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it’s a 20 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn! But the buses are really comfortable, like the 1st class seats in a movie theatre! And we always travelled overnight so it wasn’t too bad! But the view is just desert for hours!!! ti  hi hi!

We lived here in Puerto Madryn for 3 weeks! I loved it! It was one of the happiest times of my life and I felt so at home there! It was dessert but God gave me a vision of what the land could be – a land of milk and honey! Here we visited a day centre for people with physical and men tal disabilities, we worked with a depraved housing esatate that the local YWAM group have adopted, we taught on their DTS on the topic of Identity, we went to Gaiman for the day to follow in the steps of my pioneering ancestors, we preached at a church, we ran evangelism workshops, we prayed for newborn babies at the hospital to bless their lives, and more! I loved going out into the dessert hills for my quiet time, God met me many a time out there! This was our 1st outreach location and my favourite, it got hard after this!

The Christian leaders we met in Argentina inspired me in the way the impacted society on both a macro and micro level. They modelled a Christianity in action that literally feeds the mouth of the hungry whilst also discipling those in political power on how to change the structures that cause the social problems! This is something I want to adopt inot my own life!

When we were in puerto madryn, patagonia, we were lucjy enough to see wild pink flamingos, sea lions and whales!!!! I used to go for walks on the beach if we had free time and God blessed me so much in those times. I didn’t take my camera out because sometimes it can ruin the enjoyment of the moment and the fact that I have no photos makes it a magical secret moment between God and I. A moment I will never forget, walking bare foot through the sea on a fresh spring day! Aah!

Our YWAM community in York is a bit different to other places. We just live in regular houses and we are small in numbers. Other YWAM are a bit bigger, have more people and are more scheduled! I LOVE SCHEDULE!!!! I find schedule to be so helpgul to me because i like routines and habits. My life is so varied at the moment that it’s really hard to find consistency – we travel around to different parts of the country, europe and beyond and we have varied schedules on a day to day basis. So, transitioning back to having freedom from schedule is very hard for me but a very integral part of my personal discipleship. It’s easy to now what to do when you’re told what to do and when to do it, but what do you do with your time when you have to fill it and you have to steward it. I have to listen to God for guidance on the best use of my time so that I don’t go on unproductive wild goose chases!

what a glorious invention! it’s similar to the stuff you get in banoffe pie but with more flavour! they use it for alfajore biscuits, as a filling for cake, as a spread for bread at breakfast and afternoon snack! scrummy! I  overdosed on it in the 1st three weeks and didn’t each much after that but I’m sure when I’ve had a break I’ll desire it again! Ti hi!

empanadas are like small savory pastries. you can get ones filled with fish, chicken, meat, egg, ham and cheese. they are so good when hot and fresh from the store! the different flavours come in different shapes!

absolutaly mouth watering argentinian biscuits! you could buy so many varieties – jam, chocolate, dulce de leche, coconut, coffee….. the homemade ones were the best and we had some from a lady after preaching at their church in Puerto Madryn! lysh! I will  miss them!

amazing argentinian pastries! one of the guys at the YWAM base in Buenos Aires had a father nwho made his own and brought them over fairly requently. we ate them at breakfast and at lunch break! delicious!

Before going to Argentina people would ask me ‘do you like meat?’. I have never been a big meat fan but an asado (Argetinian bbq) done well, is the best!!! We disn’t have too many asado’s while we were there, but the ones we did have were superb because we were privilaged enough to be hosted by Argentinians. mm-mmm!