El Tigre

I really, really wish I had brought my cord so I could upload my pictures.
This post isn't really about ministry.
The staff have been really awesome about listening to our needs (particularly for sleep and rest) and balancing them with the goal of the trip-to share the gospel as much as possible. So, today was a totally free day. I went with a few other people to Tigre. It's a place about an hour by train north of the city along the river. It was a beautiful day today (in the upper 50's!) and a great day for an excursion. We bought tickets for a boat ride to a small island about half an hour down the river. We had some awesome food there and got to explore the island for a little while. On the boat ride back the sun was setting. After being cooped-up in a skyscraper canyon for weeks, getting among some trees, and in places you can see the whole sky, and out on the water was amazing.
When we do picture surveys with Argentines and we ask them what they wish were a part of their lives they always choose pictures of nature, and after being in BA this long, I can see why. Almost all the Argentines always say they experience God in nature. It can be a little annoying that person after person picks the exact same picture to represent God, but after today and seeing again the beauty in nature, I think I understand a little better. Sitting on the boat with your head out the window and your fingers scraping the wake from the boat, with the sun setting over the Paraná river... its hard not to see God. Romans 1:19-20