My how time flies. I can't believe I'm almost halfway through my second week in Fez! And I have been enjoying every minute. I have been praying that my homesickness would stop and that I would truly enjoy my time here. It was today I was sitting at home to avoid the heat, just reading a book, when suddenly it hit me, I have fallen in love with Morocco. I love the people, minus the catcalls, the food, so divine, the language, and even the heat some days. What an answer to prayer!
I have started the brunt of my language learning this week and am happy to report that much of the grammatical aspects are things I have already learned. The only thing I am struggling with is vocabulary. The book the school here uses is a different one than what I use at the U so all the vocab is different. I can't imagine being a level up and having to learn all new grammatical structures plus vocabulary. I am happy to be strongly reinforcing what I already know :)
This weekend was an awesomely hot and eventful weekend. Temperatures for the last few days have been over 100, in the shade. My roommate and I decided to head to a pool run by a hotel in Fez on Saturday and spent the entire day working on our tans. On Sunday we took a trip with the school to some ancient Roman ruins in Volubilis which are so cool, not much compared to Pompeii and Ephesus but still very impressive. It was fun when the tour guide was comparing the ruins to Ephesus and Pompeii and the basilica to Istanbul's Aya Sofia, to think "I was just there!" After the ruins we went to Moulay Driss which is a town that has a spectacular view. We then ended up at Meknes for lunch and to see the city. We went to a grain storage building that was used to hold enough grain for the entire city for up to 10 years. It was built with walls about 10ft thick to keep the place cool, it was like walking into a/c! We also saw an old underground prison, it was a bit haunting to think that people used to spend most of their lives in it, some for petty crimes. It was an overwhelming day!
My roommate and I were able to buy several pool passes for a discounted rate and plan on spending many days at the pool since we have a 6 hour break between classes every day. Enough time to get my tan on! And with the weather being so hot there really isn't much else one can do.
This weekend most of the school is taking a trip to the Sahara desert! I get to see the sun set and rise in the middle of the Sahara! So sweet! We stay in a resort like hotel on Friday then camp in the desert on Saturday. An awesome thing about going to the University of Minnesota is that both the day trip to the Roman ruins and the trip to the Sahara are covered in the program fees. And I've been finding out that I paid the least out of all the universities to come here. What a deal!
Thank you all for reading and praying for me! I've been gone over a month and I have about a month left. Over half my trip is done and it went by crazy fast, I'm hoping time slows down a bit for this next month!.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Arabic Language Institute of Fez
Let me just start by saying, I love Morocco.
The girl I'm living with and I have a new home. It is mold free, we have a window in our room, a toilet and a shower! We are so blessed. We both woke up today feeling so much better. They do smoke, including the mom, which is weird because I was under the impression that it is something that is looked down on in Muslim cultures. But they are considerate of us and don't smoke in the house, or at least do it by a window. They are so nice and offered to do laundry for us right when we got there. Which when you're in 100+ degree weather every day, there's no way you want to wear those sweat filled clothes more than once. So sweet!
Every day here has been 100 in the shade! No one ever goes into the sun, the whole city pretty much shuts down between 12pm and 4pm for everyone to eat lunch and take a nap because there is literally nothing else you can do because it's so hot. I will never complain about it being hot once I get back home, and I will always love the cold weather. Because it's so hot people start coming out at around 7pm when it starts to get cooler and the whole city, especially the Medina, is alive until way late at night. The whole heat and daily schedules of Fes have been the strangest thing to get used to. They have dinner usually around 10pm, sometimes later, which is hard for us because we have to be up for class around 6:45am. But if that's the least of my worries for the next 5 weeks then that's fine.
I love my classes! My morning class has a teacher who is super nice. She's very direct and speaks almost all Arabic. My evening teacher is hilarious! Our first day we all got into a discussion about Moroccan politics and the upcoming vote on their constitution. It so interesting. The nice thing is that he's really animated so he keeps me awake during class. The classes are so much more challenging than my previous Arabic classes and I feel like I'm really learning things every day. It's wonderful!
I'm so glad I'm going to school at the University of Minnesota, the program for Fes includes all the trips in their price so I get financial aid for them instead having to pay out of pocket. We are taking a day trip to Meknes and a weekend trip into the Sahara Desert, I think I get to ride a camel! We stay overnight in hotel on Friday and then I think we camp in the desert on Saturday night. I'm so excited! I also have the opportunity to travel to Madrid Spain for a weekend with four other girls. With transportation (flying) and rooms it's only $110 for the whole weekend! Bomb! I have been just so blessed with all the places I have been able to travel to and the people I have met along the way. I am just in awe. Also, with going from moldy room to modernity, both the girl and I just wanted a non-moldy room and we got all the comforts of home. The Lord just keeps showering me with blessings.
If you could pray for one huge thing. While our new host family is really nice, it feels very spiritually dark and oppressive in their home. It's just a sense I feel from being around them and being in their home. Pray that I would trust in the Lord for my spiritual growth and that He would truly be my refuge. That I would find daily encouragement from the Word every day and from another girl who is a believer. It's strange because in our previous host family it did not feel dark at all, whereas this one does. - Huge praise though! I was able to Skype with my parents yesterday for about an hour which is the first I have talked to them in 3 weeks other than email. It was so good to be in real time with them and hear their voices! Thank you for all your prayers and encouragement.
Being in Morocco has been a real challenge but has taught me so many things. I am so thankful for the little things now. Having a toilet to use instead of a hole everyday, for cold water instead of warm, for little kids who remind me of my little brother. Just little encouragements like these have taught me that I really am blessed. I was born into one the richest countries in the world for heaven's sake! What could I possibly want! I will try so much more to be thankful for everything the Lord gives me, no matter how small. God is so good! All the time!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Fez
The city of Fez is beautiful. The Old Medina where I am staying is super confusing! And every time my roommate and I, a girl from Northwestern University, go some place our host family takes us a different way so we never know where we are. But I'm thinking by the end of 6 weeks I'll have it conquered.
I'm excited to start Arabic. I have it 8-10am and 4-6pm Monday-Friday. I'm nervous but excited to start. My host family is super sweet and loving. The only problem is our room smells like mold and the girl I'm with has asthma so it's irritating her and I've felt it irritating me even after one night. I hate to be the one who complains but every single person living in the house breathes like they have junk in their lungs. I don't want that to be me after 6 weeks. We still have to talk to the housing director of the school to figure stuff out and see if it's even possible for us to find a different home. They were limited on homes as it was, to the point that they couldn't respect requests that we put on our housing forms. Many of us wanted to be in the New town, or Ville Nouvelle, which is really close to the school so we could walk to and from the school and not have to take a taxi. It was really frustrating when they told us that we couldn't and wished they had been able to tell us earlier instead of the day of. The squat toilets are also something I'm having to get used to, they're not as bad as I thought, just interesting.
Throughout all this I'm trying to be flexible and take it in stride but it's been really hard. Homesickness set in really bad the day we got here, on my birthday, it was hard to be away from home and not have friends and family around me on a special day. Then getting to my host family and having to adjust really quickly to different things was like the icing on the cake. I've been close to tears for the past few days all day long. I'm hoping it's culture shock and I'll be able to adapt fairly quickly.
So, things you can be praying for.
- Homesickness, that I would cling to Jesus as He is always with me and in Him I am truly at home.
- The mold situation, how to go about it, whether that means we have to move or just get used to it. And if we do have to move that the family would not be offended as it can be taken the wrong way. I really love them and would like to keep in contact with them throughout my stay if I do have to move.
- That I would dwell on the special, beautiful and unique things about this experience and be reminded of how amazing this opportunity is.
- Studying Arabic, that I would be diligent in my studies.
Thank you all for your love and prayers!
I'm excited to start Arabic. I have it 8-10am and 4-6pm Monday-Friday. I'm nervous but excited to start. My host family is super sweet and loving. The only problem is our room smells like mold and the girl I'm with has asthma so it's irritating her and I've felt it irritating me even after one night. I hate to be the one who complains but every single person living in the house breathes like they have junk in their lungs. I don't want that to be me after 6 weeks. We still have to talk to the housing director of the school to figure stuff out and see if it's even possible for us to find a different home. They were limited on homes as it was, to the point that they couldn't respect requests that we put on our housing forms. Many of us wanted to be in the New town, or Ville Nouvelle, which is really close to the school so we could walk to and from the school and not have to take a taxi. It was really frustrating when they told us that we couldn't and wished they had been able to tell us earlier instead of the day of. The squat toilets are also something I'm having to get used to, they're not as bad as I thought, just interesting.
Throughout all this I'm trying to be flexible and take it in stride but it's been really hard. Homesickness set in really bad the day we got here, on my birthday, it was hard to be away from home and not have friends and family around me on a special day. Then getting to my host family and having to adjust really quickly to different things was like the icing on the cake. I've been close to tears for the past few days all day long. I'm hoping it's culture shock and I'll be able to adapt fairly quickly.
So, things you can be praying for.
- Homesickness, that I would cling to Jesus as He is always with me and in Him I am truly at home.
- The mold situation, how to go about it, whether that means we have to move or just get used to it. And if we do have to move that the family would not be offended as it can be taken the wrong way. I really love them and would like to keep in contact with them throughout my stay if I do have to move.
- That I would dwell on the special, beautiful and unique things about this experience and be reminded of how amazing this opportunity is.
- Studying Arabic, that I would be diligent in my studies.
Thank you all for your love and prayers!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Africa
I am in Africa! I just love saying that :) Julie and I arrived on Monday night an hour late because our flight was delayed. We made it to our hotel with no problem and were given a suite if sorts, we questioned this because we had reserved a simple double room. But when we went to double check and make sure, their response was, "It's the only one left" very African.
We went to the third largest mosque in the world yesterday, Mecca and Medina having the first and second largest. It was huge and very beautiful, but it seemed built to honor men and not God. We then tried to find the main craftsmen area but few of the streets are labeled and in the end gave up and got lunch. I deboned a fish for the first time! I usually don't like fish but when it's freshly caught that morning it's so much better.
Probably the most interesting part of the day was somehow getting pursuaded into going to this carpet making place and looking at dozens of carpets. We had no intention to buy any despite their beauty and the salesmens persistance. We did get free mint tea out of the deal and ended up having to walk out on the guy in mid sentence just to prove to him that we were not going to buy. Overall I think it was a very good experience.
Today we will try and hopefully succeed in finding the crafts area and do some more exploring of the city. Julie leaves tonight and I meet up with my program peeps early tomorrow.
We went to the third largest mosque in the world yesterday, Mecca and Medina having the first and second largest. It was huge and very beautiful, but it seemed built to honor men and not God. We then tried to find the main craftsmen area but few of the streets are labeled and in the end gave up and got lunch. I deboned a fish for the first time! I usually don't like fish but when it's freshly caught that morning it's so much better.
Probably the most interesting part of the day was somehow getting pursuaded into going to this carpet making place and looking at dozens of carpets. We had no intention to buy any despite their beauty and the salesmens persistance. We did get free mint tea out of the deal and ended up having to walk out on the guy in mid sentence just to prove to him that we were not going to buy. Overall I think it was a very good experience.
Today we will try and hopefully succeed in finding the crafts area and do some more exploring of the city. Julie leaves tonight and I meet up with my program peeps early tomorrow.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Au revoir France!
Our stay in Toulouse has been quite lovely. Having one hostel for 4 nights in a row is the longest we have stayed in any one place and it felt good to be stationary. I am very sad to leave. I love France, the culture, the people, the food, the sights, just beautiful. I would love to live here someday. Maybe the Lord has called me to work with the Muslims in France instead of an Arab country. It would be cool to know Arabic and French :)
It was sweet to go back to Avignon and Carcassonne and remember being there a decade ago. Everything seemed a little smaller than I remember it being, perhaps because I am quite a bit bigger. A carousel ride in Montpellier was probably one of the highlights of the trip. It may almost trump going around Santorini on an ATV. Maybe. The only disappointing thing about France is that I was not able to go back and see where I used to live because transportation couldn't be figured out. I guess I will just have to come back. Bummer :)
We have the rest of today in Toulouse and then we fly to Casablanca, Morocco at 7pm. We will have two full days there and then Julie flies home at 2am on Thursday June 16, and I start my study abroad program. On my birthday by the way :) 21! Whoopa! I'm getting less and less nervous and more and more excited for my program. I think traveling before made me quite a bit more flexible and easy going. Not much really freaks me out. So studying Arabic hardcore for 6 weeks should be a breeze!!
Thank you for all your prayers! We have been so blessed!
It was sweet to go back to Avignon and Carcassonne and remember being there a decade ago. Everything seemed a little smaller than I remember it being, perhaps because I am quite a bit bigger. A carousel ride in Montpellier was probably one of the highlights of the trip. It may almost trump going around Santorini on an ATV. Maybe. The only disappointing thing about France is that I was not able to go back and see where I used to live because transportation couldn't be figured out. I guess I will just have to come back. Bummer :)
We have the rest of today in Toulouse and then we fly to Casablanca, Morocco at 7pm. We will have two full days there and then Julie flies home at 2am on Thursday June 16, and I start my study abroad program. On my birthday by the way :) 21! Whoopa! I'm getting less and less nervous and more and more excited for my program. I think traveling before made me quite a bit more flexible and easy going. Not much really freaks me out. So studying Arabic hardcore for 6 weeks should be a breeze!!
Thank you for all your prayers! We have been so blessed!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Bonjour!
Hello from France! We arrived in France safely on Thursday morning. Found our hostel with no problem. We then went out to tour Toulouse and get food etc. Julie and I were both really tired from the hours of train travel and decided to have a really chill night and just make dinner at our hostel and watch a movie. The first movie we've seen in 2 weeks! It was lovely to just take it easy and not feel pressured to go and do nothing since our hostel was a bit out of the town center.
We went to Avignon and the Palace of the Popes which is beautiful, yesterday. It was fun to then just wonder around the city and see France. Julie said something really cool the day we got to France, she said "Paris is cool, but I feel like this, where we are, is truly French culture." I love that about southern France. It is truly French and what is really cool is I am remembering all my French that I learned almost a decade ago. Super awesome! It's easier for Julie and I to get around. I would love to come back and live hear some day. I love Gertrude Stein's quote, "America is my country and Paris is my hometown." I feel the same way but with the towns in southern France. Paris is a little too touristy for me.
We are in Montpellier today visiting some friends of Julie who are Christians and it's so refreshing to be around the Body of Christ. We've been touring the city and doing some shopping it's super fun. We have our own tour guide too, a friend of a friend who has spent the last semester in Montpellier and knows the town so knows all the good places to go. It's super fun! We will be visiting Carcassonne tomorrow and then taking it easy on Monday before we leave for Morocco. I never want to leave although I'm really excited for Morocco!
Thanks for all your prayers for safe travel on the trains! We have had no complications whatsoever with traveling. God is so good! If you could continue to pray for us as we travel to Morocco on Sunday and Julie travels home early Thursday morning. Also, as I start my program that I would be diligent in my studies and that I will soak in everything. Thanks for all your prayers!
Also, I will continue to blog while I'm in Morocco! Continue to follow me!
We went to Avignon and the Palace of the Popes which is beautiful, yesterday. It was fun to then just wonder around the city and see France. Julie said something really cool the day we got to France, she said "Paris is cool, but I feel like this, where we are, is truly French culture." I love that about southern France. It is truly French and what is really cool is I am remembering all my French that I learned almost a decade ago. Super awesome! It's easier for Julie and I to get around. I would love to come back and live hear some day. I love Gertrude Stein's quote, "America is my country and Paris is my hometown." I feel the same way but with the towns in southern France. Paris is a little too touristy for me.
We are in Montpellier today visiting some friends of Julie who are Christians and it's so refreshing to be around the Body of Christ. We've been touring the city and doing some shopping it's super fun. We have our own tour guide too, a friend of a friend who has spent the last semester in Montpellier and knows the town so knows all the good places to go. It's super fun! We will be visiting Carcassonne tomorrow and then taking it easy on Monday before we leave for Morocco. I never want to leave although I'm really excited for Morocco!
Thanks for all your prayers for safe travel on the trains! We have had no complications whatsoever with traveling. God is so good! If you could continue to pray for us as we travel to Morocco on Sunday and Julie travels home early Thursday morning. Also, as I start my program that I would be diligent in my studies and that I will soak in everything. Thanks for all your prayers!
Also, I will continue to blog while I'm in Morocco! Continue to follow me!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Pompei!
All the places we spend very little time in are places I wish we could spend more in! The cute little town of Salerno which is near Pompei is beautiful! I need to spend months in Italy some day.
Our last day in Rome was interesting. We went to the Vatican and decided to do a tour that cost 40 euro because they boasted to have the best English speaking guides. The tour was HORRIBLE! The girl got so many facts wrong so we went back and asked for a refund and got half our money back which we were quite satisfied with. It was more than we were expecting. We rewarded ourselves with some gelato. Other than the worst tour ever, the Vatican is amazing. The Sistine Chapel is beautiful! Mom I wish you were there to explain all the artwork to me. St Peters is interesting, they seem to worship popes more than Jesus the Savior they are supposed to be serving. There are more statues and pictures of popes than crosses or other symbols of Christianity. After the Vatican we walked around Rome, hit up a Piazza or two and got some amazing views from the Spainish steps.
We then headed to the train station for our train to Salerno and got on our train but could not find our seats, so an Italian George Clooney, named Francesco, came to our rescue and was our Italian translator with the train controller. He was awesome! He told us all about his country and his profession it helped pass the time so well and what better way to learn about Italia than from an Italian. He was so wonderful and nice!
We went to Pompei today and were completely astounded by it. To have it so well preserved and to see the magnificent statues and art work still there. Not to mention the tile work. Amazing! I am hoping to have a long time on a computer soon so I can upload some pictures, it may not happen for a while yet though. But they are on their way!
For prayer, Julie and I start about 36 hours of train travel tonight to get up to Toulouse France where we will spend about 5 days then we head to Morocco. Pray for safe travels and no complications. Also, I start my study abroad in about 8 days and I am starting to get nervous. Pray for me to trust that this is the Lord's best for me and to trust in him for the knowledge I need. Thanks so much for all your prayer!
Arrivederci Italia!
Our last day in Rome was interesting. We went to the Vatican and decided to do a tour that cost 40 euro because they boasted to have the best English speaking guides. The tour was HORRIBLE! The girl got so many facts wrong so we went back and asked for a refund and got half our money back which we were quite satisfied with. It was more than we were expecting. We rewarded ourselves with some gelato. Other than the worst tour ever, the Vatican is amazing. The Sistine Chapel is beautiful! Mom I wish you were there to explain all the artwork to me. St Peters is interesting, they seem to worship popes more than Jesus the Savior they are supposed to be serving. There are more statues and pictures of popes than crosses or other symbols of Christianity. After the Vatican we walked around Rome, hit up a Piazza or two and got some amazing views from the Spainish steps.
We then headed to the train station for our train to Salerno and got on our train but could not find our seats, so an Italian George Clooney, named Francesco, came to our rescue and was our Italian translator with the train controller. He was awesome! He told us all about his country and his profession it helped pass the time so well and what better way to learn about Italia than from an Italian. He was so wonderful and nice!
We went to Pompei today and were completely astounded by it. To have it so well preserved and to see the magnificent statues and art work still there. Not to mention the tile work. Amazing! I am hoping to have a long time on a computer soon so I can upload some pictures, it may not happen for a while yet though. But they are on their way!
For prayer, Julie and I start about 36 hours of train travel tonight to get up to Toulouse France where we will spend about 5 days then we head to Morocco. Pray for safe travels and no complications. Also, I start my study abroad in about 8 days and I am starting to get nervous. Pray for me to trust that this is the Lord's best for me and to trust in him for the knowledge I need. Thanks so much for all your prayer!
Arrivederci Italia!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Ciao Bella Roma!!
Rome is truly beautiful! At it really does seem to live up to its name the Eternal City, every few blocks there are old buildings or ruins being excavated from thousands of years ago. It's insane!
We arrived in Rome yesterday afternoon. We had no trouble in Istanbul and no trouble getting to our hostel in Rome. Our hostel is an all female hostel which is really nice, it's much cleaner than any of the other hostels we've stayed at, except for the random really nice first class resort we accidentally stayed at in Samos. Praise for finding our hostel super easily! God has been so good so far, we haven't really had any trouble at all with lodgings or transportation!
Yesterday we hit up the Colosseum right away. It's amazing! To think that they had no modern machinary to build it just astounds me. Also, to think of all the brutality that happened there with gladiator fights, animal fights and persecution of Christians was a good reality check of how blessed I am. We were true Italians last night and stayed out quite late, had gelato and pizza twice! We wandered around the city as much of the tourist places had closed by the time we left the Colosseum. The Fountain of Trevi is beautiful at night, and there are so many people around, it's a great place to just sit and watch everything.
Today we went to the Paletino, Roman Forum, Pantheon, had an amazing Italian lunch followed by gelato of course! Found the Mouth of Truth, or Bocca Della Verita, from Roman Holiday, we got so many mixed directions and after giving up on trying to find it and just going to find a place to eat, we happened to stumble upon it. It was such fun to take a picture with it :) We have done a lot of just wandering around the city and ending up wherever we end up although today we got caught in the rain and refused to spend money on a cheap street vender umbrella and instead bought gelato. Much better use of money :)
Tomorrow we plan on spending the morning at the Vatican and seeing Saint Peter's Basillica and taking the day more leisurely before heading on a train down to Salerno to see Pompeii.
Thanks for all your prayers, emails and Facebook posts. I really love the love!
We arrived in Rome yesterday afternoon. We had no trouble in Istanbul and no trouble getting to our hostel in Rome. Our hostel is an all female hostel which is really nice, it's much cleaner than any of the other hostels we've stayed at, except for the random really nice first class resort we accidentally stayed at in Samos. Praise for finding our hostel super easily! God has been so good so far, we haven't really had any trouble at all with lodgings or transportation!
Yesterday we hit up the Colosseum right away. It's amazing! To think that they had no modern machinary to build it just astounds me. Also, to think of all the brutality that happened there with gladiator fights, animal fights and persecution of Christians was a good reality check of how blessed I am. We were true Italians last night and stayed out quite late, had gelato and pizza twice! We wandered around the city as much of the tourist places had closed by the time we left the Colosseum. The Fountain of Trevi is beautiful at night, and there are so many people around, it's a great place to just sit and watch everything.
Today we went to the Paletino, Roman Forum, Pantheon, had an amazing Italian lunch followed by gelato of course! Found the Mouth of Truth, or Bocca Della Verita, from Roman Holiday, we got so many mixed directions and after giving up on trying to find it and just going to find a place to eat, we happened to stumble upon it. It was such fun to take a picture with it :) We have done a lot of just wandering around the city and ending up wherever we end up although today we got caught in the rain and refused to spend money on a cheap street vender umbrella and instead bought gelato. Much better use of money :)
Tomorrow we plan on spending the morning at the Vatican and seeing Saint Peter's Basillica and taking the day more leisurely before heading on a train down to Salerno to see Pompeii.
Thanks for all your prayers, emails and Facebook posts. I really love the love!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Istanbul
We are on our last night in Istanbul. After a long night bus to Istanbul from Kusadasi and a guy giving us the wrong directions to our hostel just so he could walk us by his shop we made it hot, tired, and so excited to take on the day. We went to the Grand Bazaar which is truly grand and very overwhelming. We then headed toward the Topkopi Palace which was home to the many Sultans of the Ottoman empire. It was very ornate, impressive, and beautiful. The treasury was very impressive, it housed a giant 86 carate diamond which used to be a ring! That is one giant ring! Today we hit up the Aya Sofia, Blue Mosque, the underground cistern which had column bases shaped like Medusa's head. The spice markets for tea, Turkish Delight and of course spices. We headed back to the Grand Bazaar to try and get some more deals but Julie and I were both on sugar crash from all the Turkish Delight we had been sampling. So decided to eat to get our energy up and then headed back to the hostel to drop off our spice market purchases. We then headed out to a bazaar that is much less overwhelming and quieter. Bargaining is much easier there and people are less pushy to have you buy something. We have had a full few days. But we've had a lot of fun :)
For prayer we travel to Rome tomorrow and getting to the Airport in Istanbul is an ordeal in itself. So pray that we have no trouble getting to the airport and that we are able to get on the airplane without any difficulties. Pray for safety in Rome and that our transporation to Salerno to see Pompeii goes well.
Thanks for all your prayers so far! We are having a wonderful time!
For prayer we travel to Rome tomorrow and getting to the Airport in Istanbul is an ordeal in itself. So pray that we have no trouble getting to the airport and that we are able to get on the airplane without any difficulties. Pray for safety in Rome and that our transporation to Salerno to see Pompeii goes well.
Thanks for all your prayers so far! We are having a wonderful time!
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