Buenos Aires!

We arrived in Buenos Aires yesterday morning. There was a slight mixup when we got off the plane, because we were in the domestic terminal, instead of the international terminal. Apparently there were lots of news cameras in the international terminal for the arrival of the men´s basketball team of Argentina who won the bronze medal. After Kate (the site coordinator in Argentina) figured out what was going on, she picked us up and we went to check in at ISADET, an ecumenical seminary in Buenos Aires where we will be staying this week. Kate took us out for cafe con leche and gave us a schedule for the week. We then had time to go back to the seminary and rest and we all took nice, long naps. Kate and her husband, David prepared a wonderful dinner for us at their home and we met their two lovely children, Emily (8) and Matthew (5). Also dining with us was David´s guitar teacher and friend, Lucas (who only speaks Spanish), Justin, a student at Yale Divinity School who was a YAGM in 2006-2007 and Justin´s girlfriend, Rachel (who does not speak Spanish). I realized how much work I have to do on my Spanish skills at this dinner, but somehow was designated as the translator for Lucas when Rachel was speaking in English. I felt bad for Lucas, because he had to deal with my rusty Spanish skills!
Wednesday morning, we woke up and went to Kate and David´s house again for breakfast and to share our faith stories. This was a good bonding experience for the six of us (four YAGMs and Kate and David). After that, we had the privilege of meeting with Alan Eldrid, the President of ELCA´s compnaion church, Iglesia Evahelica Luterana Unida (IELU). The President in Argentina is equivalent to the Bishop in the United States. Señor Eldrid talked to us about the history of the IELU and the similarities and differences from the ELCA.
Afterwards, we caught a bus back to ISADET, and will be going to dinner shortly... Mmmm!