we had some great conversation about American and Argentine culture, some of the challenges to being a Christian in each context, and some of our experiences with different churches.





The two students were Pablo (18 years old, the guy on the left), and Esther (23 years old - she teaches English to junior highers). I really enjoyed getting to know them better, and both of them speak English very well. We talked a little bit about Gauchito Gil and San Expedito, two mythological characters that have become something like idols or icons to the religoius people of Buenos Aires. More on Gauchito Gil to come, as apparently Ruth Ann has some good articles to share about this.

Pray for Pablo to have wisdom, courage, and compassion as he seeks to be a good Christian example to his friends at college. He is studying business, I believe. And pray for Esther to be an example to her friends too. She went on a missions trip to Kergystan a while ago. I think it was the first short-term trip to another country from these churches here in Buenos Aires.

Pablo, it was great to meet you - and thanks for helping me get the best kind of Alfajores tonight. Esther, it was great to meet you, and exciting to see pictures of your trip! (I gave them this website address, and maybe they'll be the first Argentines to post a comment and make this blog really interesting.)