week dva

we've been here 2 and a half weeks. time is speeding up a bit now. i am learning a lot from the Lord and am thankful that He has brought me here for a second time. tonight i was eating dinner and i saw a woman with a forever 21 bag. i talked to them some, asking first if the spoke english. the bag, however, is from america. it was a little bit of wilmington here in sk. it made me feel more at home. one really cool thing is that i am learning more of the language this time. i think that happens the second time you go somewhere overseas you take more in. i am really loving it this time. the weather is a bit depressing, cold and rainy. thankfully, my mom mailed me a raincoat yesterday. i love receiving mail here - so just know you can send mail whenever you'd like.
for the past week we have been meeting students at medicka - learning about them, what they believe, what they like to do for fun, all kinds of things. most of them are really busy because they are taking exams - these are smart kids. one girl answered the door with a book open saying, "i must learn." they are very studious.
we are studying Jonah - and i am really enjoying it, learning a lot about the soveriegnty of God and what it means to be repentant. we have a lot to learn from Jonah.
this weekend we are going to budapest and then we have a two weeks of high school ministry - then we are going to prague, then vienna - then i'll be back in america! i love it here. keep praying for us as we take steps of faith.