"What's Better in Poland?"

I was asked this question the other day by my flatmate, Diana.  Well....i can list a few things that to me are truly better here in Poland:

Hospitality, in general.
The price of Chocolate.
Cereal is crunchier--and STAYS crunchy, which of course is the KEY to good cereal
Bread.  Coffee.
The power of their laundry detergent.
Public Transportation is more reliable.
The way guys dress.

So the other day....Friday, my morning was filled with wonderful moments of laughter.  It all began as i was walking to the Barak for Holy Start.  Now, i have seen some stereotypical, "man walks" in my day, but this guy's stride was so classic, i actually pulled my camera out of my back-pack and recorded him--of course i was extremely conspicuous....after all, with a walk like that, i am pretty sure he was in the mafia.  LOL.  When i got to the Barak, Gosia informed me that the word we had talked in circles around the preceeding night during her English lesson, was "okay".  Her husband had a revelation as he brushed his teeth, that "okay" was the word we were looking for the whole time!  Wow.  Then Teresa was asking if i would like a cup of coffee and i was teaching her how to say it in English, and pretty soon all us ladies in the kitchen were rapping--hand motions and all--"Would you like-*dum-dum-dum*- a cup of coffee?"  It was wonderful.  Later, in Darek's office, my mother called and when i told her, "Darek, wants me to tell you hello", she replied, "Don't call him a DORK!"  LOL.  Yes, we had a good laugh....i just hope Darek didn't go home and google that....he may be slightly confused.  This was followed up by my weekly trip to the ski slope with the Bread of Life kids.  Robert, my instructor, enjoys our lessons more than is healthy...for me.  As i am making every effort to conserve my life, he wants to know how to say "beautful sunset" and "beautiful woman" and "sky" and "lean".  LOL.  We certainly have fun, and i hope he will actually just schedule a lesson with me. 
So tonight i had an awesome dinner and "hang-out" time with Marta, the gal who leads the Bread of Life kids program.  She made, seriously the best soup i have had so far!  It was amazing.  That along with the bread Gosia made from scratch!  YUM!  She gave me the recipe and showed me some of the steps, as she was in the process of making a loaf.  So our dinner was great, our conversation even better!  It was a very sweet time, and i can't wait to spend more time with her soon.
Today, Dagmara and Pawel came to MY flat!  We had a Polish lesson, in which we established that i am a hopeless case in the pronunciation of "cz" versus "ci".  I simply cannot differentiate between the two.  And every time i say "czas" (time), Pawel bursts out laughing and Dagamara rolls her eyes.  *no bueno*.  But we did make some progress in other ways!  LOL, thank God. 
Reading a book right now about the Sacrifices and Offerings of the Old Testament.  It has been such an eye-opening read.  It has given me a depth of understanding into the progression from the fall in Eden to the reconciliation on Calvary.  i never really understood about the ways of the Old testament ritauls and sacrifices and how much they truly do connect with the ultimate sacrifice of Christ.  The connections i am making between the stages of Man's position with God, are growing my knowledge and the growth in knowledge is leading to understanding and that understanding is increasing my faith that God has had a plan from the beginning and continues to carry out that plan. I believe God created the world and Man for the purpose to have fellowship with Man, and to receive glory through Man's existence.  If you look at all His actions throughout Biblical history through this lens, i think more of His actions make sense to me, than they did before.  When the world fell, He was out to restore what had been lost.  It is Man, who uses the freedom, personality and capacity for holiness (which also results in the capacity for its opposite) that was given him when God breathed life into Mankind and formed him in His own image, that continues to recoil from the restoration God wants.
Wow, okay, very late, need rest.