This past weekend was a pretty packed weekend! I went out with Judit and Anne and Stephanie for dinner because Anne is through with her internship here in Poznan and is returning to Germany. :( We are definitely going to miss her! But she has told us we can visit her anytime and she wants to come back to visit us when we do some more "Ladies nights" in the future. :) I tried Bigos for the first time! It was really good! It is fermented cabbage with mushrooms and sausage and served hot! Apparently it is something that is hard to make the real authentic way because typically, the longer and more times you let it sit out and reheat, the better the flavor! But there is something against the health codes in this, so it makes it hard to do it real authentically.
Saturday night was another party with Dagmara, Pawel, Nela, Domcia, Monika, Marcin, Theleme, and Judit. it was so cute, because i was the first one there and Nela was trying to do her hair...well. Lucia was trying to french braid her hair for her!!! And they had a YouTube video up trying to learn how to do it! Tehy were like, "AH! This is hopeless!" I just laughed and asked them if they would like me to do it becuase i knew how....Nela and Lucia were so stoked and amazed at my french braiding abilities! LOL. Who would guess something so simple could be a blessing! Nela was seriously showing off those braids ALL NIGHT! "I look like POcahontas!" She kept saying and all the girls were agreeing....and that is how i discovered that Pocahontas is a huge deal here in Poland! Apparently it seemed to be one of the favorites among the girls! I thought that was interesting...and what was more interesting is there thought that it was pretty factual!!! I was like, "NOOOOOOOO! NEVER EVER believe Disney movies!!!" hahaha. We were singing the "Colors of the Wind" song together, and actually, the Polish version sounds a lot nicer than the English version i think. It was fun.
I am not used to going to parties...back in the states anyways, so this whole atmosphere is kind of new to me. But i really do enjoy the time that i get to spend with people at these parties, and i do have a good time with them. Getting to talk with people from different backgrounds than me and a lot of them speak many different languages and have travelled a lot. So it is always really interesting. i have gained a reputation for always bringing my water bottle along, LOL. I let them make me one drink but that is always my limit and this last time they were really pushing me to drink more, of course doing it in a "fun" way. But i was just like, you know what guys, you can sit here and say all you want, but i know what i want my limits to be and nothing you say is going to change that! My friend Marcin had my back though, and i was really thankful for his support. :)
After i went home i had a conversation on Facebook with Judit, that was initiated out of the whole "Drinking" thing that night. :) The Lord was really opening some doors in the conversation and she wants to talk more with me in person about "spiritual" things. :) Judit is such a sweetheart and she just has such a kind heart and she laughs easily and really loves people. She is here volunteering at a community center where youth go who have lots of family problems. She helps them with homework and just does activities with them. And she is so young! She is only 19! Which amazed me when i found that out, LOL. I wish more American young adults had the oppurtunity to travel and experience so much in their years after graduation from highschool as students over here in Europe seem to have.
Teaching at the public school is going VERY WELL! They have actually asked me to take another class! And start a "Drama/theater club" for students after school!!!!!!!!!! Which si super exciting but i am thinking on these two things. I want to make sure that whatever i do i can do it to the fullest. So i want to make sure my schedule will allow me to take on more. The thing is...they were asking me to teach a subject in English!! Which is CRAZY COOL...except that the subjects were Math and CHEMISTRY or PHYSICS! LOL. I ain't no scientist, i am a writer!!!! LOL. But i told Martyna that as long as what i was in charge of was mostly vocabulary and using the English Vocab to explain certain concepts, i thought i would be okay. Still....LOL, but then! She brought up possibly teaching ART!!!! And i was soooooo pumped for that because i love the Arts period. :) So we will see how that works out!
I had the pleasure of visiting the home of Lisa Mitts who is the lady who worked out the details of my volunteer work at the public school. She is a part of the organization, Greater World Missions and she and her husband and two kids have been here for i think about 14 years?? So it was a real pleasure to spend time with her and listening to what she has seen and expereinced in her time here. :) She has so kindly told me that anytime i need some time with a family to just let her know and she and her family would be more than happy to have me over anytime! And she told me if i ever want to use her house for ministry i am more than welcome to!!! So i am very thankful for the blessing she has been to me.
The other night i went on a walk through the park with Dagmara and Pawel and it came to my attention that they have NEVER tried a Tootsie Pop or even a Tootsie Roll!!!!!!! I was like, "WHHHAAAAAAT!?!?!" and they just laughed as i re-enacted the commercial for them. I think i need to get some tootsie_pops over here, because it is a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY that they haven't had the pleasure of a Tootsie-Pop!! LOL. They also don't have smores!!!! Which if you can imagine that....LOL.
I also went for a walk with a gal named Zofia, who is in her "senior year" of "highschool" at Cytadela which is a HUGE park near the center of Poznan. We had an amazing time just talking and sharing our backgrounds. We have a lot in common and she just shared with me how encouraging it is for her to be around people like me who actually live their faith, and it is something that is real and not just a tradition that doesn't matter outside of church. She told me that FoF (the student group i am involved with) is just a really big blessing for her. Which makes us soooooo happy to hear! The last year for students is a very stressful and difficult year because of their tests...it is quite different than what we do here in the states and is much more demanding i think. their tests are called "maturas" and there areseveral that test certain areas of knowledge and you choose i think it is 4 to take and you must past these in order to study in university and the ones you take determine what you study in university. If you don't pass the matura for a particualr area of study, you can't enroll for university. So she is under some stress right now with all the studying and preparing for university classes!
Alright one last story!!! I have met one more gal who i hope to see a lot more! She is actually from California and came here for medical school and is almost done with her 4 year program! She is SO ready to go home, she says she has been here way too long. She actually lives right across from Janet's flat--who is the lady we meet at for our ladies Bible study on Thursdays. as we were coming in she was going into her flat so a few of us were talking with her a little bit before study began. That night we were having our "Sound OF Music" movie night for the Ladies, so i thought i would invite her....so i went over and we were just chatting about life and she was really interested in coming to our Bible study! Or coming to FoF, or any other event that we might do. :) She says she needs some new friends becuase she i always with the same people ALL THE TIME for the last few years and she would love to meet some new people! So i think this is really cool and she is such a cool gal and just really funny and energetic and!!!! YEAH! I just love her already! But of course, she has a real crazy schedule with school and all, so i hope that she can actually find some time to meet up with me.
And on Sunday, one of the guys from PIC named Marcin (a different Marcin from the one who i was at the party with) is going to be going skydiving in April possibly with a buddy of his and he invited me to come along!!!! AHHHHHHH! I was totally psyched! So we will see how that goes. :) Alright, tomorrow i get to go to the Shalespeare play, "Taming of the Shrew" !!! Marcin (the one form the party) is the lead role and my other friend Ula is a minor role and they invited me to come see it! The play is in English....Shakesperean English!! I am trying to imagine being Polish and learning the English language and then putting on a play in Shakesperean English....hmmmmmm...sounds slightly difficult, lol. So i am looking forward to that.
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