Things in La Obra are picking up with the end of summer vacation. Students who did not pass exams the first time around have a second chance in February to take them. We are currently preparing these students like crazy in la Obra Ecumenica. I have been tutoring lots of Math and English for the past week and a half to students who are still on summer vacation. It is not any easier to teach students in Uruguay in the summer than it would be to pull a child from a swimming pool in the United States and put them at a table to study. I have found myself being able to communicate a lot better now than when I left la Obra in December.
In Nuestro Salvador, we have moved the office to open up a space for student housing. There are currently four students living in the church now. I am excited to see more activity here. I am friends with a few of the people living here and we have eaten together a couple times and spent some free time just hanging out and talking. The congregation of Nuestro Salvador is sending six members to Minnesota in May to visit their sister church, Good Shepherd. They are preparing now a bit of history and information to take to share with the congregation there. I am excited for this opportunity for them. It is great to share faith with new people in a different context and I think that the members going will have a great experience that will strengthen their faith and I am excited for them to come back and share with us what they learned and experienced.
February also begins a month-long celebration of Carnaval. There are parades and murgas and tambores. To see more about Carnaval, follow this link: http://www.carnaval.com/uruguay/
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I am working hard to cover as much material as I can before the warm weather comes. I can't imagine how hard it would be if the beach were close and it is 100 degrees!
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