Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Thank you SOO much to EVERYone who sent me a Valentine's card!! You all have no idea how much it meant to me! I was SO excited!! I don't want to embarrass him...but I can't go without saying something about the BEAUTIFUL roses and Valentine's package I got from Jared :) I was completely shocked! I had no idea that sending roses here was even a possibility! Even though I was so far away, I felt the love from each one of you from across the ocean and I am so very thankful to all of you who thought of me!
I love you all! You made my day!

Last night, Chad and I had dinner with one of our students and his family in their home! He is the one with the 3 year old son. I have never seen so much energy in a single child! He is so happy, and so much fun! Their whole family is really wonderful to be around. We talked for hours and ate pizza. It was interesting because they speak very little English, and well...you know about our Italian. The best part was that they were at worship services this morning!

Tomorrow, Chad and I will fly to Florence to take care of some paperwork to keep us legal :) We will be there for one week. I am very excited about being back in Florence and getting to spend time with some of my friends from there. On Friday, Lindsay Walle will be flying in to start her work here! We are all VERY excited about Lindsay's arrival! She will spend two weeks in Florence before flying to Catania. Please pray for ALL of our safe travels (including my Dad and Steve Grinder who are in Costa Rica with the Rojas family. I'm sorry if there is anyone else who is with them that I don't know about!)