Angela, Emily, Andrea, me, and Ermenita
Friday night we went to a pizzeria out in the country with the two Ukrainian sisters who study with me; one of the sisters works there but had that night off. We enjoyed trying more exotic combinations of pizza toppings and chatting with the girls in a mix of languages for several hours.
me with the two Ukrainian sisters;
the one on the left wins "The Best Recruiter" award
Saturday four little girls from church (two sets of sisters, ages 14 and 11) came over to my apartment for lunch. We all cooked together, ate, talked, and sang until it was time to dash off to English class.
the girls all wanted to crack the eggs for the pasta carbonara!
the fullest my kitchen table has ever been!With these special (English-speaking) guests as reinforcements, the English class went on a field trip to the park to play Red Light Green Light; What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?; and Duck Duck Goose (pictured below).
Then my friends and I walked around the center of town briefly until it was time to meet up at church for our next meal! We cooked dinner for half a dozen church members.
Sunday afternoon the girls returned home to Florence. Their visit was an encouragement to me as well as the English students, children, and Vicenza church members!
Today I added my ninth English student, another friend of "The Best Recruiter." She moved to Vicenza nine years ago from Kiev and is very well-traveled, having been all over Europe and the former Soviet republics, as well as to Bolivia. Every now and then she would throw in a word of Spanish without realizing it. She said the Bible stories we read today were interesting, and I look forward to getting to know her better!
What a fun weekend you had! So nice of the other Avanti girls to come and encourage you and the people of Vicenza. It's great how you know people from so many different cultures, all over Italy.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your blog - you have a very interesting life! And I think you are very brave - moving to another country by yourself to do God's will. I'm in Bible class with your mom at MRCC, and can tell you that she is so proud of you! As we all are, thank you for doing what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteThe picture of those little girls breaking the eggs is so sweet...they're almost the age of my older two (12 and 14).
ReplyDeleteI love imagining you heading out to the "Italian countryside" for pizza! Sounds so fun!!!