Finally here!

Arrived in Chisinau, Moldova today, January 9th. The trip has been pretty adventurous so far. Everything went very smoothly up until I got to Bucharest, Romania; where I had the pleasure of meeting possibly the best con artist in the country. My flight got in a few minutes late, causing me to miss the train to Moldova. Luckily I was greeted by a kind man who I would soon spend the next 3 hours with driving through the Romanian countryside.... I got ripped off; is what happened. I got ripped off bad and didnt even know it until today. It's all good. Ive made my peace with it at this point. No big deal. Really - its totally cool. Dont even care. Anyways, I ended up hanging out sitting at some sketchy train station for 3 hours after I left the cab. Across from about 6 men who kept looking at me as if I was a Thanksgiving turkey, and they had not eaten for a little over a month. Haha. Thank you Lord, for keeping me safe throughout the entire trip!! The train was sweet! Paid about a tenth of what I gave the cab driver, to go probably 10 times the distance. That was definitely an awesome experience; an old rickety train ride through rural Eastern Europe. I will post some pictures after I pull out this internet usb thing. I cant fit both that and my camera cord in at the same time.

It feels great to be back in Moldova. On Wednesday I will head to the city of Orhei, where I will begin teaching English at the orphanage during the day, and the church during the evening. I forgot to bring all my teaching supplies. I will also be helping to build a transition home for some of the older orphans. Oleg (the guy Im working for) told me today that he would actually like to split up my 5 or 6 months between here in Moldova and Istanbul, Turkey. Which I am definitely OK with. For a while now I have been feeling that God is trying to tell me something about Turkey. Day dreams, dreams, thoughts, flooded with Turkey. I have never been there and know nothing about the country, except that I need to go there. So I was incredibly stoked when Oleg mentioned that he would need me over there; because there had not been any discussion of that until today!

I will spend most of tomorrow with Oleg, planning out the rest of my time here. I will have more information for you guys either tomorrow night or the next day. Good news is that there is WI-FI here. So all of you who have an iphone or ipod touch can text me for free, when I am in range of wi-fi of course. If you dont have an iphone but do have a smartphone, you can download the app called, WhatsApp, and text me for free on that as well. Maybe you dont want to text me at all, thats cool too. I appreciate all the prayers and support!


Love and Be Loved