I'm Home!!!!

Yes, I'm home!!!! It's been a long time since I've updated, I know. But, I am home safe and sound and glad to be back in America! I love my country!!!!! I have a few new pictures so click on my pictures. A lot has been happening since I've come home. I am planning our wedding, which is difficult on it's own because we have no money, and I am living with a couple from my church. They've been nice enough to take me in in my poor little state of no money whatsoever! Kimberly (the woman I live with) is helping me with the wedding, which is AMAZING! She has been so helpful, I am so grateful to her.
I am also trying to substitute, but that's a slow process of getting steady work. In the meantime, Donald and I also need to figure out where we're going to live after we get married. Anyways, just listing my crazy life!
We have a website, so look for it on the side bar. That's where you can view our registry and everything you'll ever need to know!!! We will also be asking people to RSVP through the website. (Yes, as cheap as possible!). We'll still be sending out invitations, but in the meantime you can go to our fun little website!
I love you all and miss you very much! I'll write more later!!
YAY, AMERICA!

Spending the night in the Kurdish village

Spending the night in the Kurdish village
Originally uploaded by rebekahlynn5.

On Friday night, three of us got to spend the night with a family in the Kurdish village. Tanya, the contact that we've been working with at the Kurdish village, is friends with this family. She's like a sister and daughter to them. So, they invited us to spend the night with them. It was so much fun! We didn't understand anything that they were saying. But, we were still able to converse with them. It was so much fun!!!!! We came in and the mom was making dinner and we ate dinner with them. We watched one of the girls do her prayer thing, very interesting. Then they put pagminas on us. One of the girls wanted to braid my hair so she did and I braided her hair. They wanted each of us to sleep with one of them. So, this is the girl that I slept with. And they really like to cuddle!!! When we woke up in the morning Tanya went with one of the girls to work. So we were there by ourselves, with no way of communication. Finally after the younger girls woke up they gave us breakfast. Then they took us to the bus stop. While we were waiting, I noticed a man walking a sheep up the hill and I pointed it out to the girls. Then we saw him bind his feet and flip him on his back. We were wondering if they were going to kill it right there on the street. Our questions were answered when we saw him pull out a knife and slit it's neck. They let the blood drain and then completely beheaded it. It was so gross!!!! I couldn't believe they were just doing that on the street with the blood running down. I won't put the pictures on the blog, but if you want to see them when I come home, they're pretty cool!
So anyways that was our experience with spending the night in the Kurdish village. It was a great experience and so much fun! The girls were so cool and it was lots of fun trying to converse with them. We also only had a squatty with no toilet paper. Luckily I had brought a small roll with me just in case!
We are now done in the Kurdish village and our ministry in Izmir. We are now in Solcek, where Ephesus is. It's amazing here. And I can't wait to tell you all about it!