May 28-30, 2014

The mountain in the background it the one I climbed last
week.  See how it looks like the back of an elephant!!!

Wow.  So much has happened in the past three days.  And boy am I tired.  But anyways.......

Wednesday was a pretty uneventful day.  We met for action group(or our small studies we have with a staff member and a couple of other girls) and went out to go sharing.  I was partnered up with my friend Eric, and we ended up doing decent in being able to have two 30-45 minute conversations back to back.  After that, I was just physically and mentally exhausted.  So, we prayed for a while and then went to find a bus to take us home.

This is where Wednesday was not uneventful.  We were looking at the map and trying to decide which bus to get on.  There were a couple that were going in the direction we were heading, so we hopped on the one that stopped at the stop first and started to ride.  After riding for a few minutes, we don't think we are going in the right direction, but we figure it would all be fine.  We ended up at the end of the line all the way on the north side of the city.  Fortunately, we figured out what had happened and ended back where we needed to go.  It turned out that the bus we had gotten on had its route changed and they hadn't changed it on the maps.  Therefore, it was not our fault we got lost on the bus in Ljubljana.

Anyway.  We arrived back at the hostel an hour after we had gotten on the first bus, and just in time for dinner!  Taco Salad!  And afterwards was a super fun project fun night where we put our euchre skills to the test in a double elimination tournament.  Me and my partner Sofie did really well until we were both too tired to play.

Thursday, on the other hand, was such a good day.  We have an extended quiet time with God scheduled for that day from 9-12 and it was super fun getting to utilize that.  I went with a friend to the Skyscraper(a thirteen story building that is the second tallest building in Ljubljana) and enjoyed a bela Kava(coffee with milk) as I contemplated God and looked over the beautiful city.

Sharing went really well too.  I went to FDV(The Economics and humanities part of campus) with this super cool guy named Brad.  We just got to hang out and we ended up having the first super good dialogue with a guy who we would ask question to and he would ask us questions.  It was a super long conversation and it was just a seriously cool way to experience God.  Afterwards, we just got to seriously pray for the movement and for everyone involved and who would be involved and just got to know each other better.  It was such a fun time.

And, since there was no planned dinner on Thursday night, what did we ladies do again...That's right.  We grilled out again!  The guys were so jealous.  It was so much fun just being able to help these girls out with their cooking and just having a blast putting it all together.  And of course It was absolutely delicious!!!  We were so stuffed by the end that we didn't want to go anywhere else.

But, we had to.  We had an outreach event happening at a cafe nearby and therefore, we headed out on another adventure.  It was actually a book reading in which we talked about the concept of Transformation and how it played a role in books and scripture.  It was really fun and we got free coffee which was great!!  I also found a new cafe that I really want to go visit more often.

And, then there was today...an interesting day in itself.  This morning started out fun because a small group of us went to my favorite tea shop and I got their famous Almond Cookie tea that was delish!  After spending some wonderful time with God and that tea, we had a training time in which we are learning and utilizing new Bible study methods.  It was really awesome.  There was one part where we took thirty minutes and we meditated on a verse.  At the end of the thirty minutes, we were supposed to have written 30 things that we learned from that verse, either about God or ourselves or anything.  It was such a cool thing.  I have never thought about looking at a verse like that for that long.  But it really did work.

Afterwards, my friend Zack and I went sharing.  We walked around for a little while, but since most Slovene students go home over the weekends, there weren't people there really to talk to.  So, we decided to go to a different building.  However, on our way, we ended up talking for an hour with a Grecian and a Brit.  It was such a cool conversation, and really encouraged us.

After sharing, we came back and ate enchiladas for dinner and went our for, you guessed it, gelato!  Tonight it was a chocolate one called Muffin, which has the texture of a muffin, and an Orange Walnut.  It was delicious.  As we were sitting in the Center enjoying our gelato, a bunch of random guys in Mechanic outfits came over and started talking to one girl in Slovene.  After they finally understood that we spoke english, we found out that it was this guys bachelor party and that for 1 euro he would pull a cart with you in it.  Their bachelor parties are pretty legit.  So, after pulling many of our group, we got a group photo and they went on their way.  It was so much fun!!!