What we do in life echoes in eternity

Day 2 (5-19-07) Today we spent the day exploring the city of Siena, and it is beautiful, I can't think of any places that I have seen even in pictures that are this amazing. There is so much old architecture, and most of it is post renaisance, Gothic French architecture, which is A-mazing. There are not many things that are French that I can say that about so if you know me you know that it is sincere. Anyway back to exploration. I went out with Jack, Carly, Megan, and Melinda, it was great to explore and see the city with them, and to also get to know them a little bit better. Jack and I found this great place that I think we are going to use for quiet time, it is a small court yard that is part of a music school, that is really peaceful and there are some amazing stautes and artwork around it and early in the morning you can sit in the courtyard and here the students playing, and it's wonderful. When we first found it and were snapping photo's I really felt the presence of God, and knew that he wanted to use this place to help me grow and change and really start to paint the picture for what the future has in store for me and what his plan is for my life. After Jack and I finished in there we met back up with the three ladies and continued exploring the city, and just being awwed by the scenery. We just started walking and didn't really pay attention to where we were going, and ended up finding this area just outside the city wall which had a nice little grass area with some tree's a path way and a nice place to sit down rest and talk with eachother. Not to long after that we headed back to the Hostel and sat and just relaxed for a while there, and then we all went out to eat. The food is unbelieveable, real Italian food at its finest and they do not disapoint! The portion sizes are a little small so I am slightly worried about losing weight but I do not think that it will be to big of a problem. We found a Gym that is pretty inexpensive and is pretty nice so we shouldn't have a problem working out, which is fantastic. My small family of 4 is cooking dinner tomorrow night, so I had my first Italian shopping experience in the grocery store, we are making pasta, but it will be fantastico I am sure! I am very excited for tomorrow, because we are going to Chruch and it seems like it will be an awesome experience, not a Catholic service which i didn't think existed here in Italy but I think it will be a great experience. I am looking forward to continuing to dialog with the team and learn more about each one of them. I am pretty sure that is all for now, but more to come tomorrow. "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequte. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond all measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us..." -Marianne Williamson