We are staying a town called Zaventem right next to Brussels. Yesterday my roommates, Jenni(going to Ukraine) and Abby(going to Peru), and I went adventuring through the town and found very little interesting and not much that was open. Turns out we were on the wrong side of the railroad tracks.
Today we went out again in the snow and found our way to the right part of town where we got treats from a bakery, found an ATM and a grocery store!
I have more pictures from our short, and cold, adventure. But first a ministry update. Today we started training officially. We had orientation and our group assignements. I am part of the worship team for our training times here at the center (first out of comfort zone experience: I'm playing piano instead of guitar... it's been awhile!) and then I am assigned with 6 others to the Korean church in the heart of Brussels. We go tomorrow to meet with the pastor to see what our time there will look like. Pre-field training has recently been renamed "Cross-Cultural Ministry Internship" and that is exactly what we'll be doing. We will be interns with that church for the next 4 weeks and learning ministry principles that will apply to our own fields in the future. I'm looking forward to really getting started. We're slowly learning a little more about what our time here will look like... sounds like they will keep up really busy!
Okay... more pictures :)
The building on the left is the OM ZavCenter where we are staying. OM is a non-denominational ministry around the world and we are using their building while we're here.
This restaurant was our first "dining out" experience. Nope, not waffles, french fries! Apparently these are also a Belgium delicacy.
Just some random pictures from our walk!
you've gotta get kebabs at the place in zaventem - i can't remember what it's called, but it's at the beginning of the street with all the stores... if that helps. of all the kebabs i had in belgium, the ones from that place were the best!
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