Sunday, May 18, 2008

Italy Day 7

So, here's whats been going on. Friday we had our English conversation class and we taught on Work. We taught vocabulary words on work and some grammar too. Then we had a Bible discussion and talked about the Parable of the Sower. The parable of the sower talks about a sower who plants seeds. Some of the seeds get thrown on the road, some among thorns, and some on fertile ground. It says that the seeds that get thrown on the ground get eaten by the birds, the ones with the thorns grow but the growth is choked, the fertile ground grows and is what becomes healthy. We asked who the sower is, and they said Jesus. Then we asked them what kind of ground they think they are. Each one gave an answer and most were honest, some said fertile, some said thorns, and some said the road. It was cool to see how honest people were, they said they wer thorns because they let the cares of the world get in the way. I got to share that I am for the most part fertile ground, but that there are still some thorns, and with God's help he has shown me how to pull the thorns out, to pull the roots out so that the thorns don't grow back.




Friday night we had a party that we invited all the students too. It was our "Country/Western Party", we played country music and everybody got a bandana that they wore. Myself and another girl on the team taught everybody how to two step and we did that for a while. Then Sarah and Jennifer taught them a line dance, and we did that too. Everybody danced and had fun, most everybody got the dance moves down. Then a guy who put his faith in Christ shared his testimony of what his life was like before and after. The Italian spoke in Italian so I had no idea what he was saying. The party was a big hit!

Yesterday we went to Laggo Magorie, an a part of Italy that has three islands. The weather wasn't good but we did enjoy the time, it was neat getting to see how the mountaineous areas were covered in clouds because of the rain. We saw post cards of how beautful the island is on a sunny day and were in shock of the difference. We did get to hand out with the students that decided to come with us.
This morning we had church at Il Refugio and it was cool. Thankfully the songs they sang I knew in English and the teaching was translated. We went and ate at McDonalds for lunch today. So, naturally we took photos of the place, lol! It shows that we are American and I'm glad. :D I will keep you guys posted on more!!!



Were getting our line dance on!

Ready, Aim, Fire, Reload!!! :D
Hanging out with Columbian students at Lago Magorie
Hanging out with a student from Ecuador and Sound Korea.
A picture of Laggo Magorie
The worship team at Ill Refugio the church were working with at church this morning.

Friday, May 16, 2008

What's been going on!

So, I'm finally getting some time to update. We have been real busy! Planning our English lessons, teaching English classes, and hanging out with the Italian students. It has all been time consuming, sometimes a full nights rest isn't enough. Of course were still adjusting to the time change. We've really gotten to build some good relationships with the Italians over here. They are so neat to work with! My heart goes out to them because they need the truth of God in their lives. Here are some photos that I want to share with you!













Our Begginers English Class, Sarah, Cathryn, and myself are the teachers.














Us with a local Italian Sabrina who showed us around Turin!














The Intermediate Class, Jennifer, Christiana, Dan and Barclay are their teachers.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

English Club Class 1

So, today we had our first English lesson. I'm teaching the begginers class with Sarah Brown and Cathryn Mayo from my church. We taught on the subject of friendship and it went well. I taught them some vocabulary words and Cathryn taught some idioms. We then had a bible study where we taught on Mark 2:1-12, we talked about the story and how friendship was related in that story. It was neat to meet the students in the class, they can't speak English very well and hopefully they will be able to speak better English and learn about God through our classes. :D

I have got to say that coffee over here in Italy is sooooo much better!!! For lunch I had a marachini (Spelling?), which is a cappucino with nutla chocalote coating the glass. It is really good! Anyway, I better go for now! I hope to upload some pictures later!!!

Jordan

Siamo Qui!!! We made it!!

So, after our long flight's we made it. We missed our connecting flight due to a gate number change, and us not knowing that. We stayed in Germany for about 6 hours verses 4. Thankfully all 11 of us were able to be booked on the next flight. So we made it to Turino about 6:00 PM in Turin time which would be about 1:00 pm Texas time. Anyway we've got to ready for our first English lesson for today!!! Be praying for us, I will update more later!

Ciao!!

Jordan