I have a new identity...

...or new identification document, rather. My passport arrived a week earlier than I expected. What a blessing. And the new passports are much prettier than my shabby old one that now has punch-holes in the side. What else has happened today? Oh yes, this morning, Argentina won 4-1, that's right, against South Korea. Although, S. Korea did score our first goal and snipered us for their only goal. Bravo for them. The moral of the story? The Argentines kind of have it together, even when there are at least 3 people on Messi at any point in time. And also, this afternoon, I had a very nice surprise visit from a friend. She was walking back from talking her daughter to pre-school and ended up hanging out with me until time to pick her daughter up. I'm going with them to the pre-school again tomorrow to help make t-shirts for the next Argentina game.

Wednesday, I was invited to a women's bible study at CCF (Camino al Cielo por la Fe - loosely translated, The Path to Heaven through Faith). What a blessing! And PS btw, this church is packed out during the week, well not literally packed out with people, but there is something going on every day of the week. On Sundays, they have their normal church service, although I think it starts in early evening. I don't know of any evening service on Mondays, but in the mornings I think some women get together for prayer. In the evenings on Tuesday, they have a worship service and preaching of the Word. Wednesday night, women's bible study. Thursday night is very similar if not identical in set-up to Tuesday, but maybe a different crowd? At some time on Friday, the men have a bible study. Saturday afternoon, they have a kid's program and in the evening is youth group. And there's probably even more prayer meetings that I don't know about. It makes me thrilled to know that the congregation of this church is so committed to fellowship, prayer, and growth together. I so desperately want to become more involved with their church. And my foot is in the door, because I have been invited to join the women every Wednesday night, even though I don't understand everything and am only 20 yrs old (rather than the late 20s-50s range). And I am thrilled to be able to learn from these women and take part in fellowship with them! Of the 12 of us, I knew about 4. So, I hope to be able to build relationships with the others as well.

**Please pray that God would open doors for that.

HUY! I am at least 1/3 done with my trip and almost halfway done. I feel like I'm echoing everyone here, but how did that happen?? I just got here. I am not ready to go back in 7.5 weeks! I love everyone back home, but it feels like I've just started to get my feet wet here.

**Please pray that I would take advantage of the rest of my time here and not get too caught up in the planning and/or details of it all.

And one final prayer request, along some of the same lines. Pray that Christ would reign in my imagination. I spend too much of my time living in a dream world or lost in thought, and not enough living in the real one, where there are real people that really matter and I want to spend time with, but I am too easily distracted by the dreams and "what if's" of my imagination.

For the road:

In that day you will say:

"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;

make known among the nations what he has done,

and proclaim that his name is exalted.

to the LORD, for he has done glorious things;

let this be known to all the world.

Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion,

for great is the Holy One of Israel among you."

Isaiah 12:4-6