The first few days...

Hello everyone! I know you've been waiting for a post, and I apologize for making you impatient (ahemm Mama). :) I arrived in Romania at 12pm Tuesday (your time), so I've been here about a day. Here's a picture of the apartment building where I'm staying and my room.

My stuff is just the suitcases (the other things were already there).

Today was orientation day! I slept pretty good for the first night. I got my intern notebook to fill out, and part of what I'm doing is a "Bucharest Bingo" game. I have lots of challenges to complete, like these:

My bingo sheet after today!!

As you can see, I've done a lot of going and doing today. :) This morning we went to Sun Plaza, a huge mall, to do orientation at a Starbucks (lol) there. Then we went over to Piata Unirii to exchange money for Ruth (my friend who is staying for 5 weeks). We headed back to the apartment around noon.

At about 1pm, Ruth and I headed out to Piata Obor, a huge indoor and outdoor market that sells everything you can imagine. We had four challenges to complete there, but the one I was most proud of wasn't even on the list: navigating in the metro system and figuring out how to switch lines. :) Bad news though: I didn't take any pictures at Obor. Sorry!! I'll most likely head back there at some point, so then I'll take pictures.

Tomorrow, I'll be heading up to camp for a few days, so I will not be active online or through text messages. I'm really looking forward to being at camp again and helping with getting it ready for 7 weeks of kids' camps. :)

Here are some current prayer requests:
-Easy time zone adjustment
-Efficient, productive days at camp this weekend
-That getting my six month visa paperwork would go smoothly (I have to go a bunch of different places to get all the paperwork)

Love you all, and thank you for your prayers,
Maria