I can't believe Candida and I have already had our 1 week anniversary and then some since we've arrived in Buenos Aires. Time has flown by, but at the same time I feel like we've seen a good amount of the city and had many fun experiences. Last Friday we went to the largest Boliche in B.A. and it was fun, except the dance floor did not get crowded until 2/2:30 p.m. This really is a city that never sleeps. And also the city where your clothes reek of smoke and I mean reek.
Saturday Afternoon we went to La Boca- it is highly touristy and the buildings are painted in bright colors and at a first glance it seems like such a fun place. Sadly the surrounding areas are so full of poverty it is almost a shame to see the difference between the highly tourist areas and how it almost masks the poverty and crime around it. Saturday night we went to a parilla (pronounced parija- Argentinian's replace the j/sh sound for double ll and y) and most everyone ordered steak. First of all it was huge, delicious and came with at least 10 different sides. Needless to say we were all in major food coma's shortly after.
Sunday was wet and rainy, but Candida and I made it out to church, which was just wonderful. I really missed it last week so it was so great to meet with other members of the body. And, as a plus we saw some cool grafitti on the way home-hence the new profile pic :)
Today I started my internship- or rather met the coordinator and some of the students I'll be working with. Two days of the week I'll be helping out in an English Classroom and the other two I will be tutoring advanced level english students. I'm excited for the tutoring as I'll get to design the lesson plan and help them practice english in whatever form I choose. It'll be fun working with the high school students and I'm excited to get to know my coordinator better as well, she's so sweet! Praise God for such a great work environment with students who are eager to learn :)
Grace and Peace
~Shreya
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