Belgium, Belgium, Belgium

So far everything is great! Friday night I went to my first club. There were about 15 of us. We played in the park for an hour then returned to the house we have club at. Then had a little snack, sang some songs, and heard a talk about Jesus and the leper. Everyone was very welcoming. Even in that short time I felt as though I got to know the girls pretty well. A couple of the girls are crazy and outgoing like me. There are a few that are shy but very nice.

Next weekend we are going to a church camp. A few of the girls that I met last night will be there. They are so excited that I am going to be there. Apparently the accommodations are for them to stay with their parents. They really don’t want to be with their parents. One girl, Tatiana, who is 15, said she wanted to be with me! How cool is that!??! She doesn’t even know me! We’ll see what happens. We might just have a slumber party with 6 girls in our room of 3.

After club we took some kids home. That is why I need a car. The public transportation is only good in the city. Wavre is NOT the city. It is more like a big Nokesville. Cows, that nice farm smell, green pastures, and open air. Beautiful nonetheless! Anyway…on the way home I asked a girl how she found out about club. She said she was invited to a ski camp and then started going to club. She said that ski camp was the FIRST place she ever heard about God! I think she is 15 or 16. She goes to school in Charleroi during the week and goes home on the weekend. Apparently, she and her father don’t have a very good relationship. She comes by here (the Murru’s) on Wednesdays. I’m excited about spending some time with her!

Everything has been wonderful. I just pray that this “wonderfulness” continues and is not just the honeymoon phase of culture shock. God has definitely prepared me and the group here. I feel so at home here.

So…this house that we have club at. This is the place that I could potentially live in. IT IS PERFECT!!! It is in walking distance of 2 high schools! The story on this house is so cool. There is a woman, Anne, who used to be a leader back in the day. Now her kids go to club. She bought this house to use for meetings and clubs. She is renting it out, but her ultimate goal is to use it for Jeunesse et Vie. Basically it is a JV house. Right now Jean, a Wavre JV leader lives there. He might be moving out (let’s pray). If he does, there’s been talk about me moving in. How cool is that?!?! I could have kids over for lunch (well the ones that are allowed to leave during lunch time). It is a great opportunity for contact work!

Please pray that if it is God’s will for me to live there everything will work out….
***Jean will move
***another couple that might need a place to stay won’t need this particular place
***that Anne will be ecstatic about renting it to me
***if I’m supposed to have a roommate she will be the perfect one
***if it is His will for Liesl to live with me it will all work out.

Also pray for nice weather on Tuesday. It is Labor Day here and we are having a Committee/Leader cook-out in appreciation to all those involved in JV.