Mullets in Moldova ;P

So I have discovered that here in Moldova there is a fashion trend in male hairstyling. This fashionable up do is what we Southern folk like to call a mullet. Mullets in Moldova appear anywhere from the billboards on Stephen cel Mare the main street in Chisinua or in the villages on the farm boys. This post is dedicated to those mullets and all their glory :) I believe I will continue to add pictures as I see more mullets :)

It has already been one week !

Airplane riding
Airport sitting
Waiting
Watching
Moving
Shaking
Driving in cars
Driving in trucks
Driving in Marshutcas
and walking in ruts
Riding trolleys which lead to no where
Discovering your way out of thin air
Meeting new people
Seeing new faces
Meeting your glances with stares in your faces
Eating new food
Tasting delight
Spitting things out when you have a big fright
Who knew chicken organs could be so tasty
When disguised as chicken meat in a way quite unique
Learning to love
Learning to listen
Learning to give love and recieve love in kisses
Returning to sleep
Returning to normal
But what can be normal in a place so unique
What is this place ?
Heaven in the midst of the city
Its loving in life and living in love with the Father Christ Jesus and the Spirit above :)

And this is my recap of thoughts of the week :)
Habakkuk 2:3
"This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait paitently for surely it will take place. It will not be destroyed !"
Psalms 20:4
"May He grant your hearts desires and make all your plans succeed."

Day 4 - Meatballs in Moldova

I Woke up at 7:30 to get ready by 8:30 for Romanian Lessons  The lessons were very fast paced and fun ! I enjoyed learning the words although this language is much more difficult to pronounce than French or Spanish well definitely more difficult than Spanish some words revival with French. However I learned several new words from our fabulous professora Olga  She is very nice and has two children one 14 the other 5 She has lived in Moldova her whole life ! But not always in Chisinua she instructs Romanian and Russian language however we are just learning Romanian for the time being. Our lesson today was from 9 till 5:30 ! Tomorrow we are going to go to the market to use our phrases and vocabulary and on Monday we will go again to a different market to buy fruits and vegetables! Tomorrow will be another full day of language  As for the evening we rode the white mini-bus home with Wesley who came to pick us up to make sure we got off at the right spot  Which was very nice of him because the bus became very full and quite smelly and you need to tell the bus driver (Stop here very loudly) in order for him to stop but you cannot say stop here you must indicate where you need to get off. I plan on making this the first command I learn because very soon we will be on our own  After we rode the little white bus home we went to Andy and Nancy’s house to have some delicious spaghetti and meatballs  much better than the store bought meatballs. The house was full of their daughters and their friends who were having a sleepover it was wonderfully loud and playful  I am glad I have sisters! I enjoy spending time with the Raatz family they are extremely nice and welcoming. They have two dogs one German shepherd and a miniature schnauzer with a long tail! The German shepherd’s name is Brita and the Schnauzer’s name is Gracie both are very sweet!

More than Moldova: A summer of dreams, realities and expectations realized

Days 1- 3 – Traveling 05/11/2010-05/13/2010
Key Points
1. Left MCO Orlando airport 12:12 on May 11th flew to Washington D.C.
2. Met Courtney Mcintyer. The most encouraging girl I know !
3. Flight delayed to Munich :/ because of weather and an extra 30 mins was added to the storm bc of volcano
4. Missed flight from Munich to Chisinua
5. Got put up in a super nice hotel – Sheraton Airport , good food , soft beds
6. Woke up at 5a.m. for flight at 9:05
7. Rode to the airport with the taxi that as right on time at 6:00a.m. sharp
8. Ate some bletzle shown kindness by not having to pay 15 cents !
9. Flew on a nice but small jet with nice leather seats to Moldova 
10. Arrive in Moldova 
11. We met Nancy at the airport bc we were super early, went to eat at a yummy pizza place
12. Drove to the home of hope met the ladies that work there and live there one is in the hospital having a baby 
13. Drove to Nancy’s house met her three daughters very pretty !
14. Talked about hot and cold climate cultures ! Moldova is a hot culture but cold climate
15. Drove to Wesley and Dona’s house where we are staying for the summer 
16. Ate a yummy dinner of taco salad and delicious ice cream ! YUMMM with frozen cherries
17. Went on a walk through their part of town
18. Came back and chatted with Wesley and Donna some more then headed to bed ! It has been a full three days and I cannot believe that it is already Thursday the 13th ! Tomorrow is Friday the 14th ! Happy Birthday Margaret ! I love you !