Sorry I didn't write last week. It's been busy and I've been crazy. As Jimmy Buffet says, "If we weren't all crazy, we'd all go insane!" This week is even crazier. My schedule changed and I have classes that I didn't know I was going to teach so I was not quite prepared for them. Something close to suicide if you can't think on your toes!

Our ESI retreat was really good. I was so glad to see my other teammates from around the country. I was also challenged in several ways. I met a man who had to flee his home in Iran because he became a Christian. He could stay there and be killed or he could leave his home, family and all that he knew and live. What a choice. He chose to leave and he can never return. It made me realize the we, as Americans, take our freedoms for granted. We live in a place where we have freedom to choose how to worship or if we want to worship. We may be looked down on or laughed at because of our beliefs or non-beliefs but it isn't a matter of life or death. It is right that we have and don't give a second thought about. Maybe it's time for that second thought.

On a lighter note, next week is my Spring Break. I will try to check in and update you about my travels depending on internet access. Please refrain from emailing me next week as I don't know how often I will be able to check email, if at all. I am going to Prague tomorrow to see Swan Lake at the National Theatre. I'll tell you all about it as soon as I can!
Have a great week!
Jessica