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This blog is all about my adventures in Italy! I will be spending one semester (3 months) in Grosseto, Italy. I will be posting pictures and stories for all of you who want to keep up with me!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Today was another crazy day - after getting woken up in the morning by the usual adorable chorus of high-pitched "Mawy Wose! Mawy Wose!" Samantha (the pastor's niece) took me to the market that happens every Thursday - it was a "slow" Market day because kids had started school on Wednesday, but I found out where to find all the good stuff and that Italian kids have 5 years of high-school, sign for their own absences after they turn 18 (aka they basically skip whenever they want without their parents knowing), have school Monday - SATURDAY, but get out at 1... so ya that was interesting. Also, Kelly wants a phone so she is going to get one and let me use it while I'm here, yay, so I'll have an alarm clock and a way to talk to Joel when he gets here :-) Then I did some homework and went to church for the first time since I arrived, and didn't understand a word of the service and had cute little Emma cuddling in my lap the whole time with several other kids hanging around... and on... me. haha. Then I had some real, delicious Italian Pizza! So good. Then Kelly and I had Italian hot chocolate - which is like warm pudding-milk, and she taught me how to knit really cool things - she's pretty awesome at it haha. So, that's my whole day.... in case anyone was wondering. Tomorrow morning I am going to go help a woman can tomato sauce - every year she makes a YEAR supply of tomato sauce with her home-grown tomatoes... so yaya I should learn A LOT! And David's horse show is tomorrow - he's such a cutie and I hope it goes well!

That said, I do miss everyone back home! Different time zones and I guess the vast distance between here and the states makes me feel sooo far away. But I have never felt such a need for people that I'm close to and only had God to turn to - And I'm so thankful that God is showing to me how dependent I am on other people - my prayer for my own growth in this semester is that God becomes my complete dependency. That I love other people and want to be near them but that GOD is the ONLY One I NEED. Anyway, that has really been on my heart lately, and I guess my prayer request right now. I love you all and can't wait to see you again! Arrivaderci!

2 comments:

  1. Im so glad for all that you are learning! Put more pictures on here! You hsoudl knit baby hats and shoes and leggings- Evy would wear them all the time :) Thanks!!

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  2. I agree with knitting all those things for Evy! I am so glad for this experience for you! God is good and put you with a great family. Psalm 73:24-25, "Whom have I in heaven but You, and there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My heart and flesh fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

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