I am going to cover a few days here, so I'll try and make them as bried as possible (for me).
On Wednesday we had our history/culture lesson with Marko (Mark), and that was good - he even provided handouts for us this time!!! How exciting. I love these lessons, so of course I enjoyed Wednesday morning. Then Wednesday night was Alpha (which Allix and I help out as with dinner and the coffee break), and - exciting news - I met my mother-in-law! Haha. It is kinda a long story, but it starts with me eating a pickle and Kata (Kathy) explaining to this woman (Vojka) about how these are a bit different than American pickles. Well, Vojka said that I should et used to these just in case I end up marrying a Bosnian man... "for example, I have a son..." Lol. Her son is 20, and at one point she even brought out her phone to show me his picture. All night she was calling me her daughter-in-law and announcing to the room "here is my daughter-in-law" or "my daughter-in-law made this" or "my daughter-in-law did this." And at the end of the night she was like "goodnight daughter-in-law!!" It was pretty interesting.
On Thursday we had our cooking lessons with Kata - we made sarma (stuffed cabbage)... YUMMY!!! I seriously cannot wait to go home and make all my Bosnian dishes for everyone. A little piece of Bosnia I get to bring back with me (now if I could only bring back the people and the culture and all that then I'll be set!). This is one of my mom's favorite dishes so I'm pretty excited to be able to make the Bosnian version of it. THEN Allix and I went with Petula to pick up our new roommate!!! Rebakah is here now - trying to get adjusted to Bosnian life. It is really funny cuz I have realiyed that I have really become more and more "Bosnian" these past few months, because Bekah will make comments about something or she will express shock at something and I am just like 'yeah, thats normal...' I realized that and I think it is so awesome! Hahaha. After our English group (which went pretty well) Allix and I went back to Mark and Kathy's house and watched Bridge and Prejeduce. I liked it a lot. Lol.
On Friday we went downtown with Vedrana, Jessica, and Sara. Vedrana showed us this one shop to buy some cool gifts that really are 'Bosnian' and then we went out to coffee. After that Allix and I had our mentoring time with Petula. I like these times because they kind of help me process things that are going on and changes that I see in my own life. Then we drove out to Kakanj for church. We spent some time with Mujo (the pastor) and his wife Goca a little before church, and then went out with them and their 2 sons afterwards for coffee and french fries. The service itself was really good - I really enjoyed it. We have been to several different church services here, and each one is unique and different, and yet they are the same. I love it. So all in all this day I had 4 cups of coffee and 1 cup of tea - let's just say I was up for a long while...
On Saturday (today) we went with Kathy to a lady's house and helped Kathy pick out some jewerly that young people in the States would wear (this woman makes jewerly and Kathy buys them from her and then sells them). Then we took Bekah downtown and showed her around a bit... any excuse for me to go downtown, I love it there. And then we went to Petula's house to help her get ready for the 'young women's gathering' tonight. We made chocolate chip banana bread, chocolate cupcakes with frosting, chips with salsa and guac, American candy, and a veggie platter (again, American food). There were about 12 or so of us this week. We had our prayer time again, as well as our prayer cards. We hung out and talked, and we played card games. I played Dutch Blitz with Vedrana, Petula, Allix, and Bekah. Then later I played Uno with Jessica, Mirela, and Sara. Fun times. Oh, and exciting news!!! This time we didn't stay too late so we actually were able to catch the tram and didn't have to walk a thousand miles in the middle of the night to get home! Lol.
On Wednesday we had our history/culture lesson with Marko (Mark), and that was good - he even provided handouts for us this time!!! How exciting. I love these lessons, so of course I enjoyed Wednesday morning. Then Wednesday night was Alpha (which Allix and I help out as with dinner and the coffee break), and - exciting news - I met my mother-in-law! Haha. It is kinda a long story, but it starts with me eating a pickle and Kata (Kathy) explaining to this woman (Vojka) about how these are a bit different than American pickles. Well, Vojka said that I should et used to these just in case I end up marrying a Bosnian man... "for example, I have a son..." Lol. Her son is 20, and at one point she even brought out her phone to show me his picture. All night she was calling me her daughter-in-law and announcing to the room "here is my daughter-in-law" or "my daughter-in-law made this" or "my daughter-in-law did this." And at the end of the night she was like "goodnight daughter-in-law!!" It was pretty interesting.
On Thursday we had our cooking lessons with Kata - we made sarma (stuffed cabbage)... YUMMY!!! I seriously cannot wait to go home and make all my Bosnian dishes for everyone. A little piece of Bosnia I get to bring back with me (now if I could only bring back the people and the culture and all that then I'll be set!). This is one of my mom's favorite dishes so I'm pretty excited to be able to make the Bosnian version of it. THEN Allix and I went with Petula to pick up our new roommate!!! Rebakah is here now - trying to get adjusted to Bosnian life. It is really funny cuz I have realiyed that I have really become more and more "Bosnian" these past few months, because Bekah will make comments about something or she will express shock at something and I am just like 'yeah, thats normal...' I realized that and I think it is so awesome! Hahaha. After our English group (which went pretty well) Allix and I went back to Mark and Kathy's house and watched Bridge and Prejeduce. I liked it a lot. Lol.
On Friday we went downtown with Vedrana, Jessica, and Sara. Vedrana showed us this one shop to buy some cool gifts that really are 'Bosnian' and then we went out to coffee. After that Allix and I had our mentoring time with Petula. I like these times because they kind of help me process things that are going on and changes that I see in my own life. Then we drove out to Kakanj for church. We spent some time with Mujo (the pastor) and his wife Goca a little before church, and then went out with them and their 2 sons afterwards for coffee and french fries. The service itself was really good - I really enjoyed it. We have been to several different church services here, and each one is unique and different, and yet they are the same. I love it. So all in all this day I had 4 cups of coffee and 1 cup of tea - let's just say I was up for a long while...
On Saturday (today) we went with Kathy to a lady's house and helped Kathy pick out some jewerly that young people in the States would wear (this woman makes jewerly and Kathy buys them from her and then sells them). Then we took Bekah downtown and showed her around a bit... any excuse for me to go downtown, I love it there. And then we went to Petula's house to help her get ready for the 'young women's gathering' tonight. We made chocolate chip banana bread, chocolate cupcakes with frosting, chips with salsa and guac, American candy, and a veggie platter (again, American food). There were about 12 or so of us this week. We had our prayer time again, as well as our prayer cards. We hung out and talked, and we played card games. I played Dutch Blitz with Vedrana, Petula, Allix, and Bekah. Then later I played Uno with Jessica, Mirela, and Sara. Fun times. Oh, and exciting news!!! This time we didn't stay too late so we actually were able to catch the tram and didn't have to walk a thousand miles in the middle of the night to get home! Lol.
