The 'Youth Group'

Yes, one more post without pictures and I'm terribly sorry. But do not be dismayed, pics are coming very shortly because today was the Children's Holiday here and many colorful pics are on the way. First things first though, back to this 'youth group' meeting that I attended and I do use that term loosely--I think we were the youngest attenders and the eldest was about 45. Redefines your notion of the word, 'youth group', doesn't it now? So C-Love invited me and my new roommate Melissa to go to a youth group fellowship with his church last night. Yes, she is finally here and we are getting settled into our apartment! Hosgeldiniz!--That means 'Welcome'. Don't expect it to be written on our doormat,though. I bought the absolute cutest 'Hosgeldiniz' doormat when I was first moving in and it got stolen already. Yes, welcome to the neighborhood. Moving on up, aren't I now? Normally, though our landlady watches the door like a hawk. Maybe someone didn't realize we were living there yet, no matter, we are careful, and we are door-mat-less right now. Oh well. Now, back to the 'youth group' meeting. We were the only 3 Americans there, but don't worry, there were several Korean girls and a Mexican lady to throw into the melting pot of what is becoming my life, (smile). We had about a 5 hour language marathon, in which, I am understanding more and more, but required a debrief after. A friend was there who actually has been such an encouragement to me lately. She's getting to know the One that gives me hope, and this has been of great encouragement. So, we ate dinner, I had a new Turkish cuisine that I hadn't tried yet and it was very tasty. Kisir...i think is how it is spelled, probably no dots on the i's though. We have a few extra letters over here. Then we played a number game in which we played in Turkish, but the Americans dominated! I think it was the math skills that helped us out, not our language! Even my 2 day old roommate to Turkey won a round! It was hilarious! I haven't laughed that hard yet without speaking my own language since I've been here! Then we watched a made for t.v. mini-series--I am almost positive--on Joseph. It was only in Turkish and i couldn't quite read the lips, so I was looking words up right and left! Don't worry, we watched both parts. It was a long night, but it was so much fun! C-Love really did us a favor by inviting us! I'll redefine my definition of 'youth group' for this one!

Hopefully, I'll be posting later this week, but if not...it's because tomorrow we're winging our way to Istanbul for the week! So, if I don't post shortly, I'll be back real soon!