Well it's been a busy couple of weeks here in Moldova. Weeks filled with many blessings. After leaving Transnistria (Narnia) we headed to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova. It's a large, beautiful city with even more beautiful people. We spent most of our time here teaching English at an english club at the local university. It was a lot of fun and we made a ton of new friends. I had the oppurtunity of teaching the beginners class. Actually I should say helping to teach the beginners class. Seeing as how I don't speak the language and the class was for beginners, I was the only one in my team to have someone helping me teach. Even though it was dificult to communicate with the students I still had a blast teaching them. At the end of the week we had a "graduation party" for them complete with music, games, food, and diplomas. It was an awesome week. What made it even more awesome was our accommodations during our stay here. We had the privilege of staying in some super nice appartments. First we stayed with Radu and his family for a week. They were an amazing family and took VERY good care of us. They cooked us some spectacular food during our stay and even took us on a tour of the city. After that week we moved to another apartment in a nearby building. The apartment was on the 15th floor and it had an absolutely great view of the city. Plus we had it all to ourselves. NO sharing with anyone else!! It was awesome!! We have been truly blessed these past weeks.
Our last few days here have been spent in a hotel for the second debrief of the race. Debrief is when the entire squad gets together just to hang out, have fun, and let the rest of the squad know what they have been up to the last couple of months. Also month 4 is when our squad leaders leave to go back to the states. It was a blessing to get to know them and they are amazing people……..so Chris, Holli, and Greg……..I will miss you a lot and if you are ever in Tampa, Florida don't forget to visit!!!
Well, that's about all I got time for right now. I have to go finish packing. My next stop in the race will be Maputo, Mozambique. Also I want to apologize in advance in case I don't have internet there. I have no idea what the conditions will be like. I may be in Africa all 3 months with no internet. I hope not but we'll see. I will be sure to write as soon as possible. Also, my good friend and fellow teammate Tyler Hamilton was in desperate need of some jeans. So deperate that he went to a second hand store and bought girl jeans……hence the name of this post…..
