Rejoice with me!! :) :)

You might have noticed a change in the title of my blog...I just discovered a MUCH more beautiful word for Dawn in Spanish...Aurora...so much more lovely! :)

My goodness, a lot has happened in the past week or two! When my family traveled on to Chile and southern Argentina, I decided to stay here longer to volunteer. But I´ve been in a bit of a flurry trying to decide how long I would stay for, and what I would be doing afterwards, and then...I was offered a job at my DREAM school, a Catholic Montessori school in northern Virginia! So perfect! So I´ve decided to stay on an extra two weeks, until the beginning of January, and then head home to quickly pack and make my way across the country in time to start work in the middle of January! Who would have thought?! I am amazed by just how perfectly God has worked everything out for me! The one thing that makes me sad is having to leave Argentina so soon! But I hope, hope, hope that God will bring me back some day! And I do still have a month left here. I´ll be leaving the home for girls this Friday, as they will go to stay with relatives or foster families for Christmas. But I´ve found another place to volunteer for the rest of my time here, a home for babies up to age 4 in the city of Córdoba. Some friends have invited me to stay at their home for the rest of the time, and also to join their (huge, fabulous!) extended family for Christmas, so I think I´m set for the rest of my time here :)

I must say, I am in awe of the hospitality and kindness of the Argentinians! As soon as I mentioned I might need a place to stay, I had at least four invitations to stay at different houses! And I really feel welcomed...scooped up and made part of the family is more like it! I even got invited to a wedding this past weekend, having met the bride only briefly in passing. So much fun! I think I will be forever changed in my ability for hospitality by my experiences here - I want to make other people feel as completely welcome as I have felt here...to be a blessing to others as I have been so blessed!

So I am praising God and REJOICING down here as I get to spend another month in this country I love, and then come home to such a fabulous new opportunity. Rejoice with me!! :) :) And please keep me in your prayers, that I can be a blessing to the little ones I´ll be with in the coming weeks, and to everyone I meet.

Lots of love to you all!