Hair-cutting and styling lessons in Baradero this week. You can see that the church is decorated for spring!
Nobody brought a guinea pig, so I'm letting Mayra try her very first haircut on me.In less than 24 hours I'm heading to Nicaragua for a four-week internship put on by my mission agency. We will also get to spend two to three days per week applying what we learn in small villages which have more advanced programs than we have here in Argentina. If I remember correctly, the participants are coming from the following countries: five of us from Argentina plus Haiti, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador. I think I'm the only American participant, although the name of the woman coming from El Salvador seems "northern," and the trainer for the Children's CHE portion will an American pediatrician coming from Mexico. I think that's really wonderful since it shows that our programs really are "home-grown" and by definition more sustainable.
After the training I will spend a week with John Knox Presbyterian Church's short-term team in northern Nicaragua. I think I will mostly be interpreting for them for such fun activities as Vacation Bible School and prison ministry. I'm really looking forward to getting to know the church members more in depth, and am also excited because my mother's coming on her first mission trip!
I return from Nicaragua and leave the very next day for Neuquen, a province in western Argentina. I've been invited to give a day of workshops at an evangelism conference for local pastors. The conference is put on by pastors from that province and is sponsored by the Billy Graham Association, which leads to big numbers -- over 400 people are expected. While there are, I think, four of us leading workshops at a time, this potentially places 100 people in my workshop which will be a challenge for our participatory style!
Alejandrina's husband and son came to watch the group -- he's checking out a perfume catalog from one of the participants' new home business. :-)
