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Day 51



This morning we hit the ground running and just kept going! We were out of the front door by 08h15 and arrived at the bus stop in Avenida Corrientes with 15 minutes to spare - where we met Joe and Nancy, another American couple who reside in the city and were visiting UCC. It felt strange to be explaining the ins and outs to them, as if we were the Porteños!

During the service I had to step out with (a very vocal) Jorja, and met another South African mom tending to her 15 month old toddler in the foyer. Lydia and her family have just moved to Buenos Aires from Johannesburg as part of a 4 year contract with their employer, Standard Bank. She was going through what I was feeling a few weeks back and we both seemed relieved to find each other and Jorja was very happy to meet Sindon. As we like to do back home, we said that we'd get together soon!

Before the morning was over, we'd been introduced to Sue and Lisandra (the carers at the nursery), Rosemary, Diana and Steven. These were all local people, so we felt especially welcome! Jorja spent some time with the other children in the nursery during the service. I was very nervous leaving her there, but she seemed unfazed! Sue told us that Jorja took to the others as though she'd been a part of the group for months...

After church, we prepared ourselves for the long trek home. We had no idea where the bus driver would drop us off this time and so we were relieved to be put off in Florida - a place we know...and like! We took a slow walk back, passing through the Sunday market crowds.

Eventually, we made it back home, just after 16h00! Wow! What a day...

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