Слово не горобець, вилетить не спіймаєш.

Ukrainian Proverb: A word is not a sparrow, if it flies away, you won't catch it.

Due to weeks of holidays, final exams, and work conflicts, our college fellowship was not able to meet successfully for quite some time, a fact that was to say the least, very frustrating for me. But on Sunday the 11th, God proved His faithfulness, and we had our first extremely successful fellowship group!
Our group!
There were eight of us in all, all of the usual crowd plus one! It was such an answer to prayer! We managed to discuss chapter two in Drury's book, overall it was a good discussion, as far as I could tell. Sometimes it absolutely feels as if I am herding cats while blindfolded (that one was for you, Eli) with the language barrier. I feel as if I am taking shots in the dark as far as discussion questions go sometimes, but I'm sure that it all works out in the end. Don't get me wrong, it is all extremely rewarding!
This is what I look like while herding cats.

At this past meeting, for the first time I was able to feel as if I were back at the university hanging out with my peer group. We had a lengthy discussion about holiness-what it is, certain scriptures that tell us how to make ourselves more holy, as well as holiness movements in our own cultures. Following the discussion we broke into partners and prayed with one another for the upcoming week. It was a perfect end to the study.

To unwind and to fellowship with one another we ended the evening by playing a game, which was extremely fun. It strikes me as interesting how when it comes to games and parties, that even the most reserved of people choose to participate, and suddenly people are no longer quite as reserved and modest as you thought they were.

Praise God and thank you for all of the prayers!

Recent Odd Cultural Experiences:
• Recently while sitting and reading by the sea, I was approached by a pair of Jehovah's witnesses, who wished to attempt a conversation with me. Though by itself this may not seem like such a strange occurrence. What makes it odd is the fact that it has been my third encounter within the five months that I have been here.

• Along the same lines, I was also recently stopped by an obviously inebriated man while on my way to the bus stop. He was apparently in need of relationship advice, either that or he was asking for my hand in marriage, I of course was not able to help him with either.

• While riding the bus downtown one day, a woman stood up and began preaching. This was something that was unexpected though quite refreshing given the country's all to recent religious suppression.