on 29th July, around 12.30am i arrived at Gatwick airport to wait for the rest of team to arrive, Andy came a little before 1pm and soon the rest of the team followed either with their families on their own. at 2.50pm we started to check in for our flight to Madrid with Aire Europa, which took long time but thankfully they were all checked in despite some of us had some extra weight, including mine which was 24kg!!
after we had said our final good byes, peep talk by one of the Latin Link staff and prayers, we went through the secruity check into departure lounge. our team leader, Zach went off to meet Ali, whose flying from scotland. we waited for awhile and we went to board the flight for Madrid. the flight to Madrid was uneventful, we didn´t have any problems in going through the police check and security to the departure lounge to wait for our connection flight to Buenos Aires (3hrs of waiting though!!)
during 3hrs of waiting, we started to bond as a team, just generally passing time and stretching our legs before the long flight. around 12.05am (30.07.09), we boarded the flight for Buenos Aires, we were all seated in different parts of the planes but fortunately for me i was seated close to Rachel and Obioma!! despite me being an experieneced flyer, i´ve completely forgotten how long the flight is, how uncomfortable the seats are and how freezing cold the plane was going to be. thankfully though i was able to watch a in flight movie, listen to music and grab some sleep cos when i arrived in Buenos Aires i was totally shattered!!
we arrived quite early at 8.00am in argentian time, we all got through the police checks, security checks without any problems and our bags arrived all in one piece despite nearly all of us didn´t put any luggage labels!! Praise the Lord!
Dany Lescano and his wife met us at the airport, they took us to Barrio Del Viso, where our project is based for nxt 4 weeks. when we arrived at Iglesia Fuego de Dios, we were greeted by a welcoming party consisting of Partora Eva, her son Pastor Samuel and some of the people from the church. soon we were all in the flurry of hugs and kisses (Argentian way of greeting each other) and unloading mountains of luggage from the mini bus into the church. we all sat in the circle, we (the team) intorduced ourselves and the Pastora Eva welcomed us with an emotional speech. after lunch dany started the first half of the orientation by having us telling a little bit of ourselves. on 31 st July we finished the second half of the orientation with Dany Strider Gemma, then we were all went to Del Viso town, where Pastor Samuel and Dany showed us where we can buy food, bank is and cafe internet and then we all relaxed!!
thank u for praying for me and the team, i trust that u´re all keeping well and having a great summer!! i will do my nxt installment of my trip when i´m on domestic duty or if i´m free.
am looking forward to hearing froom u all and God Bless =)
Friday, 7 August 2009
Monday, 27 July 2009
Good bye to Rainy UK & Hello to Argentina Winter!!
wat a week it has been for me, i can't believe wednesday is coming up pretty soon!! thankfully for me i've already done most of my packing apart from adding things i.e. hair dryer, my Bible etc...that i've used during the week. yesterday i managed to spring clean my room, which i'm ashamed to say i haven't done for a long time, oops :p
today i'm busy tying some lose ends, buying sum choccies goodies for Dany & Flavia Lescano (the team's supervisor), i've known them for 2 years now, so i can't wait to see them again but please pray for them as they are extremely busy looking after us, the second Step Team who are based in Salta and last years Striders that they may know God's wisdom and strength. tomorrow i will hopefully relax after cleaning my room spic span, spending rest of my free time with Charlie (the cat!!) cos he will be pining for me while i'm gone, book a taxi for wednesday and also will be spending my last evening with my friends and oh yeah have a lovely long fone conversation with my parents =)
this will blog will be the last until i will arrive in Buenos Aires cos on wednseday i will be meeting the rest of the team at Gatwick Airport and let the fun & laughter begin!!
we will all be meeting at the Gatwick Airport at 2.40pm at Air Europa check in desk (thats a first for me!!), then we will be leaving for Madrid at 5.40pm and arrive at Madrid at 9.00pm (duration of flight 2:20!!). we will have 3hrs of waiting at Madrid Airport (thats wat i've been told, gulp!!), then at 12.05am we depart for Buenos Aires and arrive there at 8.20am Argentian
time (duration of flight 13:15!!).
please pray for our safe journey to Argentina and that we all may get on really well during our travelling!! thank u all for ur prayers and support, i really appreciate it alot =)
hasta mas tarde mis amigos xxx
today i'm busy tying some lose ends, buying sum choccies goodies for Dany & Flavia Lescano (the team's supervisor), i've known them for 2 years now, so i can't wait to see them again but please pray for them as they are extremely busy looking after us, the second Step Team who are based in Salta and last years Striders that they may know God's wisdom and strength. tomorrow i will hopefully relax after cleaning my room spic span, spending rest of my free time with Charlie (the cat!!) cos he will be pining for me while i'm gone, book a taxi for wednesday and also will be spending my last evening with my friends and oh yeah have a lovely long fone conversation with my parents =)
this will blog will be the last until i will arrive in Buenos Aires cos on wednseday i will be meeting the rest of the team at Gatwick Airport and let the fun & laughter begin!!
we will all be meeting at the Gatwick Airport at 2.40pm at Air Europa check in desk (thats a first for me!!), then we will be leaving for Madrid at 5.40pm and arrive at Madrid at 9.00pm (duration of flight 2:20!!). we will have 3hrs of waiting at Madrid Airport (thats wat i've been told, gulp!!), then at 12.05am we depart for Buenos Aires and arrive there at 8.20am Argentian
time (duration of flight 13:15!!).
please pray for our safe journey to Argentina and that we all may get on really well during our travelling!! thank u all for ur prayers and support, i really appreciate it alot =)
hasta mas tarde mis amigos xxx
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Don't Cry for Me Argentina!!!
hey folks
i you are all enjoying ur summer holidays even though the weather isn't that great!! i think i owe u guys a huge apology for not writing on my blog for ages and leaving u all in the dark in wat i've been upto during last 2 months!!
well i've got much to tell you, so i'm going to start about the Summer Step Orientation, which was held last month. on the 26th June a friend and i went down to farm in East Sussex for Summer Step Team Orientation for a weekend. i really had fab time meeting my team as well as meeting other friends from last year and in the past. during the weekend we attended lots of sessions, which to me kind of like a routine cos i've done it before for 3 or 4 years on a row but it was fun telling the steppers especially my friend Lisa, as it was her first time going on Step. the weather was absolutely fab but very very hot that we all ended up sweating and getting sticky!! but i wasn't a happy bunny on saturday cos at that time i didn't sleep well cos of freezing night, so i was really cranky all day and wasn't really my usual self =( anyway i had a fab weekend but wasn't too pleased about a long journey back to Portsmouth that Lisa and i took on 28th June!!
before i went away for the Orientation weekend, i did a sponsored walk to raise money for my trip to Argentina, i tell u organising it was a total shambles lol cos it was last at the last minute but it went really well plus i had a great time doing it with my friends and we had a lovely weather!! i've raised £220.10, did 5.2miles along the seafront and i'm very proud to say my poor feet suffered cos i wasn't wearing appropriate shoes lol!! thanks guys for generous donations, gifts, prayers, interest on my trip and support, i really do appreciate it alot!!
from beginning of this month and now, i've been extremely busy getting things ready to go nxt wednesday (29th July!!). there was so many things that i had to do, that at times i ended up going loony by trying to decide wat to buy, wat to bring, how many woolies i need to bring etc...plus on top of that trying to sort out my paper work i.e. passport etc...doing talks at my church, preparing for the sunnday school etc...i hate to admit this but i'm not that really organised lol always leaving things to the last minute ;) also i'm trying not to worry too much about my role as a translator for my team cos it's a huge responsbility and especialling with my hearing impairment, although there would be another girl will be sharing the role. so i would really appreciate alot if u guys can pray for us as translators that things will go smoothly but also as a team that we would gel together as a group. for our safety to and from Argentina, for the project, for our general health, that we may get well with our host and Barrio Del Viso community!!
have a great week and may the Lord Bless you =)
i you are all enjoying ur summer holidays even though the weather isn't that great!! i think i owe u guys a huge apology for not writing on my blog for ages and leaving u all in the dark in wat i've been upto during last 2 months!!
well i've got much to tell you, so i'm going to start about the Summer Step Orientation, which was held last month. on the 26th June a friend and i went down to farm in East Sussex for Summer Step Team Orientation for a weekend. i really had fab time meeting my team as well as meeting other friends from last year and in the past. during the weekend we attended lots of sessions, which to me kind of like a routine cos i've done it before for 3 or 4 years on a row but it was fun telling the steppers especially my friend Lisa, as it was her first time going on Step. the weather was absolutely fab but very very hot that we all ended up sweating and getting sticky!! but i wasn't a happy bunny on saturday cos at that time i didn't sleep well cos of freezing night, so i was really cranky all day and wasn't really my usual self =( anyway i had a fab weekend but wasn't too pleased about a long journey back to Portsmouth that Lisa and i took on 28th June!!
before i went away for the Orientation weekend, i did a sponsored walk to raise money for my trip to Argentina, i tell u organising it was a total shambles lol cos it was last at the last minute but it went really well plus i had a great time doing it with my friends and we had a lovely weather!! i've raised £220.10, did 5.2miles along the seafront and i'm very proud to say my poor feet suffered cos i wasn't wearing appropriate shoes lol!! thanks guys for generous donations, gifts, prayers, interest on my trip and support, i really do appreciate it alot!!
from beginning of this month and now, i've been extremely busy getting things ready to go nxt wednesday (29th July!!). there was so many things that i had to do, that at times i ended up going loony by trying to decide wat to buy, wat to bring, how many woolies i need to bring etc...plus on top of that trying to sort out my paper work i.e. passport etc...doing talks at my church, preparing for the sunnday school etc...i hate to admit this but i'm not that really organised lol always leaving things to the last minute ;) also i'm trying not to worry too much about my role as a translator for my team cos it's a huge responsbility and especialling with my hearing impairment, although there would be another girl will be sharing the role. so i would really appreciate alot if u guys can pray for us as translators that things will go smoothly but also as a team that we would gel together as a group. for our safety to and from Argentina, for the project, for our general health, that we may get well with our host and Barrio Del Viso community!!
have a great week and may the Lord Bless you =)
Monday, 22 June 2009
June News Snippet!!
hey folks
first of all, i owe u all a huge apology for not keeping u all upto date with my news from across the pond, am awfully sorry!!
there's so much has been going on during the month of June, well not that exciting or major happened lol, i mean just boring stuff!! this month i went to vote for the very first time in the General Elections cos i just wanted to see wats like but to my disappointment i found it boring and way too confusing!! i'm still looking jobs, jobs are getting hard to get by but i'm keeping myself busy by going to the gym (2 times a week), helping out with C Time and Sunday School at Cosham Baptist Church etc...am also am in a very happy mood cos all through the month of June the weather has been brillant, well apart from rain and windy on some occassions other than that i'm happy as a larry cos i get to wear skirts, flip flops and shorts :)
this weekend has been really busy for me, i was multi tasking on friday and saturday cos i was preparing sunday school and organising a sponsored walk for the afternoon, so it was pretty crazy but i managed to complete everything on time!! yesterday the sponsored went really well, there were 7 young from church accompanied me on the walk and i've raised a very good amount of money and on top of that the weather was gorgeous, Praise the Lord for that :)
on friday, a frined of mine and i will be going to Summer Step Team Orientation for the weekend, this will be the first time that well we will be meeting our team members and other teams!! so i'm really excited, nervous and aprehensive but i'm really looking forward to going to Argentina even though it will be winter there :P i would appreciate your prayers as i'll be attending the Orientation, getting things ready for going but especially as i will be meeting my team members :)
first of all, i owe u all a huge apology for not keeping u all upto date with my news from across the pond, am awfully sorry!!
there's so much has been going on during the month of June, well not that exciting or major happened lol, i mean just boring stuff!! this month i went to vote for the very first time in the General Elections cos i just wanted to see wats like but to my disappointment i found it boring and way too confusing!! i'm still looking jobs, jobs are getting hard to get by but i'm keeping myself busy by going to the gym (2 times a week), helping out with C Time and Sunday School at Cosham Baptist Church etc...am also am in a very happy mood cos all through the month of June the weather has been brillant, well apart from rain and windy on some occassions other than that i'm happy as a larry cos i get to wear skirts, flip flops and shorts :)
this weekend has been really busy for me, i was multi tasking on friday and saturday cos i was preparing sunday school and organising a sponsored walk for the afternoon, so it was pretty crazy but i managed to complete everything on time!! yesterday the sponsored went really well, there were 7 young from church accompanied me on the walk and i've raised a very good amount of money and on top of that the weather was gorgeous, Praise the Lord for that :)
on friday, a frined of mine and i will be going to Summer Step Team Orientation for the weekend, this will be the first time that well we will be meeting our team members and other teams!! so i'm really excited, nervous and aprehensive but i'm really looking forward to going to Argentina even though it will be winter there :P i would appreciate your prayers as i'll be attending the Orientation, getting things ready for going but especially as i will be meeting my team members :)
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Here I come Argentina...!!
First of all i would like to apologise for long silence!!! the reason why you haven't heard from me for a long time, i was waiting to hear from Latin Link during last week but thankfully they haven't kept me waiting for much longer :)
I just recieved an email from Latin Link last thursday or was it friday? hmmm...i don't remember lol!! well anyway they told me i'll be going to a place called Barrio (shanty town) Del Viso, which is situated in a region called Pila. Barrio Del Viso is situated 40km from Buenos Aires city, Argentina. Del Viso is a lower class area with a population of around 40,000, there are many young people and fathers in the area with drug and alcohol addictions and sadly this has led to the break up of many families.
i will be going with a team of 13, which is much bigger team than my previous team from 2 years ago plus there are ranges of age which i'm really pleased about. there were 2 of the team members have already contacted me by either email or facebook, which is really great!! i haven't recieved the definite departure dates but i'm hoping to get more information sumtime this week.
right now my preparation for leaving this summer will be starting earnestly plus i'm starting to organise a fund raising event for the 19th June, so please pray for these, i woould really appreciate it :)
i'm going to tell u more about the project on my nxt entry, so keep a look out for that!!
I just recieved an email from Latin Link last thursday or was it friday? hmmm...i don't remember lol!! well anyway they told me i'll be going to a place called Barrio (shanty town) Del Viso, which is situated in a region called Pila. Barrio Del Viso is situated 40km from Buenos Aires city, Argentina. Del Viso is a lower class area with a population of around 40,000, there are many young people and fathers in the area with drug and alcohol addictions and sadly this has led to the break up of many families.
i will be going with a team of 13, which is much bigger team than my previous team from 2 years ago plus there are ranges of age which i'm really pleased about. there were 2 of the team members have already contacted me by either email or facebook, which is really great!! i haven't recieved the definite departure dates but i'm hoping to get more information sumtime this week.
right now my preparation for leaving this summer will be starting earnestly plus i'm starting to organise a fund raising event for the 19th June, so please pray for these, i woould really appreciate it :)
i'm going to tell u more about the project on my nxt entry, so keep a look out for that!!
Monday, 11 May 2009
Spring 2009 up date!!
hey folks
i trust that all of you had a wonderful weekend and enjoying God's amazing creation, Blessings and love :)
My last 2 weeks has been eventful apart from the usual routine, am still job hunting, going to the gym (still trying to go daily!!) going out with frinds etc...last week i've recieved an email from Latin Link giving ome basic details about Summer Step Team, they told me i'll be going for 4 weeks instead of 7 weeks. obiviously i'm disappointed about that but at the same time i feel God is trying to tell me something. am still waiting for more information i.e. which country i'll be going, which project i'll be doing, who will be in my team etc...
as soon i recieved the basic info from them, it go me started thinking about the possibility on extending my stay for either 3 or 4 weeks to do another project maybe in Peru or in Ecuador or in Argentina. i want to use that time really explore and find out on the wether God is really calling to serve him in S.America working with the children, which i've a huge burden and passion!! but obviously that cost me fiancialy to buy extra ticket, accommodation, food etc..if i do decide to go to Peru after i finish the project. i would really value ur prayers as i'm seeking God's will for my future ministry with children and if this really he wants me to do plus if it is that i may get support from my 2 churches 1. Strandtown Baptist, Belfast (which i'm still a member) and 2. Cosham Baptist Church, Portsmouth (which i'm currently attending!!).
i hope that all of u will have a wonderful week
God Bless :)
i trust that all of you had a wonderful weekend and enjoying God's amazing creation, Blessings and love :)
My last 2 weeks has been eventful apart from the usual routine, am still job hunting, going to the gym (still trying to go daily!!) going out with frinds etc...last week i've recieved an email from Latin Link giving ome basic details about Summer Step Team, they told me i'll be going for 4 weeks instead of 7 weeks. obiviously i'm disappointed about that but at the same time i feel God is trying to tell me something. am still waiting for more information i.e. which country i'll be going, which project i'll be doing, who will be in my team etc...
as soon i recieved the basic info from them, it go me started thinking about the possibility on extending my stay for either 3 or 4 weeks to do another project maybe in Peru or in Ecuador or in Argentina. i want to use that time really explore and find out on the wether God is really calling to serve him in S.America working with the children, which i've a huge burden and passion!! but obviously that cost me fiancialy to buy extra ticket, accommodation, food etc..if i do decide to go to Peru after i finish the project. i would really value ur prayers as i'm seeking God's will for my future ministry with children and if this really he wants me to do plus if it is that i may get support from my 2 churches 1. Strandtown Baptist, Belfast (which i'm still a member) and 2. Cosham Baptist Church, Portsmouth (which i'm currently attending!!).
i hope that all of u will have a wonderful week
God Bless :)
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