It's going to be harder than I expected to keep this up. I'll try my best, though! And I'll also do my best to abbreviate!
Currently I am using free internet at Brittnay's friend's place in Rome. We are so blessed to be here on our first night with free accommodations. Actually, Erica got here yesterday; Brittany and I started flying yesterday--her from LAX, me from Nairobi. It was a good 24 hours about of alone time, but I suspect God knew what He was doing and that was needed to process much of the Nairobi trip. There was just so much to think about, so much to be broken about, but also so much hope.
After fumbling around the city trying to find our way to Brittany's friend's place, we did a short visit to the Vatican, but we didn't go inside anything--that is for tomorrow. It actually felt like a cattle herding, so though that is expected, Brit was pretty beat so we headed back. The two girls crashed back at the apartment from the jetlag for a short napsy. I continued reading The Shack [Chris Olds--I got hold of it and that first part made me cry too!]. Then we had dinner at a local pub with all the guys of the apartment, and the three of us girls then did a night walk through the ancient city, including the magnificent Coloseo. We'll go back tomorrow to see it in the day.
I'm not sure how this is all going to go down in my head and in my heart from the transition from Nairobi to Europe. There was so much poverty, and corruption, and spiritual oppression. The Proverbs say, "The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice" (Prov. 13:23) [Kristin--I think of you every time I open my beautiful new Bible]. Anyway...things are jumbled in my head, and I bet they'll stay that way for a while.
