what does my spare time say about me??

At this point in my life..approaching 30. I find myself really enjoying some different things than I did several years ago. One of which is cooking. I always cooked growing up, a lot. But since moving back to Italy 6 years ago it has become a sort of passion for me. I have done a few cooking schools in south italy and loved every minute. It was also a joy because I got to basically live with the same italian family that runs the school each time. These days I find myself constantly thinking about what I want to cook next or learn to make. I spend me nights sitting in my bed with piles of recipe books and recipes torn from magazines. I can't get enough. Honestly, if I could just cook all day and host events I so would. The up side is with agape I get to use this passion a good bit. Each thursday we have our student Bible study that comminces with some great community time and eating dinner all together. I love the challenge of cooking for numerous people and coming up with something new and exciting each week. A dream I've had for a while now is to open a sort of cafe here in Italy that really serves as an evangelistic point for young people. It would be awesome to have some christian students working there and learnign to share their faith and then being able to put into action what they have learned by making friendships with the students that come by. There would be almost nightly events- some music nights, art shows, discussion groups, cooking lessons, some counseling, and much more...all with the scope of serving the students in Italy and seeking to get to know them thus they get to know us and doors begin to open for the gospel to enter in. Mostly right now it's a dream. I mean financially it's kind of an insane dream in Italy but we shall see. Recently some friends have started having similar ideas and desires so maybe we can all unite to start something that would be a point of spiritual transformation here in Florence, a place where students could come and experience Christ in community. I often think about what if I won the lottery and how this would be so much of an easier dream/desire. I actually had a dream I won the Italian lottery not too long ago but in the dream I was scared to tell some co-workeers,etc. because I thought they would judge me for gambling. haha! Don't worry that's not a reality yet.  Anyway, those are just some thoughts on cooking and how much I enjoy it. Nothing too exciting.