a little bit of rome

Recognize this?


I was there...but I was pretty sick. No fun.


These were all over the place. Weird, huh?


St. Peter's Basilica. Are Peter's bones really buried here? Does it matter? Am I allowed to say that?


Becca and me.

the salt berg

Brandon, Alison, JACK, Terry, Johnny, David and I went to Salzberg. We ate sausage and saurkraut, went to H&M (the girls), and gave ourselves a modified Sound of Music tour. I liked holding Jack. I like Alison and Brandon. A lot lot.

expert in astrology?

We were having a mock debate on Alternitive Medicine in Slovene class. The teacher was passing out name tags/characters for each of us to play and people were chiming in to help her decide the characters each would play. She read "Vanda Novak...expert in astrology." Three people jumped in--"Anna!" Like it was so obvious.

What??! At first I was upset (internally). But as I accepted the tag, I realized that my classmates, although they don't know what it is, sense something spiritual about me. The experience was fascinating and boggling to me. It confirmed Col 1:9 to me. Paul is praying that God would fill us "with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding." Most of my classmates don't have that. I do...so...that could cause some confusion sometimes. :)

That resolved, I enjoyed being Vanda, expert in astrology. It reminded me of my old days: looking in the softball and telling fortunes. I can still use the gypsy accent--even in Slovene!

i remember...

don kihot

Christina and I went to the opera last night. It was an astonishing experience.

I loved the youth conference.

It was the first time that I've been with OUR group in a BIG group. It was cool to see the personality of our group in contrast to other groups. It was fun to get to stick together, have late-night talks, watch the girls write down notes as FAST as they could while Dave Patty taught on growing in Christ, sing in Croatian and Slovene and English during worship times, eat pizza, the DJ from Amsterdam, walk home in the snow, ride home together. I totally enjoyed getting to be with our group and not having to do the organization. :)