Whew! I'm done!

Hello to you all, from a very relieved, but exhausted study abroad student! I just finished my last mid-term about 30 minutes ago, and I am so happy! I haven't gotten much sleep these past few days though, so I can't wait to get in my bed tonight! This has been a very busy week as I've studied for my 3 mid-terms, worked on a project for my hardest class (Geography), conducted an interview for another project due next week, prepared for my first day at my volunteer job (which is tomorrow), and made plans for my parents when they come visit me next week! Please pray for tomorrow that everything will go smoothly with the kids with whom I'm volunteering. I want to have fun with them, but I want to be able to teach them something too :) The ages range from 5-12, so it's very hard to plan activities that are engaging for kids of all of those ages!

Also, I met three Argentine girls in my Geography class (my main connection to the Argentine world haha) and I'm doing this huge project with them. They are really sweet and have been so patient with me as I'm trying to keep up and not be an obstacle to them! Pray as I get to know them more that God would present the opportunity to share my faith with them. Usually, it's just as easy as, "So what kind of music do you like?"--"Well I like country music, broadway music, and christian music too."--"Oh, so you're a Christian...like Catholic or Protestant?" And when I tell them I'm protestant, they almost always want to know what I believe and what the difference between Protestantism and Catholicism is. Please pray that I'll be able to share what I believe as well as show them by my actions that those beliefs make a difference in my day-to-day life.

Thursday until Sunday, the Clemson group has an official trip to Northern Argentina, and a bunch of the other exchange students and our professors are going to! Pray for safety as Dengue, a disease carried by mosquitos, has been a problem in the area recently. We'll all be wearing lots of Off spray!!

Thanks again for checking my blog to see what's going on in my life here! Until next post!