I'm sitting here at school, not wanting to do work. I have my laptop plugged in and I am catching up on friends' blogs and such. I really miss my dear friends right now. I'm hitting that point where the excitment and newness have worn off and I am starting to miss my old friends and the way we interacted. I have many friends here, and I love them all. They have been a real blessing as we have all moved across the globe together and are dealing with so amny new changes. No one can replace my friends from home though. I miss the way I always had someone to eat dinner with. I miss the groves that my roommates and I would get into where we just understood each other without speaking. I feel frustrated right now. Little things are feeling huge. I know that this is normal, I learned all about this stage at my Pre-Field Orientation Training but it doesn't make the stage any more fun. Everyone is off having fun but I am here at school. I knew I should say no to the social outings because I have so much to do but now I am just lonely, and I am not working in my room. Other things are important too though. I haven't really updated my blog in a long time and I know people are curious as to what is happening with me. I was on the phone until 4 am last night, but I need to stay in touch with people and night is when I can call. My room is a mess, I haven't decorated it yet. I have to write a prayer letter, I should check on support-related stuff, I have a reimbursement to fill out and send asap (and someone said they would help me but they haven't been able to yet). I don't know where to start. I also have several important letters to write. It is 7:15 and I haven't eaten dinner and I don't have anyone to eat dinner with. Sorry for the whoa is me entry. I am doing well overall. There is a lot of food I like a lot (which makes everything seem better). My teaching seems to be going well but I am very unsure. Monday I will (prayerfully) be getting my VISA and I already did a lot on the sub plans because the person who was going to sub wanted them by Friday (which I was informed of Thursday night around 8). Anyway, God is good.

I went to the Crusade welcome back party thing at headquarters and it was neat. I met a lot of great people and Emily and I were introduced to all the Crusade people at headquarters here. It was neat because I learned that one of my students, who speaks very little English, is actually from a family where the parents are one of the 3 couples who make up the first national staff members we have had in the Eastern Europe Headquarters of Crusade. They can be here because I am here to teach their daughter. It made me tear up at the party. How awesome is God?! It is so exciting to think of an Eastern European Headquarters run entirely by Eastern European Christians!!


Flowers in my window.