Travel Log 7?? I lost count.

So were sitting in the hostel about to take a bus to Posadas Misiones. Its Sunday morning and while all the good God fearing people are in church we`ll be visiting some ancient ruins in San Ignacio. I am at the worlds slowest internet connection right now so I will not be able to upload the awesome pictures from the Iguazu Falls that I took yesterday. That place was amazing. Two days ago we ran into an old man in the street that offered to walk with us for a while. We were on our way to visit a house made completely out of plastic bottle. Walls, foundation, even furniture, all plastic bottles. I`ll show pictures of that later too. We ended up spending all day with our friend Lima, the old man we had met in the street, and he ended up paying for bus fare to take us all over downtown to show us stuff. He took us to this place called Tres Fronteras (Three Frontiers) where Paraguay, Brasil, and Argentina touch. It was a great view. We ended up walking with Lima until well after dark and he even paid our cab fare back to our hostel. Whereever you are Lima, thanks buddy.

Tomorrow Lauren takes a plane to Buenos Aires and then home. I`ll be returning to Villa Angela to spend a few more days with Danny and Olga and then from there, who knows. We are still well and no one has robbed or arrested us yet. I don`t know when I`ll have a chance to put up some pictures, hopefully soon. Hasta la pròxima.

Baseball

I got Danny and Olga's son a baseball and bat. This is him playing baseball for the first time in his life.

Country Roads

This is of us driving through the country about 50km from Villa Angela. It hasn't rained since March.

Travel Log #6

We got to Formosa a couple of hours ago. We're staying in a hotel tonight and tomorrow night. Tomorrow is Argentina's independence day so there are going to be parties all day long. Here are some pictures from Buenos Aires and Villa Angela that I haven't been able to upload.




This is in the neighborhood La Boca where the soccer club Boca is from.



They make you pose like this.




More of La Boca.



Boca Stadium



Me and my gaucho buddy. See how different my mission area is from Buenos Aires?



The wind was blowing too hard for the classic clint eastwood photo



This is some goat they cooked up. It was awesome.



Danny and Olga's daughter Valentina



Eastwood



It's too hot for winter time. I'd like to see some snow or sleet. Today in Formosa the weather is actually chilly enough for long sleeves. We're about to go out and get some lunch. And that's all she wrote.

Travel Log #5 - Villa Angela

I'm at a bad connection here. I had 5 pictures to upload but I'm not going to be able to upload them here. I will upload them next time I'm somewhere with a faster connection.

Tuesday we went to a neighborhood in Buenos Aires called La Boca. It's where the soccer club Boca plays. It was our favorite part of Buenos Aires. I have some pictures of it. We sat in a restaurant and ate lunch and watched them dance the tango. Then they asked if anyone wanted a picture and I was the only one. Lauren got one with them outside. All the building are painted different colors and there were alot of cool shops. We made a lot of friends with people out in the streets. Then Noelia and her husband came and got us and drove us around some before we had to get on the bus to Villa Angela, Chaco.

We arrived in Villa Angela yesterday with no problems. It's like we're in a completely different country from Buenos Aires. I think maybe I could spend the rest of my life here. Danny and Olga have been really good to us. Olga met us at the bus station and drove us to their house. They gave each of us guest quarters to stay in. Danny cooked a big asado yesterday. It was amazing. I think it was better than the beef in Buenos Aires. We went for a walk around town yesterday afternoon. We went to the chapel and found my old branch president there. It was the strangest feeling ever sitting down and talking with him. We reminisced about some old times like when the police came to the chapel looking for me and he had to go with us to court. We also talked about some people that I had taught and baptized.

Dinner was about 10:30 last night. After that we went for a long drive around town. Danny and Olga have left their house completely open to us and have even let us drive their cars. I'm afraid to drive in these streets though. These drivers are crazy. The roads have lanes divided by lines just like in the States but the drivers act like the lines aren't there. It sounds like an exaggeration, but seriously, all the drivers look at are the other cars and they drive all over the road avoiding the other cars. I probably wouldn't last too long out there.

Me and Lauren are both loving the mate. Olga fixed us some sweet mate which is made with water that has sugar in it. Last night Danny fixed us some bitter mate which is plain mate. He says that what the real gauchos drink. I have a fascination with the gauchos. So we drank it bitter and we both liked it. They have some land in the country with some animals. We're going to ride out there Saturday. Danny said he's going to take me out to see the real gauchos. It's like we're taking Isabella out to see the real elephants.