Nine months and counting...
I have been living in Italy for 9 months now and now I only have 9 months left. I cannot believe how fast it's gone. It has definitely been the fastest 9 months of my life. It's a bitter sweet thing. I'm really looking forward to going back to the states and being with friends and family but then again, I'm probably never going to experience anything like this again in my life. I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do once I'm done here and that kinda freaks me out. For one, because I have no idea, and for two, because for the past year and a half, being in the AIM program I haven't really had to think about my future. I was just living in the moment. I'm still living in the moment but I now have to consider what I want to do with the rest of my life. It's a little scary. I know God has something planned for me but as of now, I don't know what that plan is.
My dad just recently visited me. He was here for several days and we were able to do a bit of traveling together. We went down to Rome (my favorite place in Italy so far), Florence, and I had the honor of showing him around Prato and what it's like living here. Christmas was not the same but it was a wonderful experience and I loved that I got to share it with my dad. It went by too fast in my opinion but we had a blast nonetheless. My mom will be visiting in March and Chandee will be visiting in June so I have a lot to look forward to. :)
Every Tuesday and Thursday my teammate, Molly, and I go to an old folks home. Talk about a challenge! I haven't been this challenged in a LONG time. It's difficult to understand people at that age anyway, but in a different language...yeah, that's hard. I've only gone a couple of times and they both have been difficult for me emotionally but hopefully it will get better. I'm hoping to be allowed to read the Bible to them (in Italian of course) so we'll see how that goes.
My other teammate, JaMarcus, and I visited a church last Thursday to try to meet new people and hopefully find more Christians to fellowship with, and I'd say we were successful. It was a good experience and I'm going to be giving one of the members English lessons. :)
So, that's what's going on right now. Thanks for reading and please leave a comment. God bless!!
Charise
