The last few days

Since Micah's family has left on Thursday, July 5th it has been back to work. Thursday after a few more hours of sleep post Micah’s family’s departure, we went to work in the office. Lucy responded to tons of emails and Micah found out that he was accepted to a social enterprise program that will help partner him with a more experienced person to mentor him through the next year. That was really exciting news. Thursday evening we spent some time at the Ember and back in the Ark unpacking and doing laundry.

Friday, Micah was in the garden and Lucy spent the morning organizing the Ark and the afternoon in the Ember. In the evening, the two of us along with Cami, a fellow volunteer, headed off to watch the Pittsburgh University basketball team play at the Odyssey arena against an Australian team. Before the Pitt game a Northern Irish team was playing an English team. It was amazing how short they were compared to Pitt and Australia! We found out about the game when we almost literally ran into the Pitt team at Newgrange burial site where they were also visiting. Randall chatted up the Pitt head coach on the path. We all wondered how they would fit into the small passageways! It was a fun activity that is so different than what we normally do! Pitt beat Australia and Micah won a free pizza!

Micah with a piece of his free pizza

Pitt vs. Australia

Today before we came to the Ember, we packed because we are leaving for Germany tomorrow to attend a BVS retreat. The rest of the day we have been in the Ember, doing laundry, hanging out, drinking tea, doing dishes, and eating fish and chips: a pretty typical Saturday in the Ember.

Tomorrow we head out to Germany for BVS retreat. We will meet with the other European volunteers in BVS: some we know and some we don’t. It will be a great trip we are sure, but it is so soon after just getting back that we are not quite ready to leave the community again. Although life doesn’t change here very quickly, it has been nice to be back for a few days and see our dear friends here! We are not quite ready for another holiday, but we are not complaining about going to Germany. You can be sure of that! Pray for us as we are travelling again especially since this time we will be in a country that neither us know the language at all!