Mainly we’ve been settling down in our third story flat. We had to buy comforter covers and pillow cases, towels, stock our kitchen and find places for everything that we brought. Most of the Center for Christian Education staff is away from the school, either on holiday trips or working on their houses.
We are not alone. Monday morning Larry and Brenda Fast knocked on our door and wanted to know if we wanted to go to Tesco with them. We grabbed our list, our shopping bags and the backpack and were on our way. It is roughly a 3 mile round trip walking to Tesco.
Larry and Brenda have volunteered for two years and came in October 2009. They taught conversational and beginning English to the workers of the City of Martin. This coming they will be teaching workers of the Water Company for Martin. They invited us to their flat that evening for a delicious dinner of cornbread, beans and rice. The next day, Larry took us to the train station to get a senior rail pass, which will save us 50% on train tickets.
All total, we made 4 trips to Tesco, two trips to the Martin center and one to the farmers’ market. It has been interesting to shop with little or no language shared, but people are very patient with us and try their best to figure out what we’re shopping for. This is a definite reason for learning more Slovak.
For us, today’s weather was unbelievable. Last night there was so much lightning that Gary could see clear across the room. This morning the rain came in a deluge, the lightning still flashed and the thunder was quite loud on the top floor. Good thing the front door to the church is just steps away. We keep remembering the beautiful countryside that God is watering.
Except for the restaurants and cafes, the town closes between 17:30 and 18:00 on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays. With our internet services down a good deal of the time, sometimes it feels as if there is nothing to do, yet God knows what we need, even if we don’t. After two and a half months of a hectic move out of our house and packing, we
are enjoying this time.
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Gary and Jeannine Jenks
Hello Gary and Jeannine,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for keeping us posted. I can not beleive that the weather is so different than last years sweltering heat. Have you moved from the dorms? Were are you living now?
hang in there, you are in our prayers,
Ruth Kapka