Day 2

This morning we had an in house church service led by the program director.  He talked about the importance of having a correct view of God, a love of the church, and compassion for the lost.  It served a dual purpose as it was also a segway into our first class (cross cultural missions and evangelism), which he will be teaching starting tomorrow.  Everyone seems to be excited for the learning but not the homework.  Please pray for patience, focus, and comprehension as most of us are still recovering from the jetlag.

After lunch we went to the mall.  Our van stalled out, so we stuck in the middle of the road for a while.  That was fun.  The mall itself was pretty similar to US malls except everything is in Italian, of course.  It was certainly interesting trying to navigate and pay for things only knowing simple phrases. 

A few of us goofed around on the soccer field for a few hours when we got back from the mall.  It was very cold (the coldest winter it has been in the past 23 years we have been told) but even so, it was so much fun.  Afterwards we went to the bar down the street to warm up, have a coffee, and chill for a while.  Bars here are not like bars in the states.  They are really more like cafes that happen to also sell alcohol.   

I got to skype my mom for a little before dinner.  Yay!  Between the time difference and our busy schedules it seems that our skype time will be very limited to maybe once a week.  Between classes and dorm duties I am only free from 6:30pm-11pm (12:30pm-5pm NJ/PA time) on week nights (which is also the only time I have to do my homework) so really I am really only free on Sundays after 3pm (9am NJ/PA time).  We take trips every Friday/Saturday so if you want to skype me you had better reserve a date/time asap. 

I was pretty bummed to find out that unfortunately we will miss the superbowl.  It does play on 2 channels here but it starts after midnight our time so it is past curfew, which means no TV to watch it on.  Plus the only websites we could think of that might stream it are blocked.  So sad…  Someone will need to relay the score and highlights to me tomorrow. 

Routing for the Giants until then, Stacy