Rob's Rave and Silvina's Stories Living life at the end of the world
General
Lighting Fires
Lighting the fire of passion. Let our love never diminish, our passion never be lost, our boldness never be quenched, and our togetherness never be torn. Here’s to 2012 and another fun year of being crazily in love with my beautiful wife!
Who is Silvina Prado?
Well, that is easy to say… she is my girlfriend, the one I love. She is the one to whom I am engaged, whom I plan on marrying. She is a beautiful young lady of whom I had heard a lot but never met. When I finally did get to meet her, I had never [...]
Visiting Ushuaia
It was the 11th of December that I boarded the bus heading to Rio Gallegos, the last city on mainland Argentina. My bus trip was about to take 16 hours before I got there, so there was plenty of time to think. The entire trip to Ushuaia was something almost instantaneous. Although I had been [...]
Broken iPod
Yep. That’s what you get when you have a wonderful iPod Touch with its glass screen and no protective cover. When it fell from my pocket down onto the rough cement floor below me, with the glass facing down, it was a sickening sound that I heard. Now my iPod has a number of different [...]
Old Mr. Rios
Only a few blocks from my destination, I notice an old man hobbling along the footpath. His slow speed and awkwardness creates an obstacle for the handful of people who are out today, and they all detour around him so as to continue on their way. As I approached him, he looked up at me [...]
The Best Way To Wake Up
The sweet harmony of crashing waves slowly ease their way through into my consciousness. I spin on the bed, trying to coax another half an hour’s rest from the already stifling hot day. The early sun’s rays have heated the canvas annex to the point of a sauna and beads of sweat are starting to [...]
Find a Wife by Sending Team
This was found amongst other paragraphs of serious content explaining how teams could get to the base, what the base would do for each team, and more. … So now I’m wondering how many people who are searching for ” find a wife in buenos aires ” are being sent to the YWAM base’s new website?
A Week in Buenos Aires
Before leaving Argentina I headed to Buenos Aires for a week. There was still one YWAM base in Argentina that did not have a website yet. My goal was to give them one by the end of the week. It worked. Through a lot of hard work and some very late nights, it was possible [...]
Movies and Music
I do not know about you, but my reality is normally far from what I have just seen and experienced on that big screen. … Is it any wonder, if we have all been feeding on these movies now for years, where there is music that suits every situation that the actor goes through, that there would be an increased number of people wandering around the streets with headphones stuck on or in their ears?
Heading South to Ushuaia
Every time that I enter Argentina my passport is stamped with a stamp that gives me 3 months to live in the country and move around freely. At the end of this time I may renew my visa by leaving the country and returning again, even on the same day, or I may also extend [...]
Falling from the Sky
Getting the News It was early in the morning when I awoke to Nahuel climbing back into his bed. I figured that he had just gone to the toilet and was now returning, until I noticed a light still burning downstairs. Then there were noises, and voices, it was very unusual for this time of [...]
Building Rooms, Creating a Home
Our home, affectionately known as “The Base” We live here in a rented house. In the beginning the house was at the lockup stage only, meaning that there was nothing more than the walls, roof, and windows, with a concrete floor. Over our time here we have added lights and power points, tiles on the [...]
Home Again Gone Again
Well, after 3 days of non-stop travel on buses I make it back to my home in Puerto Madryn. The first day I end up sleeping almost right through from 2pm onward to the next day, although I did get up to eat a quick something during the night. Travelling was exhausting. On the road [...]
Cindy in Brazil
A good friend of mine from my days in New Zealand, Cindy Ruakere, has brought out her third CD and is now at the beginning of a one year world tour. It starts in Brazil, and involves living in a slum and ministring to the people here. Cindy Ministering in Brazil Here is a small [...]
Three Months Engaged
NOTE: Carolina and I are no longer engaged. We broke up in April. Carol has moved on to another YWAM base where she is studying. I will remain here and continue to work in Puerto Madryn. Today Carol and I celebrated our third month of engagement. In July we will be getting married in Colombia, [...]
When Sunday Became Monday
Something went wrong in my head today. I rose at 8.30am with my alarm, dressed and drove to town to pick up my mail. Arriving, I discovered that the post office was shut – and everything else too. I was confused, so I checked my watch. It said 9am. I then wandered over to the [...]
Moving back to Movable Type
Well, it has been a while now since moving from Movable Type to WordPress, but after a lot of working with WordPress this blog is back with Movable Type. Why the change? Because I had multiple blogs and wanted to combine them all, and after a lot of fiddling with scripts that were supposed to [...]
The Time Between
Well, it has been a while since I updated this blog. What has been happening since Corrientes? Carolina The first and most important thing that has been happening is that I have met a beautiful girl from Colombia. Carolina was a student on the outreach in Peru that I was leading and since returning from [...]
Engaged
That’s right. Last night after dating Carol for almost two months we are now engaged. A lovely girl from Colombia, I first met Carol in the team of students that I was leading in Peru, and by the end of our time there it was obvious to everybody that there was something happening between us. [...]
New Zealand – it’s all over now
After five days in New Zealand, I am now on the plane back to Argentina. My time in New Zealand really flew past during the race around to try and catch up with as many people as possible. Met at the airport at midnight by Walter and Gail, we managed to stuff the large amounts [...]
Celebrating Mother’s Day – Twice
The day after John’s party, our family got together for Mother’s Day… twice. Welcome to our crazy family. Dad playing "swords" with Brod at a beach BBQ.
John’s Birthday Party
The main reason that I came over to Australia was to celebrate my brother’s 40th birthday. Although my and Brodie’s arrivals were supposed to be a surprise and he found out, the party was a lot of fun with friends, relatives, and family all present. The birthday cake with a delicious and rich flavour.
Air-Conditioning Installations
When the opportunity to hang out with my brother Joseph came along in the form of helping him install ducted air-conditioning units in houses, it sounded interesting. After helping him out for a while I discovered that this sort of work is actually very enjoyable and gives a great sense of achievement at the end. [...]