Hola!
Today marked our first full day in Argentina! We have already found ourselves immersed in the Argentinian culture waking to a continental breakfast consisting of cereal and chocolate cake. Ready and fuelled to go we headed to Buenos Aires International Christian Academy across town on public transport which proved to be an interesting cultural exerpeince! Venturing onto the subway at morning peak we squished onto tiny subway carriages filled with thousands of people before hopping on another 45 minute train to Verreyes where BAICA was located.
BAICA has approximately 130 students from years K-12 and were very welcoming giving us a tour before letting us take Australian geography classes in Year 4, 5 & 6. We spent time teaching all the students about unique Australian animals and iconic landmarks. We were also invited to lead chapel services for Primary and Secondary where we played games, sung songs and encouraged them to remember the love of Christ.
It was encouaging to have all the kids singing along to the gospel songs! The teachers have also offered to take us on a city tour on Saturday which we are all excited for :) The kids were all very friendly and wanted to know all about Australia.
The language barrier has proved a small obstacle for us with ticket officers and other strangers not being able to understand us leaving us with 15 rides rather than 15 tickets! All good fun however and it has been great to see God's protection over us as we travel and negotiate our way across the city.
Adios!
Darryl
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