Day Trip With The Poles

On Wednesday the Polish couple, Chris and Salomea, arrived. For the past few days we’ve enjoyed getting to know them. The first day they slept (just like we had done when we got to Rome) and the second day we had a pleasant walk around Rome for about four hours.On one of the many stately bridges that crosses the Tiber River.

Here Brendan points to the Pantheon. Now it is a Basilica (big, very nice church). Supposedly at some point it was going to be destroyed, but they made it into a church so that it would be preserved.

This is me showing off my angelic qualities inside the Pantheon/Basilica of Mary and the Martyrs.

Brendan took this picture for James, Phil, and Tom. When he saw these centurian helmets from the street he stopped dead in his tracks, refusing to go further until we had gotten a picture.

We made it back just in time to have our first Tetum lesson with Sister Anna Florinda, who actually taught at one of the schools in East Timor where we’ll be going. She is a sweet woman who has a vibrant smile and laugh. We will have four hours of lessons each week and “homework assignments” so we will practice more. But we are eager pupils so there is no worry.

The Polish married couple, Chris and Sali, are also going to East Timor and we will have all of our lessons together, which will make it more fun and give us a chance to practice with each. This is will be a fun time, but please pray that God allows us to have a special gift for picking up the language quickly.

- The Egan's