My first Pizza blog!

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to my first blog ever...

So I will start up with a little overview about the past few days and how I got here. I hope this is as encouranging to you as it is for me writing about it. I go to school at Iowa State University for the Fine Arts program. Currently, I am studying abroad in Italy in a design school. Since the idea of studying in Italy came into my mind, there has been quite a few instances where I couldn't have done anything without Gods' help. I will share one of the most recent ones with you guys. About four week before departure, I was told that my student loan was denied. So I tried every option possible that I could think off, but nothing would come through. As the departure date got close, my impatience got higher and higher. After plenty of visits to the financial aid office and a lot of prayer, it looked like I was going to have to cancel the trip. By this point I was very furstrated with myself and I asked God, why would that happen, why? He promised before I came  that He would take care of everything, but I just wasn't seeing it. All of the sudden, we got a response for a scholarship that my dad had applied for me. It was a yes, I had won a full scholarship that would provide for the money for the trip that I needed, and also for the Spring semester.

When this happened I was just amazed at how God works. I didn't have to take any additional loans for the trip, and I have the Spring covered too! 

So back to the present... I had quite a few experiences already here in Italy. First of all, people think I'm Italian, so even Americans start talking to me in Italian. The only problem is that I am neither Italian nor I can speak Italian. I do can speak Spanish, so I understand most of the thing the say, but that's just about 56% of it (Don't ask me how I came up with that figure). Second is that the food is amazing! Even the cheap food! Except for the wine, the cops told us not to buy cheap wine, because it's bad for your health.  It was quite interesting. My girlfriend is in Italy too! you can follow her on http://web.me.com/allisongoebel/Site/home.html (make sure you follow her stuff, she's awesome)

The apartment I'm living in, is like a museum, sometimes I feel, I shouldn't be touching the wall because someone might jump out and as me to stop touching them. We do have common appliances and stuff, so cooking shall be awesome times!

Sorry for the random thoughts. 

Today it's my birthday! So to celebrate I went and got gelato, then some free food, and then I partied it up! So they were giving a bar tour, where you go to different bars and get Free drinks, so my roommate wanted to do that, and I went with him and some other friends from the school here. Since I don't drink I was the designated driver (just this time it was on foot). I do have to say that I tried the champagne, but after a sip, I reallized how much alcohol it had, so lesson learned - no champagne for me! Then we went to a club where there was dancing going on. I had fun taking pictures for my friends, and kinda keeping an eye on the group I was with so that we didn't separate too much. The walk back home was quite entertaining, since none of us knew where we were. But after asking a few people, we got home safely. So that was my b-day. 

Tomorrow I am going to get some fresh produce at the market, and then I shall start looking for a place to be with other believers. This is all for today, Ciao.