Since I went to bed so early last night, I had no problem waking up to the church bells. The whole family got up this morning, because of school and workers were schedule to arrive at 8 to install a heater in the upstairs sitting room area.
I made the girls lunches, then watched Mark oil a new cabinet that was delivered last night. It is a set of three beautiful wooden cabinets that fit together. After getting ready for the day, I went downstairs to get tea and a banana, but ended up going back upstairs after getting it because Nancy was talking with someone in the kitchen and I felt like I was interrupting. The cleaning lady was here and some of the Polish workers were doing some things in the house, so it was busy.
I got caught up writing my journal, ate leftover goose, cabbage, and potato balls with Nancy, then read for a couple of hours until Gloria got home from school. Mark, Nancy, and Helena had their appointment at the new school, which lasted for an hour. It went well according to Nancy, but they won’t find out if Helena gets in for about six months. Mark wasn’t sold on the school, so they don’t know where Helena will end up going. I didn’t quite understand Mark’s reasons for not really liking it.
Gloria arrived home and watched Nickelodeon while I read and drank tea. Shortly after that we headed out the door and walked to the hairdresser’s shop, which is down the road a little ways. On our walk, we met a couple of Helena’s friends, so we walked with them. I really wish the Lord would just give me the gift of tongues so I could just start speaking in good German. Learning it for the second time seems harder than the first. I wish I could take a class, because then I would be learning the language in a systematic order. I kind of feel like I’m jumping to different areas of the language, without making sure I have a good foundation.
There was a little boy at the hairdressers’ shop that was maybe 2 or 3 and he could speak better German than me! J When I sat down (at the hair shop) I realized Nancy didn’t say anything about paying for the haircut, so I wondered what I was going to do because I didn’t have any money on me. Nancy ended up coming to the shop to pick us up so she paid and everything was fine. The sun starts going down by 3pm, so by 4:20 it was completely dark!
We got back to the house and Mark was already there. For dinner I ate bread and lots of different kinds of meat and sausages. Mark was trying to teach me about the different sausages, but I seriously think they look and taste alike.
After the girls went to bed, Mark, Nancy and I went downstairs to the theater room and watched a movie (in English). The Hangover. I will never watch it again. More foul language in it than I think I’ve ever heard in one movie. You name all the bad/indecent/immoral/perverted items a movie could have and it was in it. I looked away so many times and tried to filter the foul language in my head. The saddest part was that they laughed at some of the worst parts! That makes it so hard to be a good testimony and yet still participate in some activities. I don’t want them to think I am completely “crazy,” yet at the same time I do. However, alienating myself from them this early in my stay here is not a good idea. I need to really pray for wisdom as to how to act and how to really take a stand. I feel very much like a little minnow swimming against a strong current, trying to maintain my morals in an otherwise immoral place. Before going to bed, I read from John 19 and sang a little bit to fill my head and heart with something uplifting.
It's supposed to get to -13 degrees celcius tonight, so it's getting colder.
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