Venezia

I'm sorry - I'm sure no one reads this anymore because I've been so irregular :-) But I'm now coming down on the last few weeks before I return to the states! I can't believe it's already almost over! I'm having a wonderful time seeing Joel - he's currently in Poland but he will be coming back Wednesday (don't ask me why he went to Poland :-) - crazy) Meanwhile, we have been hitting the Christmas Play pretty hard, trying to finish everything up. We're currently making costumes and discussing the decorations, and the kids know all their lines (well, almost, haha) I'm really excited about everything coming up, but trying to take one day at a time, because they are most definitely limited! This week a girl from North Carolina is here, Kaitlyn, and I took her to Florence on Saturday and we went to Venice with the Pastor's wife on Sunday and Monday - WOW Venice is absolutely incredible, and honestly indescribable. Not only is it a unique and fascinating city, but it also surprises you with beauty around every turn (in between tourists and tourist shops... and McDonalds). Sometimes the streets and bottom of the stores and hotels flood - it gets as deep as 3 feet! When we were there, we only saw a few inches of flooding - but it was definitely cool! I wasn't that excited to see the city when I first planned on going, but now that I've seen it, I will FOR SURE go back. I LOVED it. :-) I'll try to write a little more as more exciting things happen!