Caballito

I just wanted to share some pictures and some stories with you to talk to you about our work.

Buenos Aires is a city of 16 million people. There are approximately 40 million in the country of Argentina. The people are mostly European in origin, a mix of Spanish, Italian, English, Welsh, Russian, German, and Eastern European. Many of their families moved to Argentina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Regardless of where you and your family are originally from, you are considered Argentine first. There are indigenous peoples as well, but most of these individuals are immigrants from Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and other South American countries. Only 2% of Argentines are indigenous peoples from Argentina.


Currently, there are 16 Churches of Christ (Iglesias de Cristo) in Argentina. The largest has approximately 55 members. That church is la Iglesia de Cristo de Caballito, the church we will be working with. It is located in the heart of the Caballito barrio, which is a middle-class neighborhood in the center of Buenos Aires. It is located right off of the tram line, and it is not far from the Subte (subway), Primera Junta stop on Linea A.



The people of Buenos Aires are friendly and kind, outgoing and personable. They love to talk, and they love to share their opinions (and they have quite a few!)

We are blessed to have the opportunity to work with these people for a year. Pray that God will continue to work in their hearts and lives, drawing individuals closer to him both before we get there and after we arrive. May everything we do be done to the glory of God.

Update 2/9/11

Hey everyone, just wanted to keep you appraised of what all was going on.

We are still continuing our fundraising, and have about $11-12,000 so far. (LST shows only about $5,500, but there is more that has been pledged.) We also have a sponsoring church, although you will have to wait a few weeks before we can reveal who it is going to be. (Stay tuned!)

We recently sent out another 80 pledge letters, and we are beginning to work on our thank you notes. Watch your mail for one! We are grateful for everyone who is sacrificing for our work. Thank you for all that you are doing for us and the ways you are blessing our lives. We are grateful that you want to be a part of this work, and know that you are making a huge difference for the Kingdom.

We also are going to an LST training event in the next few weeks. We'll post pictures about our time there so you can see part of our training. We have been reading Anthropological Insights for Missionaries for our training as well, and we'll post some thoughts on it in the near future.

I hope you all are doing well! God bless you, and we hope to hear from you soon!