We're in Argentina!!!

BY Laureen
Today, well yesterday, we started our amazing journey below the equator to Buenos Aires. We have been preparing for months! After a bumpy plane ride from Houston to Miami, we arrived at the Miami airport and waited impatiently for our plane to Argentina. After the eight hours on the plane, where we did everything from play games, to watch movies, to sleeping, we arrived with a bit of delay in Buenos Aires at 9:06, and our day started immediately. We packed up the bus and got our first glimpses of Argentina. First we went to Hillel. The architecture for this building is very different from what we are use to in Texas. It’s a gorgeous building, and we were greeted by very friendly faces. After learning a little more about the Baby Help Center, we were on our way to a delicious Kosher lunch. Then we went off to play with the babies. The kids were really happy to see us. We got to sort the clothes, play with the wonderful children, do arts and crafts and participate in a song circle. It was great to see not only how we can impact their lives, but how they can impact our lives, too. At this point, we were starting to get really tired, but we still had a wonderful opportunity to hear a great speech on the economic and Jewish history of Argentina. There we also got to meet students our age from Baltimore that came to Argentina with Hillel to help out in other ways. From here we got to go back to Hillel, relax for a few minutes and then off to dinner. Once dinner was over we were headed for a 9 hour bus ride to Cordoba where we would hopefully, finally be able to catch up on some sleep on our beautiful bus.