Saturday Evening

Sorry I havent written in a few days.. I have been a bit preoccupied! (sp) Lets see... not yesterday, but the day before that I had a little scare.. I was waiting outside the gate of my home for the two girls from Olivet to swing by and we could walk together to the House on the Rock (where we have language lessons and classes).. and as i was waiting this man walked up to me, so I said Buna(hi) to be nice, and he grabbed me and started to pull me with him. I kept telling him Nu(no), but he didnt listen so i eventually had to like pry his hands off of me.. kinda freaked me out! Apparently this is an extremely rare circumstance in Sighisoara, so I am not too worried that it will happen again! I told Dorothy about it and she said not to worry, so I am not going to dwell on it. Later that day we had some more orientation and it went very well. Yesterday we had devotions at the HOTR (house on the rock), and then went to dorothys for more orientation.
After orientation Jessica ( another Sr SW major from Indiana Wesleyan) and I went for a walk around town where we ventured, almost getting lost. I found this great store that sells just fruits and veggies and juices... im in love! After that we went to the family center and set up for lunch. We sat with this adorable woman named Anna. With the little romanian we know, we told her our names, wherer we were from, that we were students, volunteers and that we were 21 and would be here for 3 months!! Thats so much, and so little at the same time! I asked her if she had any children. She told us that she had 3 boys that each had families of their own-she also told us that she was 64 years old and had lived in Sighisoara her whole life.. she was a Saxon. That is quite impressive! There arent many saxons remaining here in Sighisoara-she is one of the few. She didnt know any english, but she helped us with our Romanian numbers! It was wonderful.. in situations like these, a smile really CAN go a long way! :) After lunch we had a meeting with the 3 social workers at Veritas and were able to talk to them about how/why they went into Social work, and what they do within the Veritas program.. I cant wait until monday so I can visit each group! After that, the girls and I went to dorothys, then I went back home and watched an American movie with Damaris! :) The family I am staying with is WONDERFUL! They are such wonderful people, even if we can only say a few words to each other! Today I went on a hike with all the girls, and the girls thatare here for Jterm.. It was great.. It was kind of steep in some parts, and it was REALLY foggy, but we made it and had some coffee at the top! :)





It was a great bonding experience for the girls in our group.....Afte rthat we all went to the HOTR and watched "Youve Got Mail" and just hung out together... It was very nice! Now I am at my home, and just had a very nice shower after a long, wet, muddy, sticky day! :) I will be going to the Nazarene Church tomorrow, and I cant wait! It is one of the only bilingual churches around here in Sighi! Go Nazarenes! Haha.. Hopefully tomorrow night I will be going to Sigmandru to the other Naz church ... Sigmandru is a very por village outside of Sighi, and Roberta preaches there as well!..... I have to go for now! La Revedere!

Buna!-Hello
Buna Dimineatsa- Good morning
buna ziua-good afternoon
buna seara- good evening

Eu Sunt Katy- my name is Katy
eu sunt studenta- I am a student
eu sunt din America- I am from america
eu sunt volunteera la veritas!- I am a volunteer for Veritas