yeah God!

So I have now been in country for 3 weeks. I have started settling in and finding my way around all the important things… still hadn’t found a car or an apartment. I was trusting that it would all work out but, seeing as the people I am living with are moving Monday time was running short. So yesterday I saw an amazing apartment and was all set to sign on until I found out the price and realized that I wouldn’t be able to afford it. I told this to the lady who was negotiating with the german land lord and she told me she would try to work it out for me. So this morning I got the call that the landlord had dropped the price of rent 100 euros to the exact price that I have been praying for!!!! So I signed the contract this morning and can start moving in tomorrow!
Also I found a car that’s little and European looking and automatic (which seeing as I cant drive manual is helpful and hard to find) and I talked the price down on it as well. It’s in good condition and not too old and to be honest is probably in better shape than my car at home! So all in all it has been a huge yeah God day!!!! So thank you all for your prayers!

teenagers

so tonight i got to hang out with high school kids for the first time. i wasnt really sure how it was going to go, but i had a really good time. there were 5 girls i got to met. we went ice skating, out to dinner and then some of us went to the movies (by the way a night show cost me all of $4 us, i love it!!!) it was just a very nice relaxed evening.
the one thing i found interesting was how fast i got attached to these girls. i cant remember what happened exactically but i remember thinking you had better not hurt my girls. nothing major was going on but i felt protective of these 5 juniors and seniors who i had met a little over an hour before that thought went through my head.
i am so excited that i got to hang out with them tonight, it feels like i have met tons of military folks, who i need to meet for the very idea of my job, but i missed hanging out with teens. so thats it.

i still think i may have the best job in the world!

here at last

here at last! so i am in germany now its kind of awsome really! i got here on the 3rd and left the 5th for a week of training in switzerland... which to be honest is kind of awsome! so imagine the movie heidi... or any other movie that takes place in the swiss alps... and thats where i got hang out for week of training and relaxing... totally awsome!

it was really nice to be able to go. in the 2 days that i had been in germanyi have been all over the base in schweinfurt meets tons of people been overwhelmed by walking into a german grocery store ( side note when you buy bread in europe you get it hot off the shelves! how weird!!) and got all of the important paper work i needed to get.

so i think officially i start meeting and hanging out with kids on sunday. apperently i am going ice skating with some seniors. so that will be good! i realize that i havent hung out with kids in a long time and i kind of miss it alot!

i also am in the process of trying to find an apartment and a car. both of which are important things to find. so for now i think thats all. the picture are of my trip!

happy new year!!! its been a busy year! to look back it seems like i flew by!!!
i leave for germany tomorrow, its weird and exciting and hard to believe that it is actually happening!! i have shipped off almost all of my boxes and have said good-bye to almost everyone, its just weird that its really happening.
i woke up yesterday morning sooo excited to be going which is the first time that has happened. not that i havent been excited before but yesterday i was kind of giddy! there is a lot to do today finish packing, say the rest of my goodbyes, hang out with my fam, you know the important things in life.
the next time i update this i will be updating from germany! thats soo awsome to be able to say that!