A Month of Food and Friends!

	From Photos for Blog

Picture on the right is from when JBU was here in early December for their final celebration. Max, the manager at Villa Italia cooked - it was wonderful! The picture on the right is a 'breakfast for dinner' night - probably Decemberish?? - that a bunch of friends came over.


I realized a few days ago how this month has been the month of hosting friends over food like I don't think I've ever done before. It's been a lot of fun!

Jan. 4 - Back in the US, had Jonathan & Mariah Hornok, Josh & Chelsea Collum, James Barnes, and my brother over for spaghetti and games. It was such a great afternoon and an awesome way to finish off my two weeks in the states!

Jan 15 - A group of six friends over for homemade pizza (thanks Brett for the crust recipe - it was great!) and to hang out.

Jan 18 - Three friends over for hamburgers and to watch the playoffs.

Jan 25 - Nine German friends (four of whom I used to live with) for spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, and homemade chocolate chip cookies. It was so much fun! They were here till after midnight and we had a great time talking and hanging out!

then coming up...

Feb. 1 - Superbowl party! I know, for those of you that know me, you're like, 'But Daniel doesn't like football.' It's true, but we have the best place for a Superbowl party and I'm excited to spend time with these friends, so I'll definitely enjoy hanging out with them. So, 20 have been invited, I'm guessing 12 or so will come. A friend's making Chili and homemade tortilla chips. Should be great!

And, an update on other things....

*Defiance - really enjoyed the movie. Helped me understand God's harsh judgment on the 'rabble' in the Old Testament better - it made a lot more sense.

*Archives - an exhausting 4 days and over 30+ hours going through over 700 files, but really good. I now need to go through the photos I took and see what angle I can take on it that's new or unique.

*PhD Process - got my Oxford app. in last week, but don't expect to hear for quite a while. Met with Dr. Branch from Warwick who studied under the guy at Oxford I'm applying to work with. Brach is a great scholar and, if Oxford doesn't work out, Warwick sounds like a great place.

*Room - I still haven't found someone to take my Queen's room yet, so if you think about, join me in praying. I really don't want to pay £72/week for a room I'm not using, if I can help it.

*Family & Friends - My sister and brother-in-law bought their tickets for March to come visit for a week. Woohoo!! Then, just heard from some other friends who will be here in August- my best friend from high school, Bethany, and her husband! Yahoo! And then, JBU's getting together their Spring Break trip to come work on the house and Danielle Vogus just emailed me this morning to say she's coming. I'm so excited!