Deep Breaths

You are invited...

So the last few days have been a bit of a blur as the task of inviting people has become quite overwhelming. In Cyprus, you have to actually place the invitation into people's hands as opposed to sending it through the mail because they can get offended.... sounds strange, I know, but what can you do?!

Sunday is a great example of how crazy this can all get. Both my parents are from the coastal town of Limassol and it was the first church my dad pastored when they moved here 15 years ago. Anyway, you can imagine the list of friends and family to be found there. Fortunately, my Gran is the social bee of the century and has had a great time visiting almost all the relatives and inviting them to her grandaughter's wedding! Anyway, she loves an excuse to galavant so she did most of the work for us but we had a few remaining. Our day began at 8.45 am when we left Nicosia and arrived at 10am just as the first church service was starting. This group of people consists mostly of our friends so it was pretty cool hanging out with them. At 12am, as their service ended and we were saying our goodbyes, we had to rush off to another church which was scheduled to finish at the same time. Unbeknownst to us, our presence (actually mostly Mum and Dad's coz they're more known than me and John!) had been announced so when we slipped in the back door and realised this service was just getting going, (after an already two hour and a half warm up!) panic struck! Because John and I are such heathens (my Cleveland friends do not have to agree so fervently!), we snuck out and left the old folks to it! Needless to say, my Gran was very welcoming and was happy to feed us while we waited for them to finish!! Then later that day after we all awoke from our afternoon kip on the couch, we visited two Greek-speaking uncles' houses and didn't get home until 10pm! Phew... just writing about it makes me twitch!

So, Monday, Tuesday was pretty crazy as we ran around doing random wedding jobs. Mum and Dad, bless their hearts, have been visiting other towns like Larnaca and some mountain villages, giving out invites to friends and church folk. John and I have the weekend shift where we're meeting up with two different sets of friends on Saturday for lunch and then dinner.

Today, we escaped to the beach (notice how this is becoming a weekly occurence) and John actually got to dip his toes into the Mediterranean Sea. (Almost literally because we went to a really shallow beach and he walked and walked but the water didn't get very high...my poor baby). I, on the other hand, am a bit of a wimp and just watched him from the shore because the water is still a bit too frosty for me. But, I had fun seeing him enjoy the sea and the waves... I think we will be going again soon.

Tomorrow we're taking the youth out to Pizza Hut with another group. I think John is thrilled to be going somewhere with pizza and somewhere with familiar menu and surroundings.

Ok this long blog should keep you going for a while. Please don't forget to comment because we love reading your thoughts.

Leia

posted by John and Leia @ 12:53 PM