Dropping Dollars

Oh my!! I believe that I just made my biggest debit card purchase of all time yesterday!! Bot and I booked our flights to PATAGONIA! We're leaving in a week and two days and staying for 4 nights! Drum roll please...my flight cost me...$536 (American dollars)!!!!! It's only a three hour flight! Sheesh! When did things become so expensive!? As my good friend, Holly Getz would say, I "DROPPED SOME DOLLARS!"


But, as expensive as this flight was, I'm hoping that it will be an incredible trip! Patagonia is gorgeous, from what I hear! The region of Patagonia actually is in both Argentina and Chile, but we'll only be visiting the Argentine side. We'll most likely be staying in Calafate, a small touristy town in Patagonia and I'm hoping that we'll be able to do a little hicking/cramponing on the Perito Moreno Glacier! ¡Vamos a ver! (We'll see)


Besides that new exciting news, this morning was a bit stressful for me! But I must admit, that God had His hand in it all! I randomly decided to get up a little earlier this morning and head to a Starbuck's a few blocks away from my house to do some studying. Well, when I got outside my apartment, it was raining, which is never good if you're walking around the city! About halfway to Starbuck's, I decided that I needed my rain jacket, so I turned around and went back to my apartment, After retrieving my rain jacket, I decided to just head to school instead of Starbuck's. Well, I started my walk to my subway station, only to find out that the gates were closed and I couldn't get down to the subways! Luckily, I remembered that there was a bus I could take that would bring me somewhere close to my school. Unluckily, I didn't remember where I was supposed to get off the bus! But regardless, I hopped on the VERY crowded bus and began my journey. About 15 minutes later, after only having advanced about 15 blocks, we passed another subway stop that was on that same line as mine. I realized that this subway stop was OPEN! So, after the bus had passed this stop by a few blocks, I was finally got let off and backtracked a few blocks to the subway station. All the while, it was raining! Well, I finally get onto the subway car, and it began moving as slow as molasses! It took me about double the time to get to school, but I finally made it!


And now, here I am, blogging instead of doing my work! :)


Well, I'm definitely being tested and tried everyday here in Bs.As., but I'm still learning to continually trust Him everyday! And I'm so thankful for the little reminders God sends me. On Sunday morning I was blessed enough to be able to Skype with my cousin, Lauren for a good hour an a half! Also, Bot, Sam and I went to a new church this past Sunday, a church that Bot's host parents are involved in. Most of the congregation was on the older side, but 2 younger girls (in their late 20s) invited us to their apartment on Friday for pizza to hang out with some other youth from the church. So that should be exciting and definitely force us to speak Spanish and meet some Argentines!


Continued prayers are always appreciated, especially as I'm starting to be in contact with my advisors back at Gordon to plan my classes for the fall, which is looking to be about 20 credits! Yikes!


Besos, 
-C