Whew, is it ever miserable out today. Rainy and very cold, but not below freezing yet. I think it's this rain though that will really do me in. It never seems to let up. But tomorrow is supposed to be sunny so I won't give up hope. Life here continues to go well. We continue to get tons of food given to us by people at the church, which is great, but means I'm eating a little too well a lot of the time. Makes me thankful for being able to ride my bike to work every day (except for today cause it's too darn cold and wet). Work went well last week. I've been doing more and more direct service work with our clients which I really enjoy. Doing client intakes and referrals and such. The one down side is that because our agency is so small and we can only provide assistance with certain things the workload really varies. Some days are insanely busy and others are just dead. But I really appreciate the opportunities I do have to work directly with the clients that come in. It's very eye opening and I'm seeing people who have become homeless for very different reasons. I don't know if this is something I want to do for the rest of my life but I'm appreciating what I am learning and being exposed to.
I had a fun weekend and not too busy. Friday night my housemate Valentine and I went to a party at the Mennonite Volunteer Corps house. Who knew that some Mennonites dance and drink ;) They even let in some guy off the street (Marvin) who really seemed to appreciate the dancing and free alcoholic beverages. Saturday I had my first taste of Ethiopian food when I went for lunch with my friend Ilana. It was very good and I would definitely recommend to those who are adventurous and looking for something new. Although I cannot vouch for the Ethiopian restaurant in Regina cause I've never been. But I look forward to going sometime soon ;) I went to Christ Lutheran Church on Sunday morning. Such a beautiful building. Completely made out of stone and built in 1892. The service was really enjoyable and the congregation is very diverse. My housemates and I went last Sunday evening when they had a Taize service followed by Moroccan food - which was amazing (both the service and the food). Most of all, the people are really wonderful and friendly and they gave us free balloons!! There's also a good group of 20-somethings there so I look forward to attending there some more. I must run but I promise that pictures will be coming shortly...which is another story that I think I'll tell right now.
Our house only has dial-up internet but the church decided it was time to upgrade to highspeed. So, they signed up for dsl through Verizon and we received the package last week. On Thursday, which was our start up date, we open the box to find everything we need but the modem. How they managed to forget that is totally beyond me. There was even a smaller box inside the larger box that was marked "modem." Anyways, we called their customer service line and apparently their records showed that the weight of the package they sent us was less than it should have been had there been a modem inside. All I can say is hurray for big corporations. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it arrives today and hopefully our high speed will be up and running in no time.
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