It's been another busy and exciting day here in Cordoba. We started off the day returning to William Morris School to finish up painting, have devotions with the teachers, and lead the morning assembly. The morning assembly was CRAZZZZZY :)There were 300-400 kids and only 16 of us! We did a skit and two songs with no guitar because they were way out of tune (the guitars, not the kids). During the course of the morning we finished the painting we began yesterday, including kindergarten rooms and the recess courtyard. Whenever the bell rang for recess, we were bombarded with dozens of kids begging for our autographs. Aaahhhhh...the life of an American celebrity. As we were leaving, the teachers and the principal thanked us again. We were able to donate about $100 more to the school for future projects since their funds are so depleted. The director got tears in her eyes...she couldn't believe how God had answered their prayers. Many of the kids gave us thank you cards with homemade pictures and words in English...who knows if they knew what they wrote..hahaha. After getting our share of paint fumes, fame, and South American sun, we returned to the church for food, 10 minute naps, and balloon animal/hat-making lessons.

We took taxis to the children's hospital in the afternoon. We were told not to be evangelistic so it was tricky coming up with activities for the children and their families since what we had prepared for the trip was openly Christian. We ended up singing and reading a Max Lucado children's book accompanied by a lamp puppet to help tell the story. Megan dressed up in a clown costume that she brought from the states while the rest of us made lots and lots of "perritos" (dogs) and "sombreros" (hats) with balloons for the kids. We did pop a few but no one kicked us out. We also did face painting and several of our team got to go door to door and visit kids in their rooms that were too sick to leave their beds. When Bethany (the missionary here) originally contacted the doctor and volunteer program director at the hospital, he was extremely cautious about allowing us to come, especially since we are Christians. By the end, however, his attitude had changed and he said their doors would always be open to us. Many of the adults at the hospital were interested in knowing more about the church here. Praise Jesus!

After the hospital, we took taxis back to the church to eat some more good Argentine beef :)~ After dinner, Nathan informed us about his day in customs. Thank you so much for your prayers because he was able to get everything out of customs except for the medical supplies for a customs fee. Tomorrow we will be leaving to go to the university for a lecture/forum that we will be leading for the students studying English. Please remember us in your prayers. Again, we are not allowed to be openly evangelistic on stage, but pray that our conversations with the students will open a door to talk about Jesus Christ. For the remainder of the night we will relax and prepare for tomorrow, and kill more mosquitoes :) Tomorrow we get to sleep in-hooray!!! God bless and talk to you soon!

This exciting update has been brought to you by:

Chrissie Leidgen and Molly Rego

and the rest of the awesome Argentina team