From Southgate, Kentucky

It is a cold, 40 degrees, and quite windy after the rains passed here late yesterday. Clayton and I almost enjoyed our morning walk! Kimberly and Craig fixed a great breakfast of ham, eggs and scones. It is great to be in Kentucky.
We arrived at the Cincinnati airport (which is actually located in northern KY) on Thursday afternoon in the rain at 3:20, an hour late. We had sat on the runway in Dallas for an hour and a half due to bad weather east of Dallas that had prevented our taking off. It had been a mad dash to the gate to catch that flight as our flight from Miami was an hour late due to a problem in Miami. At least our flights from BA to Santiago and then from Santiago to Miami had been uneventful. The airlines are no longer serving anything but a drink on the national flights so we got quite hungry by the time we were in the air to Cincinnati. They do offer a snack box for a fee which we bought! Craig was at the airport to meet us but our luggage didn't arrive with us. It was delivered to the apartment by ten that night after it had come in on a later flight.
We enjoyed a nice evening with Kimberly and Craig talking and getting caught up with things. Then yesterday we slept a little late, had our walk and then decided to go out for an American breakfast which turned into almost lunch time. We ended up at Cracker Barrel and had a leisurely meal. We shopped a little and then decided to take the scenic drive along the Ohio on Route 20. We went through the small towns of Petersburg, Rabbit Hash (which has its own story), Belleview and then stopped at the Bone Lick State Park. That was interesting to see the huge bones of the mastadons and other animals that lived in that area many years ago. The park is really nice. Kentucky should be proud of their state park system!
A big storm came through Kentucky (evidently it was quite furious in Tennessee) around four so it was raining when we headed out for dinner with Kimberly and Craig to meet his parents, Joyce and Wilton at Maggioni's Little Italy. It was a great meal with lots of stories and laughter. We then drove out to Joyce and Wilton's for dessert and played Phase 10.
This time is relaxing. We will go out to dinner tonight with David and Teresa as they are up here to celebrate her daughter's birthday. Tomorrow we fly to Phoenix and will get to see Jonathan. We get back to Kentucky on Wednesday.

Street Sweepers

Yesterday morning it was raining as we headed out to our team meeting. The rain was no deterrent for the street sweepers who are out early every morning to sweep the streets. One of them had a large black garbage bag tied around his shoulders to ward off the rain. It is interesting here that the home owner sweeps all the stuff of his sidewalk into the street. It gives someone a job! Then every day the sweeper comes along and cleans up the edge of the street. He uses a big wide broom and has a cart with the garbage bag attached. The man on our street is very friendly. That is a far cry than what we do in the States using big trucks to come along the streets to clean. People generally pick up their own leaves and bag them along with other trash.

The Golden Arches

The Golden Arches arrived in Argentina in 1987. Kimberly was a senior at Lincoln High School and she and some of their friends took "senior lunch privelege" and went to McDonalds for lunch that day. She said there was a mob there so it took longer for lunch than normal so they were late getting back to school! She said it was worth it to be a part of Argentine history!
Clayton and I stopped at the McDonalds, which is about eight blocks from our apartment, for a quick supper last night on our way home from church at Spegazzini. We were surprised to find out that "no smoking" is allowed in the restaurant! That is a first!
It was a beautiful afternoon to have the services outside at Spegazzini. Praise the Lord for the money that came through from the mother church to have a roof put on the building there so that when the rains come and the colder weather arrives services won't have to be postponed and the children won't be denied Bible study. There were more than 30 people there last night with 17 participating in the Lord's Supper observance. That was a blessing!