in SA

I made it to SA. This past weekend in Dallas was awesome. Michelle and Charlie's wedding was right on. The focus of it was very much Christ-centered, and the joy and celebration flowed out from that, it was great.

On top of that, I was able to catch up with some friends I haven't seen in a while, around two years time, which was cool, and meet some new ones, once again, cool. Smash made my ear's burn like she's good at, Liz and Meredith were hoppin on the dance floor, Alan was just cool vanilla like Alan always is, and Lonnie was taking a deep breath amidst 3rd year med school.

We went to church on Sunday (a fairly large church) and I was deeply impressed by the amount of people coming to worship God and uniting to do so. That was really cool to see, and I felt very encouraged by that. It was a change from where I've been, where the churches I attended in Argentina did not have many members and you wouldn't meet that many Christians randomly out on the street. I do need to remember I'm back in the Bible belt.

airline tickets

I forgot how complicated and hard it is to find a simple way to obtain a relatively low-cost airline ticket for a domestic flight in the US. There are so many websites and prices and this and that.

I think I'll start taking amtrak.

the ways of goodbyes

This past weekend many goodbyes were said. Really though, I saw them as "hasta próximo"s. Until next time. That next time might be a year, two years, or sixty. The most common question I was asked was "are you ever coming back?" and "did you like Argentina?" I thought the 2nd question was kinda funny.

I'm not really one for long drawn out tearful goodbyes. It's good to celebrate with people regarding the time you have shared together, but I don't see sobbing and weeping as a part of that. There's joy for what lies ahead for each person involved, and it's not like we won't ever communicate again. Email was invented a while back.

The "until next time" goodbyes with believers are even more confident goodbyes that we'll see each other again. They have been a good reminder for me that, even when I go back to the US, I'm not going to feel at home. Not here in Argentina nor back in the states. From one foreign land to another.

"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."
Philipians 3:19-21