halelujah, praise the lord, jesus saves!-betsy

Officially my internet doesnt work in my hotel anymore and i dont ususally stop here in the internet cafe so my posts will be even less frequent.. the last few days have been a blast but definately interesting. we went to the modern museum of art yesterday, it was really awesome! then we went to the spanish steps and the ritzy shoppping district.. its crazy how you can go from the ghetto here to so much money in just a few bus stops and no one cares about the other person really.. last night we had dinner at a little restaurant near our hotel. the whole menu was in italian and none of us know a lick of it- dinner was a suprise for most of us and even when we thought we knew what we were getting it was slightly different. someone ordered shrimp scampi pasta and they got the entire shrimps.. eyeballs antennaes and all on top of some noodles and oil.. i got ravioli which was good but i think they forget to add the sauce here a lot.. we played scrabble last night and watched friends and just rested a little.. i love who is here with me in italy and i am so blessed.. today we got up early to go to the beach and i think its the first day in about 2 weeks that it was cloudy and about to rain. we were only at the beach about an hour before we heard some big announcement on the beach we figured meant leave because there is a storm coming. the subway ride home was super scary.. it kept stopping at random times for a length of time each stop and there were policemen looking in the windows at some of the stops.. im not sure im going to take that again.. and we heard that the tram we ride everyday got highjacked a few days before we got here and the passengers were held hostage for 3 days.. i get less confident in the public transportation every day! but hey we are still alive.. in just a few minutes jess and betsy and i are getting pedicures!!! they are cheaper here so we will see how this adventure pans out for us... i think tonight we are cooking and hanging out at the residence to get prepared for our marathon shop day tomorrow! i need to do some more laundry before we leave for florence on tuesday morning! i promise next time i come i will bring my camera and the hook up cord so i can post some pictures on here of my marvelous trip! ok well thats long enough for now for an update but i miss you all and love you and hope wherever you are you are being blessed and filled by a God so great that nothing can stop you from bringing him glory! much love and happy saturday..