"adios"

Hello!

This week has been busy and this weekend is about to start and is bringing on some more busy! All wonderful! (except today when I totally crashed.) Last weekend I got next to no sleep and was super duper busy having way too much and I paid the price when last night I got 4 hours of sleep and could not function today. Way to go Kara! It also was rainy and a tad bit chilly so sleeping was the perfect medicine, also considering I have been getting sick, or should I say, I am sick! Although it came at the price of missing my second language class which I was bummed about but I guess its better I miss my 2nd class and not one thats more important when i'm learning stuff I don't now.

I finally racked up enough courage to ask my host mom to buy certain types of food to have around the house that I like. Mainly meat! So today lunch felt like home as I cooked myself a nice Salmon fillet thing and i even found some good seasonings. Tasty! No more going hungry.

This weekend is what Paris called and celebrates La Nuit Blanche which is translated as "white night". It's the first saturday in October every year where Paris is open all night long (the museums, pools, libraries, stores, etc) and I am sure there is quite a bit of partying and entertainment and as well and its all FREE. So I will be sleepless this weekend as well. Yipee! But its all in the name of being as Parisian as possible, and what would I be if I didn't celebrate like the Parisians did?!?!

Also, I will mention I have made some more friends recently and I'm not sure if I have mentioned all of them but I am sure that pictures will be available in the coming weeks and months. There is one girl that I just absolutely adore and we both agree we are soul mates. Its ridiculous how well we get along and have the same interests and even so far as to have the same ideas and opinons on how a church is to be run and politics and the nitty gritty that people would rather not talk about. She is from England and so sometimes we bicker about who's country is better (I, of coarse, think the US trumps every other country) but we finally came to the conclusion, France is the best! duh, or else neither of us would be here! haha. She brings a smile to my face as I think of all the wonderful memories I've made with her and all the ones that are to come... thank you Jesus!

Also, I have been thuroughly blessed. I know I preach it often but God says in the Bible that he will always provide for his people and while I believe it, living in the States and having so much at my fingertips, it was sometimes hard to recognize God's faithfulness in his provision to me. But being here in France where I'm relying on him and only him, I see his provision tenfold and in everything. I met a girl who was attending my church and was to return back to the States indefinitely and I was talking to her about how I just know I am not prepared for the winter that is to come...(speaking in terms of clothes) and she mentioned how she had a bunch of stuff that she didn't want ot take back with her as she was moving to Cali (and clearly does not need tons of scarves and gloves) and said she'd sell/give them to me. I received my bag of goodies last night and went through the bag today...hallelujah! It has multiple scarves, and good ones, several pairs of gloves and a nice wool sweater. I am so thankful as these are things I could not afford on my own. At least not unless I was suddenly blessed with a lot of extra money.


PS. Strike numero three is happening this weekend and a friend "mom" that I know here in my town was telling me about it so maybe I'll have the opportunity to go witness the protesting!!! I'm so excited!
AND AND AND...my heart almost skipped a beat today and i had a smile on my face that spanned from ear to ear when my little boy told his friends, "adios" when we left the park. hahahaha!!! Who knew they'd become trilingual in this year span of time! haha.


Anyways, I wil leave you now...My room is cold and I need to go set the table for dinner!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE you people....
kara