Day 18 - Fellowship

This morning I actually made some coffee to go which I put in my new thermos. The new route I had chosen worked well, but I arrived a little late to where the tour was starting. I had planned to meet one of my friends, Christoph, but was surprised to pass by Giorgia, another friend from my introduction week group. Eventually we found Christoph and met the rest of the tour group at the meeting place. We had an Australian guide named Chloe who gave an excellent, detailed tour. We had a break about 1.5 hours into the tour so Giorgia, Christoph and I bought lunch. However, I had to leave at this point to get to my church on time. I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to our route so I had to sort of feel my way back to where my bike was locked, but it was a success. I quickly planned a new route to the Christian Center and biked there in time to change. I sat by Marketa, one of the young adults I had met last week. I realized the reason I recognized most of the worship songs was because most of them were from Hillsong. After a baby dedication pastor Mikael continued from last week and preached on 1 Cor. 2 which I followed along this time. I think it helps me focus when I can read and reread the scripture that the teaching is based off of. I even made some notes. After the service I found Marion (or rather she spotted me first). We both bought some cake because there was a fund raiser for the upcoming women's retreat. As usual we made our way to the cafe area and enjoyed fellowship with the others there. The young adults group made plans to cook dinner at the church. We had some time though before things were ready so I went shopping for some things that had been on my list for a while. I finally found a bike helmet that wasn't too expensive and gloves and a hat for the coming cold weather. When I returned to the church I had to find the basement, but that was harder than it sounds. I met and visited with more people once down stairs and then I remembered I had coffee in my thermos from the morning. I was amazed it was still hot! The dinner was soon served  and consisted of pasta and garlic bread. I met four guys who were still in high school and eventually we were recruited to clean dishes. I tried to encourage them to appreciate opportunities to serve, but I'm not sure how effective I was. One challenge we faced was not having enough drying towels so before we finished we had wet towels. The leftovers were distributed and then I got some help from Victor, one of the guys from my life group, to figure out how the light on my helmet worked. A bike ride home without any wrong turns was a good way to finish the day.