Kisses
It’s so fun in S. America every one you greet, you greet with a kiss. Well not every one, in Chile and Brasil one greets with a kiss to the girls and a shake of the hand with boys. But in Argentina one kisses everyone and it’s nothing. Really it’s a kiss in the air while pressing each other’s right cheeks together. Very unAmerican.
Today we went to an other church building to paint and work on other projects around the building. It was a good day. I went with an intern, Ashley, to get some fruit in the morning for lunch, and honestly I thought I was going to vomit. The smell in the area we were in was horendous, truly - worse than the Bangkok sewers. It smelled like old cheese and car exhaust, just nasty.
Tonight, four of us were invited to go to a small group Bible study at a member’s home. We, the four, shared about our faith - joys, struggles, why we were here, etc - with the group. One of the guy’s birthday was today, so we had cake for him and the father of the household made baloon animals. His name is Jorge, he’s deaf, but with my signing background he is very easy to comprehend. He actually does not use Argentine sign language, but his own he created and taught his wife and children. Amazing and very easy to understand. Great people.
Good night. Too bad for the Spurs.
June 22nd, 2005 12:05
Sounds like a very open society. And that’s cool, despite some of my proximity issues, which may just be issues cause i grew up in U.S. Some aromatics just smell, maybe the presence of some thiols or something… And it’s cool that some of you had the opp to share your faith and joys and jazz… And great that your background in signing has been put to good use…and real sweet that Jorge came up with his own sign language…a whole ‘nother distinct language…that is beyond amazing.
June 23rd, 2005 21:35
Hey Garrett - Sounds like your trip is going well. Hope you continue to have success in S.A. Can’t wait to hear more about it when you return home.
June 24th, 2005 20:23
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June 27th, 2005 08:50
Where are my pictures? I want some sexy latin american churches in an email, not to mention a few naughty ones of you….HAHAHA, just kidding, happy to hear everything is wonderful. SMoochies.