"Once" upon a time...

We showed ther movie "Once" on Tuesday night and will finsih it on Thursday with a chat afterwards. Over 40 students showed up. You must undstand that the room was 20 by 20 with two smallllllll windows and couches. Oh, did it get hot...We got home around 10 pm...still daylight by Lithuanian time standards. This movie event is part of the spiritual life program for the summer. Each week is themed. Week one is on relationships, week two is about money, and week three is God. We meet twice a week in the evenings. Students have a choice of three different venues each time. They can choose the movie, a discussion group, or a Bible study.

On Wednesday, Jude and I both showed YouTube videos of the Brewers' Sausage Races--David to inspire and inform his classes about Wisconsin lore and Jude to visually show the difference between brat [the sausage] and brat [a bad kid]. Our classrooms are each equipped with projectors, computer, and sound. I wonder when my classroom at home will catch up. Who would have thunk it..Now all my students want to go to the ball game.

It rained all day today, ending around 4 pm--just in time for the walk home.

Last night before we went to the movies, we ran into Emas, a friend of Becka's who worked at the camp during her first year here. We knew he was here because we spotted his car in the parking lot. It's an oddly shaped green vehicle. It kind of looks like a green pepper. He's now working at LCC, his sister Valita, is having a baby in England in the next two weeks, and his parents have retired from their jobs at a restaurant. We will meet up with him later this week for either coffee or lunch and catch up.

One of my students is desparate for more homework so I met with her after classess and the two of us will be reading short articles and then meeting to discuss them. This is another incident that doesn't happen often for me at home!

When I left the dorm this morning it was raining so I hopped on a bus. It is nice to have the option. The bus now costs 1 lita 80 centas. That's about 70 cents. I personally like to ride the mini busses that cost 2 litas 50 centas ($1.00) because you can flag them down wherever you are on their route and they will stop whenever you would like them to stop along the route, that is if you can say it well enough for them to understand. I can usually do it, but the one time that we rode the mini bus so far this year, we disagreed upon where to get off. The poor driver didn't know what to do. David won, and we had to retrace our steps to get back to the dorm, oh well.

We are leaving the office soon to meet friends from BC, Canada for dinner. We first met Lily and Erv several years ago here in Lituania. We love them dearly and are looking forward to spending time with them.

All is well.