Just add Peanut Butter

Sunday, February 01, 2009
7:07 p.m. CZ time – 12:07 p.m. Home time

So - Victory! I overcame my first week on the public transportation system. It’s not bad actually. The worst part is the walk up to my apartment after I get off the bus. And waiting on a bus on the weekend is no fun…especially when it’s blizzard-ing.
But, I made it. I got my bus pass, went sightseeing this weekend, snow covers the ground - I think I’m pretty content.

I got a message from Christine (the other GST Prague intern). She and I are supposed to meet Don (our supervisor) for coffee Wednesday night. He observes me on that afternoon.

I met Lindsey McDaniel. She’s teaching at the Christian International School of Prague. She emailed me. Yay! More friends! :) She also offered for me to go with her to the International Baptist Church of Prague. I went today.

Friday night was “Youth Praha” downstairs in the chapel. Natalie Kaspar (another girl that works with Linsdey) invited me to come. I met Whitney Beach. She’s here with IMB and the “Hands-On” program. She and two guys – Daniel and Caleb. They met in the Ukraine at training. We went to the mall to eat afterwards. I think I’m going to be seeing a lot of them. :)

The four of us went out yesterday. Friends! more pictures on Facebook.

Apparently, Czechs have dessert for lunch sometimes. The cafeteria at school served rolls with vanilla cream sauce stuff the other day. Like cinnamon rolls without cinnamon. Looked pretty good. That’s one custom I can get used to!

These kids have never heard a Bible story . . . ever. We were talking about the original sin – they had no idea who Adam and Eve were. No Jonah, no David and Goliath, no Garden of Eden; nothing.
Maybe we should do a unit of short stories . . . from the Old Testament. Eh?
It’s literature.

Gorgeous snow! Ah!

I think I’m actually enjoying the Diskos. They just needed a little peanut butter…

ABBA is everywhere. Yeah.

I blew my outlets this morning. My batteries died halfway through seeing the sights yesterday (bummer) so I tried to charge them this morning…without a converter.
There was a bright pop, the slight smell of smoke, and a lack of power. There’s one outlet that still works…the one the TV was plugged into. The rest don’t work. Which means – the fridge quit. perfect.
Oh, and there’s no maintenance on the weekend. I’ll see if it gets fixed tomorrow… nice.

I do have new towels, though. That’s nice

I can elaborate more soon. Just a brief update for now - Lots of paperwork to do. Such is the life of an educator…


MUCH Love.