La Iglesia

The good news: I finally found a non-catholic church here in Buenos!
The bad news: I only have 2 more Sundays left here.

It is absolutely incredible to pray in another language and to hear people worship in another language and be able to understand it. I mean, you know that God is everywhere always, but it is unbelievable to actually experience it for yourself. Before Sunday, I guess I kind of imagined God was just in my head and heart here and He was everywhere because He was always with me. I was so very wrong and I am so very glad for it. In a country where the clubs don't really get going until 3am, you do not expect to have such an experience as I did yesterday. There were the nicest people singing and praising and I could understand more or less everything that was going on. I even recognized the songs that they sung. If anyone is planning on studying abroad here and would like to attend a protestant church, please  let me know! It takes about an hour to get there from my apartment in Belgrano, but that's only because public transportation takes about 5 times longer than normal transportation. However, it is SO worth it :D I'll definitely be going back the next 2 Sundays. It is so powerful.

So lately I've been feeding my spiritual self with prayer and church, my intellectual self with spanish, and my physical self with running. Needless to say, things are going well. I can't believe it's already July and I only have 2 more weeks here. I'm really going to miss this place and all its challenges. Nothing like feeling nostalgic at the end of studying abroad...I'd love to come back and visit my host mom someday though, because she is such a kind soul and I can't imagine never seeing her again. This week I'll be doing homework and studying for my midterm on Friday and hopefully running although today's weather was super cold and completely gray. Let's pray for nice weather my last 2 weeks before I return to the inferno that is Illinois right now!

Happy July!
xoxoxo
Allie