Life in Moldova means…

Running  to the grocery store for “chocolate milk” at 11pm
Getting to make our own food
Easter cake
Grocery shopping at a supermarket
Making Turkish coffee
 
Iced lattes and gelato coffee
Having tea, dessert and fruit plates during church
Having my first salad in 4 months
Danish cheese
Sour cream….lots
 
Working with Campus Crusade for Christ
Teaching beginner and advanced English Club for 2 weeks
Teaching in high schools and Universities
Meeting/getting to know over 200 students
Painting an orphanage    
Youth outreach in Transnistria
 
Living in an office, orphanage and apartment
2 weeks in Transnistria (a “country” not recognized by the UN)
2 weeks in Chisinau, Moldova
Living with two incredible women of God (Zina and Cornelia)
Sitting at round tables during church
Singing with 3 different worship teams
 
Getting pedicures
Fast internet
Day trip to Odessa, Ukraine
3 new shirts (to replace those already worn out)
Shopping at a 4 story mall
Getting back into exercising
 
Learning to be team treasurer
3 types of currency
Being too busy to read
Learning Russian and Romanian
 
12 passenger “mini buses” with 30 people
Hot, hot, hot weather…and a week of rain.
Hot showers
Washing machine
Goats tied-up along the sidewalks

Fun times!