As the Nights Grow Colder

So as of today we are officially 8 days until we leave Uruguay and 9 days until we will be back in Reno. Part of it is sad because the relationships that we have made here are amazing and it's going to be hard to leave them. On the other hand it will be good to see everyone back at home and see how things have been moving in our absence. It's kind of a bitter sweet feeling but we have both agreed that the sweet out-weighs the bitter. Enough of being sentimental though, let's look at what's changed since the last update.


Since it has been getting further into the winter here it has definitely been getting colder. It definitely gets colder in Reno but the difference here is that we have heaters. Here there is no heating inside the houses so the only warmth that you have is what the insulation keeps in. For the most part we've been doing pretty good with this but it's not something that we're completely used to yet. This morning we actually had a little bit of trouble getting out of bed because it was so warm and the apartment was so cold. It's changed the work conditions as well. All day yesterday we were working with jackets, hats and gloves on. By the end of the day we were looking forward to a hot shower just to warm up. But today the sun is out and it's not as bad. This morning we finished the orchard and Roy has told us that we are going to be starting something other than pruning. We are excited to see the work that we will be doing in our final days here.


Last weekend we joined Siegfried and two other OM volunteers (Job and Tim) to tour around the country and make people aware of the ministry that OM is doing. This was good because we were never 100% sure what it was that OM Uruguay did outside of a teen event once a year and the planning for the youth center. We got to see that they are in charge of supplying material to different churches and stores so that they have christian material that is usually only available in the big cities. Dan got to join Job and Tim in playing some Ecuadorian Folklore music at all the stops. IT was fun because it was a different experience and a type of music that he's never played before. Chris on the other hand was put in charge of running the book table a couple times and that doesn't work out too well since he doesn't know and Spanish.


Besides all the time with churches we got to see other parts of the country outside of Montevideo. All in all it was all flat farm land. If you've ever driven through the mid-west it's a lot like that. It made us long for the mountains that surround us in Reno. The last stop that we made was the most northern city in Uruguay and it actually went right up to the Brazil border. Since people will live on one side and work on the other they don't have border patrol there until you leave the city. So during some down time we decided to take a walk to Brazil. Basically it was just a river with Spanish signs on one side and Portuguese signs on the other. We may not have gotten a stamp on our passports but we can at least say that we've been to 3 different countries this trip.

Well, there is only one more post until we come home. Keep praying for us that we learn what God wants us to learn in this home stretch.