Spring Break

Quite the week I've had. It started friday morning at 2am shortly after my last full-length post. I caught my first train at a rediculously early hour. It took my five trains and seven hours to get across Germany and I nearly missed half the trains. Sigh. But, I made it in time to enjoy Regensberg with my parents. We saw a beautiful monastery, another cathedral, and mostly just spend quality time together. Very enjoyable.

Long train ride home. Slept three hours and jumped on a van to Slovakia. Fourteen hours later, I arrived in Bratislava, Slovakia. Needless to say, I was totally beat so anything even resembling a bed was good enough for me. Good thing, because my hotel...resembled a hotel. I am not one to complain, especially when traveling abroad, but this was pretty interesting. By the end of the week, numerous people had gotten stuck between floors on the elevator(myself included), one person had to have people break down the door to the bathroom when they got locked inside, and I had spent five full minutes trying to get my key out of the door. =) I really didn't mind so much. It was kind of comical.

The trip itself was amazing. I totally fell in love with our group of high schoolers. Such great kids. I headed up the relational ministries at our school and got to know the principal of the school. It was so fulfilling to bring ideas and resources to a school that really needed them. They loved the curriculum we put together and I got to impart the heart of a teacher to all the high schoolers. I loved it. I felt like this was my final exam both spiritually and academically. I was puting everything to use that I have learned over the last four years. In ministry and education. I was working with educators and imparting spiritually. *sigh* So satisfying. And the mountains were unreal!
Quote of the week, "we need to run to Hypernova tonight to pick up more cheese." I made some great friends in the other leaders at our site. We all discovered this heavenly feta cheese that we shared probably every night.=) There were five of us in all. We were all so different from each other that I don't think anyone would have guessed that we would have bonded so well, so quickly. We had a skater, a young couple about to leave as missionaries, an older gentleman with a quirky sense of humor, a salor, and me. Quite the mix. But we had such a great time together. A perfect example of how the Body needs all types to work His glory. The right people at the right time.

So I am feeling delightfully poured out. I got to sleep on the van ride home so I'm doing fine energy wise. This semester has been such a growing semester for me. I've enjoyed it immensly.

P.S. Sorry, I don't have any pictures. My digital camera has broken (that happens when you drop it on marble.) so my pictures were all on a disposible. But, I may download some digitals from a friend.