My day...

So I think I'm really good at almost burning down houses...cause I almost did it again today. The basement was really cold, so I asked Kristjan how you turn on the heat. He went over and flipped a switch on the fake wood-burning stove furnace-y thing...I haven't used it before, so I thought maybe there was a low and a high, but I guess there is just a high. My aunt bought some big Rubbermaid containers the other day, and they were in front of the furnace. My cousin moved them a bit, and I figured maybe he knew how far away stuff should be, cause I thought he knew how hot the thing would get. Apparently I was wrong. They went upstairs, then a few minutes later I went upstairs, and we stayed there for a good hour, and when I opened the door to come back downstairs I felt a ginormous heat wave of about 15 or 20 degrees difference. I went to turn off the heater, and noticed that it smelled a bit plastic-y, and looked down to see a big glob of green goo melting off the side of the containers...they melted together :( I am probably in trouble. I don't know why they thought it would be a good idea to put me in charge of small children.

As for the rest of my day, I went to church this morning. Not really everything I hoped it would be. I didn't really "click" with anyone, and the sermon was loooooooooooooong and a little shallow. The college group before church was pretty good. A couple in their 20's came to talk about a mission they have been doing in a village in Nepal in the Himalayas...they were very cool people. They were very humble and were really servants to these people, who are all Hindu or Buddhist. The people said that they know who their God is by their actions, instead of by their words like most Christians. They came back for a couple months to birth their first child, and they are leaving again on Wednesday to go back to the village. They already built 2 paths up to the village as well as a school, and they are going back to continue the school and hopefully train some basic care nurses. They said its horrible there because they most common cause of death are easily curable diseases. 6 children died last year from fevers because they families see them shaking and they think they must be cold so they bundle them up in blankets and make them sit next to fires, so their temperatures just keep rising, hit 108 and they die. Another common thing is diarrhea. People see that their feces are runny, so they think they have too much liquid in their bodies, so they stop drinking liquids and die of dehydration. Their main focus is to equip the people with the tools and knowledge they need to be self-sufficient and to show them the love of Christ through servanthood. They said that the church that is already in place there hated them when they came, because they chose to live in a Hindu family's house instead of the pastor's house. The Christians that are already there believe that they are holy and set apart, and as such they should not mingle with those who are "unclean" because they might become "tainted" by them. Slowly that mentality is fading away because they are being shown that they can all live together in peace, and that that is how they can show Christ better.

In other news, I bought a guitar today :) Well, I can't take it home till the 31st, cause its used, and it just came in a few days ago, and they need to make sure it wasn't stolen. Its an Ibanez Acoustic Performance series, satin finish, dark brown, and the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It + case + about $22 tax = $271.11. I think its worth it. I am only paying around 94 bucks out of pocket. I guess if I want knew stings that’s gonna be a bit more too. They only thing that I don't like is that they don't exactly "refurbish" the guitars when they sell them used, and it's is almost perfect, save one small chunk someone took out of the back. Its not al the way through, and its only about half the size of a dime, but it still does bother me. I tried to find a pic on the net of it, but I couldn't...so you guys will just have to wait till I get it and a digital camera to see it...