Beat that Blockbuster...

So, here is the re-cap from this week. Here are a few of my Turkish helpers! This is one of our neighbors and Josh, one of the kiddos in the family I'm living with. Deniz decided she was going to help teach me Turkish and that she did! Hey, I'm willing to take all the help I can get. Josh, Deniz, and I made play dough key chains, ( that's what we're holding up for you to see). Deniz kept telling me that she loved me, and all week has been telling everyone else that she sees that I love her! Well, I do. I guess I made quite an impression, eh? Really, I'm spoiled. Josh called me his 'queen' all week. I mean, really, I'm getting the royal treatment around here!

Had quite a movie rental experience this week. C-Love and I went to the movie rental store and literally, we stayed for 2 hours! When was the last time you had tea at Blockbuster and chatted with the cashier for 2 hours. Welcome to Turkey! I was amazed by C-Love's speaking! (He's only been here 6 months). I looked like i was watching a tennis game. My head kept bobbing from the man to C-Love as I tried to understand bits and pieces of what they were saying. I think it went from Turkey...to Turkish...to English...to love...to a couple other topics and then to C-Love reading the Turkish Bible at one point...and then to movies. Covered all the basics, eh? It was so encouraging to see someone who's been here awhile longer than I have...TALKING...in complete sentences and thoughtful ones, at that! I will be able to do this! Seriously, Blockbuster's got nothing on our video rental store...

Thursday, I met my language helper. I not only have a tutor now, but a girl who I'll meet once a week to just chat with. She'll be chatting, I'll be cramming all day Monday to be able to 'chat' with her, we're meeting on Tuesday! But, I'm super excited. I think it's really going to help my language...and hopefully she'll become a friend! Let's hope for that! I'm excited about another friend!

And then, Thursday night we had dinner at Katie and Craig's. Katie cooked fajitas for Everyone! and 24 of course...Jack never lets us down!
p.s. sorry for the spelling errors in the last blog...I've really got to use that spell-check. I know you're sympathizing with my English student right now, but really, I am a good teacher!