This and That.....

In response to your comments....
No, I did not give the taxi driver my phone number.
No, he was not speaking English. (which means I understood Armenian! yay!)
And
Yes, I promise to be careful.

I cannot wait for spring and summer to arrive. I go through these same emotions in America, too, but they are much more strong here. Something here that really annoys me is that when it gets dark, girls have to be at home. Which means that, unless they take a taxi home, there are no late night hangouts at my place. They always tell me that this city is safe, but yet their family insists that they come home at "such and such time". So, all that to say I'm looking forward to longer and warmer days. I am also ready to leave the world of turtlenecks and long johns.

I had no translation today at chrch. That was not very fun. I also had the task of keeping the MK's quiet and still. I kinda wanted to squirm and talk like them. I found myself wishing that I could listen to a sermon on my ipod. I knew the sermon was about "sin" but that's about all I understood. I am learning more of the songs, but if they are fast, I'm toast. Well, let's backtrack, I'm reading more, but I still don't always understand what I'm singing. Sometimes we sing a song that's to the same tune as "My country tis of thee".....it just makes me giggle and want to salute.

We have workout equipment here at our building. After English classes, some of the girls have been staying to workout....they call it "shaping" or "fitness". I correct them time after time to call it "exercise" or "working out", but it remains to be "shaping". I've also become some sort of an expert in the realm of fitness. I lead them in stretches and give advice such as "drink a lot of water after exercising". When I told them about the water, one girl looked at me in disbelief because she thought drinking a lot of water would make her fat.

I have been in this country for 4 months now and there are days that I walk outside and think, "Wow. I live here. That's weird." There are just those moments of strange realization that are unexplainable. It's just kind of a neutral, factual, sort of thought that comes up every now and then.

I'm looking forward to continuing to build relationships with local girls. I'm hoping to get together with a few of them next Sunday. Women here don't get the chance to just hang out and be goofy very often, so they loved our last get togther. My new apartment will have better seating, so i'm excited about that. May He give me a bigger heart for the young ladies here and more opportunities to serve them!