Hello wonByOners!!
Just to let you know, I spent Thanksgiving week...in Argentina!...working!!. Argentina is a country in South America, and it borders Antartica.
Actually, a friend of mine from my first church has a ministry with an orphanage down there so when I heard he was going I wanted to join him. Besides going to watch a great soccer match (Argentines loves soccer like Americans love baseball) I had the chance to help dig a new drainage on the orphanage's soccer field. The field would always turn to a swap after a heavy storm. So we spent eight days digging and getting the old pipes out and placing new ones in. By Friday morning, the drainage was completed. A lot of the older kids helped out a lot. It was a humbling, yet rewarding experience and I thank God I had a chance to help. I admire the missionaries helping out there and I thank God for their faithfulness, which includes going out every week to ask companies for any help, dropping kids to school every day and most importantly, teaching them the Word of God daily. Well, let me know if you have any questions and I'll answer them. In the meantime, here are some pictures...
1) This is the drainage we dug.
2) This is the "microbus" used to carry the kids to school and anywhere else. They used to use an old Chevrolet 2500 before it.
3) This is a delicacy in Argentina: "Asado". Not many condiments nor sauces, but tasty, specially the ribs.
4) This is the back of the orphanage.
5-6) These are at "River Plate" stadium. Great soccer match.
7) Another view of the new drainage.
Just to let you know, I spent Thanksgiving week...in Argentina!...working!!. Argentina is a country in South America, and it borders Antartica.
Actually, a friend of mine from my first church has a ministry with an orphanage down there so when I heard he was going I wanted to join him. Besides going to watch a great soccer match (Argentines loves soccer like Americans love baseball) I had the chance to help dig a new drainage on the orphanage's soccer field. The field would always turn to a swap after a heavy storm. So we spent eight days digging and getting the old pipes out and placing new ones in. By Friday morning, the drainage was completed. A lot of the older kids helped out a lot. It was a humbling, yet rewarding experience and I thank God I had a chance to help. I admire the missionaries helping out there and I thank God for their faithfulness, which includes going out every week to ask companies for any help, dropping kids to school every day and most importantly, teaching them the Word of God daily. Well, let me know if you have any questions and I'll answer them. In the meantime, here are some pictures...
1) This is the drainage we dug.2) This is the "microbus" used to carry the kids to school and anywhere else. They used to use an old Chevrolet 2500 before it.
3) This is a delicacy in Argentina: "Asado". Not many condiments nor sauces, but tasty, specially the ribs.
4) This is the back of the orphanage.5-6) These are at "River Plate" stadium. Great soccer match.
7) Another view of the new drainage.
posted by Dan Echegoyen @ 6:17 PM
3 Comments:
At 1:53 PM,
Katie B. said…
Danny-
What was the drainage pipe being built for?
kt
At 12:49 AM,
Dan Echegoyen said…
Katie,
The pipe replaced an existing 30-yr old pipe which would always get clogged. When it rained, the soccer field would become a swamp. Boys and girls play soccer daily down there, so the availability of the field was a must.
Thanks for the question.
At 5:10 PM,
Happy D. said…
Danny
Thanks for the update from that holiday. Can we get an update from the more recent holidays? Are you alive?
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