Another busy day, and more to come

This afternoon we were invited to eat lunch at the house of a family from the church here in La Plata. The wife, Diana is actually from Peru, so lunch was a Peruvian dish. It was delicious! Mauricio had a lot to say about personal evangelism.
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Later we took a train to Ezpeleta (don't worry Moms, we were with another man from the church) to go to a Thursday night service. It was about 45 minutes by train. The man we went with (Andri) is from the Ukraine. All the Ukranians I know (2) are characters. At the church service, Pastor Matias asked us to give our testimonies and sing a song. The people are so friendly here.
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For those that don't know, it's tradition in all of South America for guys and ladies to greet one another with a kiss on the cheek. When I went to Peru, so I (Josh) was already used to that custom. Well, here in Argentina, they take it a step further...the guys kiss the guys on the cheeks! A kiss hello, and a kiss goodbye for virtually everyone you meet. Talk about culture shock! Actually, I knew that was the custom before we came. For Americans, it's weird, but it's practiced in other parts of the world. It was practiced in Bible days. The Bible does say "greet one another with a holy kiss."
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Our schedule at this point is:
Friday- run some errands in the morning, and babysit in the evening to give Jeff and Mindy an evening out on Jeff's birthday.
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Saturday- visitation in the morning, possibly go to Buenos Aires, Jennifer is conducting a beauty class at the ladies meeting in the evening.
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Sunday- Sunday morning service in La Plata, give testimony and sing, get on bus to the airport, meet missionary Ron Self, go north of Buenos Aires, see the beginning of 3 services in the area, then stay for full service in Don Torcuato, stay the night with them...
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Monday- do some souvenir shoppping, or just rest in the morning, I'll go to a pastor's meeting starting at six, there should be 9 or 10 pastors/ missionaries there, we'll stay the night again...
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Tuesday-get up and meet Gonzalo Hauman, a local pastor in North Buenos Aires, spend most of the day with him, and go back to la plata.
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Wednesday-
not sure about the morning, at night, the service in La Plata
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Thursday-
not sure about the morning, preach/sing in Ezpeleta (Southern Buenos Aires, but north of La Plata)

That's all I know for now. Oh, for those who might be wondering, the time difference is three hours from Eastern Time. 12:00 pm in Knoxville is 3:00 pm here.

Well, that's all for now. chau!