…barely taking off my SmartWool socks for the first two weeks
…sweating the last two weeks (HELLO, season change!)
…living in a church
…living in a church with no heat
…sleeping under 4 blankets every night
…trying to get kids to not to throw rocks at each other
…lots of soup
…good internet access for the first time since I left America!
…eating rooster for the first time (tastes like chicken)
…playing ping pong
…homemade fruit juice
…having conversations that heal my heart, a little at a time
…falling in love with accordian music
…visiting villages
…getting shown the most hospitality I have ever seen
…making lots of new friends
…attempting to hitch hike home
…living across the street from the best bakery in town
…getting my feet washed by a sweet Moldovan sister in our communion service the night before Good Friday
…playing football and watching football games
…not being able to sit on the floor (they think it makes you not able to have children)
…learning to play an improved version of duck duck goose (instead of tapping you, they drop a napkin behind your back, you are allowed to cut through the circle if you jump on one foot, and if you get caught– you have to sing a song and dance in the middle)
…lots of laughs, tears, and hard conversations
…seeing Moldovans more and more through the eyes of Christ
