Exploits of week one

Ok my friends! So now I've had a few days to settle in and find out more about what I will be up to this next year- and no doubt the list will grow!

For whom am I working? 'Jesus Warriors': an international network of young people working to make Jesus Christ known in their cities by using mainly the arts- hip-hop and street dance, music and multimedia. You will find out more about them when I have it completely sorted in my head! And... there will be a website in English soon! (When I have translated it!)

Where am I working? At "Iglesia de la Cruz" (Church of the Cross), which is located across the motorway/road from the home in which I am staying.

What am I doing? I am working in an office! This entails at the moment not too much until I become more accustomed to the Argentine way of life and a Spanish world! The best way to describe what I've been doing so far is official facebook managing and counting tshirts! And I am just about to continue with website translation after writing this. Again, when I know more about what I'm doing and why I'm doing it I'll tell you- it's not that I don't understand just i don't understand fully...yet. hehe

Where am I staying? In a home for girls "Convivencias" ('Shared living' literally), it's like a refuge home. There are 8 girls at the moment, from the ages between 12 and 17, and they are amazing. They are really welcoming and have included me already, and already think that I'm slightly strange... oops. I think it may be the noises... and faces; and for this I get at least a few stares at me per day. My room is basically overlooking a road and a motorway; so the first night when I hadn't discovered the beauty of earphones I didn't particularly sleep! Last night however I had the best night's sleep in ages, ahhhhh joys :)

I think that tomorrow I shall have a camera so you will begin to be able to see what I am seeing then! I can't wait to finally have batteries!

The next few days are going to be extremely exciting! I am going off to Santiago del Esteral, which is in the North of Argentina, with Jesus Warriors to do one of their many events. What this means I shall be doing I have no idea of quite yet! Apart from selling some merchandise. We have a 12 hour bus journey infront of us, but apparently it's verrrrry beautiful up around there. So ... eeeeeee!!!!

I have a feeling I've left off a lot of information here. This is partially due to the fact that occasionally I only understand half of what's going on, hehe, and partially because I know it is Spanish but my English brain hasn't accepted it completely yet.

So, the next update you have will probably be on Monday-unless I have no time to write :s ... I will MAKE time for YOU!!!! And, if all goes to plan, it will be illustrated- I feel I can convey more with pictures than words.

Ok, hasta luego mis amiguitos :) andddd, by tomorrow I shall also know my A level results!!! I'm getting slightly excited now!

Back to translation I feel... maybe after running around the Church building, I'm getting restless having been sat down for so long.

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