Lost in the Corn

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't put pictures up for a while, but I'll try to get some on the computer soon--also, my room is almost clean enough for me to take pictures of the apartment, so stay tuned. Today on the way to church I kind of got lost in the cornfields of Mattoon. My GPS knew where I was going, but I think I turned too early because then all of a sudden, according to the GPS, I was not on any real roads anymore. It was kind of like being in one of those Halloween corn mazes, but I finally found my way out, and now I know for sure where to turn, so it shouldn't happen again. At church today I was able to meet a few more people, and I got two dinner invitations! Hooray for food! The Lunt family, who has a daughter my age out in Utah at school, has invited me for dinner this evening. Then, the Baumans have invited me over for dinner on Tuesday. I guess that Paul Bauman (the dad) did my same HA program three years ago. He was telling me today that he never got along with Dr. Reid and that he argued with her every day in class and got a bad grade. Hmmmm, note to self: don't argue with the teachers every day in class!! Dr. Reid seems like someone I could get along really well with--I think that Brother Bauman and I have very different personality types. Also today, random of randoms, I was walking down the hall at church, and the four missionaries who are assigned to this area were standing out there. We started talking, and one of them said, "You look really familiar." Turns out that he's from the Orem/Provo area and went to my alma matter, Mountain View High School! He graduated a couple of years after me, but I guess he was a sophomore when I was a senior. It's definitely a small world.

This afternoon Alyson and I went to the Coles County Historical Society ice cream social at the Dudley House. We and our fellow classmates were by far the youngest people there, but everyone was very nice, and they served us some tasty ice cream. Well, I guess I'll go do some reading before heading to dinner at the Lunt's house. I hope that everyone is doing well!