Now its really been awhile.....

so now its really been awhile since I last posted to my blog....but much to my surprise a few different people asked me about it when I was home, so I will try to update it every so often to let all my friends know where I am and what I am doing.  I have been quite the world travler the past few weeks!  Most of you who would read this know that I was home for a few weeks to see my family and friends, and it was a wonderful time.  I want to thank everyone again for everything that you did for me while I was back, I felt like the king of the world!  I flew back to Rome and was there approximately 12 hours before I jumped onto a bus for Slovakia (22 hours in a bus + Jetlag = Not alot of fun....)  I was in Slovakia for our yearly retreat with our whole community, and it was really nice.  I was there for a week, and then jumped on the plane again for Russia.  So here I am in Bashkortistan in Russia hoping that America and Russia can get along and not go to war over Georgia so I don't end up in a russian prison as an American Spy!  Thats about it for now, but I will try to post some pics and stuff when I have some time, but our internet connection, as you can probably imagine, is terrible on a good day!  God Bless