We needed to be up this morning for a group meeting before heading out to campus. We have these "Xplore" booklets that Ryan gave us at the beginning of project that we have been using during these group meetings as group devotionals. Today we talked about the "10/40" window and how the people that live in this region of the world don't have access to the gospel and that many people are afraid of going to these places (Middle East, North Africa, Indonesia, India, etc). One of the questions that was asked was what happens to these people when they die if they're non believers? Because if they didn't have access to the gospel, how could God send them to hell if they didn't even know about Him? This took us a while to think about... and it took a while for people to respond. I guess I will leave this question up to you to think about.
We all went to the grocery store after that and Whitney and I finally figured out how to weigh our vegetables! If I've explained this in a previous blog I apologize but ok so when you buy vegetables at the grocery store over here you put them in the plastic bag (duh) but then YOU have to weigh them and print out a sticker for them yourself! The first 2 times that Whitney and I tried to buy vegetables we didn't know this so we went to the register and the cashier would get mad because he or she would have to go back to the vegetable section and weigh the vegetable for us. One time it got so bad that the cashier just through the vegetable aside and we ended up not getting it. So this time we finally figured it out! We were so proud of ourselves!
After that we still had an hour to kill before we left for campus so I journaled/read and took a nap. Whitney, Kari, and Pat went to Bocconi because they were going to meet up with Vito. Ryan, Ross, Cenia, Brittany, Caleigh, Sarah, and I all went to Statale. I must admit... today was a rough day for me. I was really tired because we didn't get much sleep Saturday night and when I'm tired... I don't really want to do anything. I mean, I started out evangelizing really well like I was pumped but after the first 2 people we went up to said they were too busy studying or didn't speak English I started feeling like maybe God didn't want us at this school today. Maybe I should just stick to going to Bocconi. I was just really discouraged for the rest of the day... but being tired definitely added to it because I need my sleep and if I don't get it then I am not a happy camper. Brittany and I ended up finding the other 3 girls talking to this one Italian student out on the lawn so we just joined them for some encouragement. The girl they were talking to was so nice! She was so awesome! We ended up talking to her for a really long time and then she took us to H&M so that was cool just to spend some extra time with her. Hopefully we get to hang out with her again.
After that we tried going up to some more people but we only made another real connection with one more girl. I don't know I guess today was just one of those days. However, I'm just worried that because it happened so early on in the trip that I might be discouraged for the rest of the time. Please just pray that I get lots of sleep and that I would rely and trust in God and not myself and my own capabilities.
We came home and debriefed which was actually really good for me because everyone had such great stories from the day so that was really encouraging.
After that I did some more reading and I think I'm going to bed at a decent hour tonight so that I'm well rested for tomorrow. Davide is supposed to come over soon to meet up with all of us and get gelato but I'm just really tired. Let's hope for a better day tomorrow!
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