We would be re-miss to jump into today without letting you know what happened yesterday. As many of you know, we were to leave at 3:05 Friday afternoon. That flight was cancelled for mechanical difficulties which resulted in splitting not only our team, but also the other missions team coming to Argentina into 3 different flights.
Chuck was routed through Chicago with a simple flight plan to get him in by this morning at 9:20 a.m. The other five of us were sent to La Guardia (NY), to take a shuttle to JFK and then arrive this morning at 9:55 a.m. A long story short, the New York crew showed up 2+ hours late to La Guardia causing a delay in their JFK flight, and somehow we still beat Chuck in by about 20 minutes!
We were greeted with an excited smile by Reinaldo, the pastor here in La Plata. Though we were a couple of hours behind our original schedule, we were able to step off to our traditional mall to have a quick lunch. We all got a taste of traditional Argentinean mall food, and then quickly moved on to La Plata, checked into the hotel and went quickly to La Mision Betesda.
Chuck was routed through Chicago with a simple flight plan to get him in by this morning at 9:20 a.m. The other five of us were sent to La Guardia (NY), to take a shuttle to JFK and then arrive this morning at 9:55 a.m. A long story short, the New York crew showed up 2+ hours late to La Guardia causing a delay in their JFK flight, and somehow we still beat Chuck in by about 20 minutes!
We were greeted with an excited smile by Reinaldo, the pastor here in La Plata. Though we were a couple of hours behind our original schedule, we were able to step off to our traditional mall to have a quick lunch. We all got a taste of traditional Argentinean mall food, and then quickly moved on to La Plata, checked into the hotel and went quickly to La Mision Betesda.
A children's program was begun. Marta, Diana and Lorena (a new translator for us this year!) led a great program for the children. The children sang, learned about God's love for them, and created helium-filled balloons that said "Dios te ama" or "Jesus te ama" (God/Jesus loves you). The idea was to teach them that being filled with God's love makes you want to share it with others. We all went outside and released the balloons to share the idea of God's love with others.
After the children left, Rey gathered us together for prayer. He explained that some of these children came from abusive situations, and that at least two of them were regularly beaten. This was amazing based on how much fun the kids seemed to have with the program. We prayed for their safety and God's love/protection for them.
Chaos at La Guardia (waiting for the shuttle with members from the other team)
Richard and Tyler get ready to nap on the plane.
Rey, with Frank and Gray at Hotel La Plata.
The children getting ready to release their witness balloons.
(See blog below for more pictures!!!)
1 comment:
Sounds like you are off to a good start - despite the airline trouble.
Praying that the rest of the trip goes well and God uses it mightily!
Dan
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