Accomplished.

Today I cleaned the apartment and organized it top to bottom (there is so much clutter here from the girls before). It finally feels like my place, and not a temporary home with everyone else's leftovers. I also figured out the whole trash thing...burnables in one bag, plastic wrappers in another, metals and glass in another, and cans in another (that last one is really an improvisation by Jill because people were going through her trash to get the cans out, so she finally just began putting them in a separate bag to take).


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I also nailed down where I am on a map (check out this Google satellite image...zoom out to see how big/crowded the city is...it's scary). I looked up a few things for Kelly and I to do this weekend, AND I went grocery shopping and made it back to campus all by myself :-D.

I also introduce myself in front of the Child Education majors today in chapel. It was scary because the girls were chatting the entire time, so I couldn't tell if they were talking about me or just ignoring me and talking in general. By the way they acted during the message, I think it is the latter. Today gave me a bit of purpose and a reminder of why I am here (even if I have no idea my assignment yet!): the girls here could care less about Christ, it's just another school to them. So I have to do my best to be a good representation of both Americans and Christians. It's hard enough expressing Christ in English, I'm a bit nervous about doing it in a language I don't comprehend. But then again, maybe that will help...