domenica, 15 luglio, 2007

Wow! We're already 1/4 of the way through our program!!! Thats so crazy! Its also kindof crazy that I'll be here for another month and a half. I can't really comprehend how much I'm going to learn, Italian and other things, in that time. I also can't comprehend how much homework I will have to do between now and then. I swear, the B1 students don't get any homework besides what Harinder (program director from UofO) gives them. And the B2 students have all this other crap that our teachers give us. Its so dumb. We shouldn't have to do both. Oh well I guess.
Tonight is the finale of Umbria Jazz, which is kindof sad, but... not really at all, because I am excited for the piazzas to be nice and calm, not that they'll really be that calm, but whatever.
We're going to go see Harry Potter tomorrow!! We were going to try to see it tonight, but because its the last night of Umbria Jazz, we figured we ought to hang out and enjoy it while its still here. Most of the showings are in Italian, but I heard a rumor that they show the films in English on Mondays... I suppose we'll find out tomorrow, but I think I want to see it in both languages, it doesn't really matter what order though.
We had a Bible study today! It was me and Tony, this kid Ty, who we asked because he has a tattoo of a cross on his forearm, and Kathy (who I travelled with from Rome to here) and Brenton, who is just a cool kid who we thought may be interested in coming and he was, and also Satoshi, but I don't think he knew was he was agreeing to come to. Haha. It was good though, we read Acts 1, and then just got into discussion about what to do with our lives, and how to live them and glorify God and minister to others all at the same time. It was a really good discussion. Ty is a leader at a youthgroup at a church in Eugene, and it sounds like he knows a lot about the Bible. And Kathy I think is semi-involved in church stuff, and Brenton said he's never been to a Bible study, and really appreciated this one. We're going to do Acts 2 sometime next week, and it sounds like we'll have at least one more person!
Its really amazing to see God bring together all these random people, who are from the same place but in a foreign country. Because I would probably never met any of them (besides Tony) if it weren't for this trip, and here we are sharing our walks and learning together. Yea, pretty much neato.
Ciao ciao.