Here’s a picture of the youth group. Last Friday’s group had a good turn out, and we talked about death and loss of loved ones. I think it was a good night. Anyway, here’s the pic:
Btw…no comments about my hair!
Youth Group
I’m here!
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So after 36-42 hours of travelling (depending on how you figure out the time…it’s complicated. I started 3am Mountain time, ended 9pm Germany time) I am finally in Peine! Seriously, I never want to see another terminal again. I spent about 60% of my time yesterday and the day before in terminals! 2 hours in Albuquerque, 2 hours in Dallas, 4 hours in OK City, 4 hours in Houston, and 5 hours in Paris! Oi vey.
Anyway, I’m staying with the Duckeck family. I’m in the top of the house with Johannes, their 17 year old son. He’s pretty cool. His movie collection is pretty sweet. For example…Braveheart, The Prestige, lots of James Bond movies, and others. And they’re in German, of course. Thankfully he speaks english really well, as does his whole family. Well…I’m not sure how much his sister speaks, because I’ve only heard her speak a few english words. They also have a little dog named Lucy. I took it as a good sign that she doesn’t growl at me.
This morning we went to church, and I tried understanding as much as possible, but it was a little difficult. Yesterday, on the descent during the Houston – Paris flight, my eye and forehead started hurting a lot. It went away for the most part when we landed, but then on the descent on the Paris – Hannover flight it started again, but not as bad. This morning it was hurting a little, and when I tried concentrating it made it worse. I took some Ibuprofen, so hopefully that will help.
No plans for today really, other than resting, maybe wandering around town, playing some board games (Apples to Apples FTW!) and just general fellowshipping. Tomorrow we’ll go shopping, after exchanging our USD’s for Euro’s at the amazingly low rate of 1.71! (I hope you caught the sarcasm on that.) (By the way, that means 1 Euro will cost us $1.71) (So if you feel generous, you can give us some more spending money. Just comment and I’ll tell you how.)
I think that’s all for now…I’ll send out an update tomorrow or after our Tuesday information meeting.
Mit Lieb
K.M.
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Karl