Hello again from Tucuman! I just posted some pictures that Dick took during Beth's graduation from Taylor. :-) One is of Ben and Beth and the other is my mom Marlene on the left and Dick's mom Lois on the right with Beth in the middle. Beth is now moved in with her Grandma and Grandpa Greenman in Sparta. Ben arrived in Colorado today and will be working at WorldVenture headquarters with the Third Culture Kids' program. Dick arrived safely in Argentina this morning and is traveling from Buenos Aires to Tucuman tonight on the overnight bus. He'll be here in the morning Lord willing. I'm waiting for him and praying. As I write this Andrea is with the youth group kids at a special "quince", a birthday party for a girl from church who is now 15 years old. Thank you so much for your prayers for our family as we're once again spread out over a few states and two countries. Bye for now!

Hello again! It's the start of a new week. :-) Dick arrived in Michigan last Thursday morning and arrived at Taylor Thursday afternoon. It's quite a trip from here to there. Congratulations to Beth on her graduation from Taylor! They tell me that the graduation ceremony was three hours long. Wow! I hope to see some digital pictures soon. It was nice to talk by phone with Beth Saturday evening. I called from our computer to her cell phone as they were driving from Taylor to Sparta. Isn't technology great? :-) I've also talked to Ben and Dick. Congratulations to Ben for finishing his freshman year at Taylor and finishing well! On Friday Ben flies to Colorado to work at WorldVenture headquarters for the summer and Dick flies back to Argentina.

The Friday evening and all day Saturday interpersonal skills workshop here in Tucuman went very well. It was a joy to be with the group of participants from the Anglican church and IXTUS the Christian university center. Hopefully we can continue the second half of the workshop in a month or so.

Andrea and I are doing well. Andrea has three end of the semester tests this week. We also have a day off on Thursday the 25th to celebrate Argentina's Independence Day. We'll be celebrting with our church family, eating "locro" at the locreada at church. If you don't know what that is, it's a thick, creamy squash based soup with sausage, other meats, sometimes pigs feet (depending on who makes the locro), cracked corn and white beans. Yum! :-)

If you've been praying for Dick's trip, the workshop and our family in general, thank you!

Hope you have a good week! Bye for now! I'll include some pictures of Beth's graduation, later in the the week when someone sends some to me.

It's so good to hear from those who have written. Thank you! Dick left for Buenos Aires last night and should be arriving there this morning around 11am. He'll be flying from Buenos Aires tonight and arriving in Houston Thursday morning and changing planes to fly to Detroit. The plan is for his parents to pick him up in Detroit and they will drive together to Taylor University Thursday afternoon. Beth's graduation from Taylor is Saturday. :-) My mom, sister, Dave and Nancy, Sara (Greenman) Hopson and my aunt and uncle will be at Taylor also this weekend. I'm sure they'll have a great time together. Wish I could be there too. Andrea is busy with school and end of the semester tests here and it would be hard for her to make up the work. We hope to see the graduation video and talk by internet phone connection this weekend. I'll be facilitating an interpersonal skills mini-workshop this Friday evening and Saturday here in town for the Anglican church, staff of the IXTUS Christian Center for University students and maybe a few university students. Looks like there will be at least 21 participants. We appreciate prayer this week for Dick and his travels, for a good time with family and for the workshop this weekend. Dick will be back here in Argentina May 28, Lord willing. :-) I'll keep you posted on how things are going with all the activities. Bye for now!

Happy Mother's Day to you if you're a mom and you're reading this post! Mother's Day is in October here in Argentina but I like celebrating today too. :-)

We had a great time during our cookout yesterday with (standing left to right) Bernabe,Nacho,Judith, Laura, their children and Andrea (sitting on left). Bernabe and Nacho were in the youth group when we first came to Tucuman 17 and a half years ago.

I'll write more about our plans for this week in another post. It's nice to hear from you too! Hope you have good week!

Here's where we'll be having our "asado" or cookout tomorrow (Saturday), in our backyard. :-) Wish you could be with us at the barbecue, enjoying some great Argentine beef!

Today I visited the apartment that we are thinking about renting for Brandon and Wizzy, the couple that will be here for two months. They are preparing for their trip and we are preparing for them. :-) Dick is preparing for his time in the US, for Beth's graduation from college and his visit with family and friends. Tonight the girls from church will be here for a cell group meeting. Tomorrow friends are coming over for a cookout and Sunday evening a visiting pastor and a few other people will be coming over for pizza. We're looking forward to a very social weekend. :-) I'll write again after our weekend activities. I've only told one person about this blog so far and hope to get the word out soon so that friends and family can keep up to date on what is going on here. Bye for now!

Greetings from Tucuman! Welcome to the Greenman family's new blogspot. We're glad you found us and hope to hear from you soon. Life is never boring here and we hope to keep you updated on life and happenings in our lives.