1. Baptism at Libertatii on January 6. Nelutu came to Christ this last year and absolutely couldn't wait any longer to be baptized. January 6 is also the day that the church in Romania celebrates the baptism of Christ, so that made it especially meaningful.
2. Team Meeting - budgeting, strategic planning, all that "fun" stuff.
3. Dinner with Gabi - Even though she is still doing some freelance work for us, we wanted to celebrate Gabi's time with us as she moves on to another full-time job. So, we took her out for dinner, looked at pictures from the last couple of years, and gave her flowers and a small gift.
4. Wrote letters to supporters, mailed packages to a bunch of other people. Going to the post office was quite an adventure, as usual. When I asked for 32 airmail stamps to the US, the lady just stared at me (has no one ever mailed that many letters before???) and then disappeared into the back of the post office for over 10 minutes. Then, it took quite a bit of convincing for her to believe that I really wanted to send my packages airmail even though it costs more (at least then I know they will probably get there this year!). And, of course, there is no such thing as self-stick stamps or computers that spit out labels with the exact amount of postage. So, after she scrambled around the office for another 10 minutes trying to come up with the right combination of stamps to make up the amount I needed,I got to spend another 20 minutes licking all of the stamps & affixing them to the proper envelopes. It took an hour, but, mission accomplished...eventually!
5. Finished collating and binding all of the teacher's manuals for quarter 8. (The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!!!)
6. Got a fun package from Jenny. Along with some weird looks from the postal workers (I pick up packages from a different post office than the one where I invested an hour of my life earlier in the week). Guess they haven't seen too many envelopes like this.
And the customs officer wasn't quite sure what to make of the customs declaration. "DVD, can of soup, random assortment of junk." I had some yummy tomato soup for dinner that night! And some good laughs, too.
7. After a long saga, I FINALLY received my license plates. It only took 10 trips to the police station.
8. Finally took down my Christmas tree last Friday (the 18th). Glad I did it then before I had to run out of town! I didn't feel too guilty about the fact it was still up since most of my friends here hadn't taken theirs down either. Of course, they also didn't put theirs up until Christmas Eve...
Since I won't be here for Christmas next year, I wrapped the tree up well so that it can be stored in less space. Each section is "trussed up" with leftover Christmas ribbon. And it stores in about half of the space that it did last year!
So there you have it...all of the "excitement" in my life in recent weeks. Truthfully, trying to keep all of the balls in the air and not let anything fall through the cracks is taking every ounce of energy and every moment of my days. But, I'll still try to update once a week!
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