oven. friends. b study.

well, the oven was fixed. the repairmen came at 9:25 am. stayed until 9:35 am & said the heating element had "blown up" slash gone out... they returned at 1:05 pm and stayed until 1:15 pm & it's fixed!

too bad i have basically no appetite or motivation or time to cook. i do have time, but not at the right time of day.

on the bright side, G has really answered my requests to hang out with local friends here. i got in early wednesday morning & had English Tea Time that night, hung out with the 3 people from the CBS group from the spring the next night, & hung out with another friend tonight... & will hang out with another tomorrow... whew. :)

tonight my russian friend *ana asked me to come with her to an event at a chrch. i have been there with her once on a sunday & although she's buddhist, i know she goes to that ch. often. so, i went with her... it started out with some conversation outside, followed by a free dinner, then a b. study. i was a little surprised because she's been several times before and continues to go... we talked about colossians 1:15-23 and i tried to explain the role of J as Creator and Redeemer to Ana... she understood what i said but i don't think she's close to understanding what it really means... still, for whatever reason, she enjoys going to that chrch and i was excited to study the Word with her... plus, i met people from 8 other countries.. we'll see how this goes....