Teenstreet 2011
cool weather | posh, double-decker bus ride | Uruguay | people carrying a mate in one hand and a thermos in the other | Teenstreet! | naps | Brazilians | Duzie | editing photos | hot shower and no lines | cafe con leche | dulce de leche! | worshiping in another language | my kindred spirit, Cinthia | empanadas | Andrea picking a romantic folk song on the guitar | Coke and Mentos display | no dogs or roosters | sang under a clear sky of stars and moonlight | remembered how big God is | sessions on turning experiences into memories for others | merienda | peaches | not just any peaches, but the best peaches of your life - I now understand why people write songs about them | smiled, squinted, laughed outside | handkiss from JD - that's all we could do for 3 weeks! | became Cinthia's co-leader | knowing the 6 girls in my group | Happy Birthday chimes | ear plugs | febreeze - girl's can be smelly, too - lavando las patas | sat under a palm tree in the grass watching the clouds roll in | afternoon walks with my esposo | rain | rainbows | most colorful sky I'd ever seen | AWE | cumbia concert | dancing with JD | hearing God | Dan escaping from a straightjacket | Dan getting put in the straightjacket | piggyback games | peach liquados | laundry: pila-style | homemade crackers | seeing my photos in the daily newspaper | I am loved by God and am God's favorite | kids dancing in the front fitting together like a Tetris game | Creo en Ti | my mosquito-hero, Cinthia | chocolate pudding | striped shirt photo with Michel and Patricia | encouraged my girls | Pablito, JD's new little friend | made my own mate | honey cake with the Brazilians | my girls asking me to come give them each a hug and kiss goodnight | Helen, my little miss sunshine | suffering and perserverance talk | spinning Camila around until we fell over | our girls starting to open up | hip-hop performance in our room | the rest of the girls dancing to Barlow Girls like no one else is watching | pizza | taking thoughts captive | the girls doing our groups dishes | singing Only Hope while Marissa played the piano | long talks with Cinthia | praying over my girls | Coke | massages | dreams and hopes | being a light and cleaning the outside so it shines through | perfume skit | make me bold! | watermelon | pajama party in our room - 15 girls and not a spare square-foot of floor | cuddling
JEM (Jovenes en Misiones - Youth in Missions)
reminded that God knows everyone intimately and loves them | Gari and Susan - our hosts | baby Abi | Ivonne - 16 year old with a heart of gold and a drummer/hip-hopper to boot | living in the most dangerous part of Uruguay and feeling God's presence and protection wherever we went | lovely, old neighbors | Celci, Fanny, Joselo and Rosina - they adopted JD and me into their family for the week | talked to mom and Lyn on Facebook! | liquados | sleeping in | grapes growing in the patio | cafe con leche | Riki - man who is on crutches and walks miles with us to talk to people | striking up conversations with vendors at the flea markets - Filipe, Jose, Nadira, Vanesa, Matias, Julio, Fernando . . . | meeting and helping out Gabriel - a homeless man in our neighborhood | Bible cake | Mar, Florencia, Cintya, Daniela, Esteban, Yandira, and Horacio - my new little crew of friends | first ever motorbike experience | sightseeing in Montevideo | alfajores | shared photos of my family | taught a hip hop routine to the girls | Mi Nina Bonita | merienda | cold showers - it was hot out! | watermelon | talked with Ophelia and Jose, a drug addict, and learned more about drugs and AIDS/HIV in Uruguay | Paso del Torro pomelo pop with Fanny | Marcelo's story - next blog | seeing Pablito again | hip-hop performance for the church | rice and tuco | second motorbike ride | Coke | piled 4 of us girls outside on a mattress and giggled under the stars and told them at their insistence of how JD and I met | criollos and biscochos for breakfast | shade and breeze | met some new people at the bus terminal | watched Lourdes making homemade noodles | eating homemade noodles and liquados | naps | drawing lessons with the kids | teaching English words | tortas fritas | moved into Fanny's house and JD and I finally got a room together again!!! *sigh* privacy | met Julio Bueno, one of our 79 year old neighbors who is full of God, barefoot, mostly toothless, always shirtless, and greets everyone who walks by | trip to the beach | Abi falling asleep in JD's arms | cuddling with JD in the sand | photos | wading in the warm, shallow water | playing with the kids | watching Florencia and Daniela getting baptized | bongos | cuddling with Yandira | beach volleyball | soft sand | reminded me of Ogallala | seeing the city line in the distance lit up peach by the setting sun | home and shower | buying 2 lbs. of peaches for the equivalent of $1.25 | asado | goodbye hugs and kisses
I was just watching the pic slideshow with "Everybody" by Ingrid Michaelson in the background...it was perfect!
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