After staying at multiple houses, it’s been nice to stay in the same place for the past two weeks. And the best thing about it is that I have an entire house to myself. Well, I do have to share it with Whitney, a black cat, but she’s pretty generous with her property. Cheryl and Eric Elmer, missionaries with BI, are in Jerusalem, and they offered to let me stay in their house while they were gone. I’ve enjoyed having their lovely house all to myself. This experience has forced me to develop my domestic skills. Today I was running the vacuum, cleaning the bathtub, and doing laundry. The most traumatic experience has been the trip to the grocery store. What a tiring escapade! Not knowing where things are located means much backtracking. And deciding between 200 different kinds of bread is extremely psychologically tiring. Thankfully, I got everything I needed and was able to make a yummy beef-veggie stew.
Overall, I would say that this domestic experience has gone quite well, except for my messing up the timer for the Christmas tree lights. Now the lights come on in the evening and they also come on some time in the early morning hours. The neighbors might wonder what’s going on except for the fact that they are probably not awake to see it.
On a more serious note… please pray for my trip to NY and PA this weekend. They are predicting that a northeaster will hit NY on Saturday night, so I might not be able to make it up to that church in Elmira, NY. Since I already have airline tickets and since I will head from PA to SC for the Christmas break, I’m going to go ahead and make the trip. I just need wisdom as to whether or not to drive to NY on Saturday afternoon.
