Deutschland

I have officially been in Germany for over two weeks. Woah…time has flown! So far my time here has been filled with German Orientation, ResLife Orientation, All Staff Orientation, and Dorm Orientation. There are so many people to meet and so much information to learn! But I am loving it!

The first week and a half all of the RA’s lived together in a dorm. It was such a great time to spend time with the RA’s and begin to form relationships. The dorm parents would come over for lunch and dinner each day. With all of the ResLife staff together there are about 35 of us. Let me tell you….it gets loud! I have loved interacting with all of the staff and it’s so amazing to see how the Lord has brought each of us to BFA.

During this orientation each of the new RA’s was placed in a dorm. My dorm is Wittlingen! (“w” is pronounced as a “v”) The dorm parent’s names are Brant and Laura, and my co-RA is Erin. I am so excited to serve, encourage, and disciple the young women in this dorm alongside this staff. They have some crazy fun traditions that I am looking forward to. I will share them as they come! The girls move in beginning August 22^nd.  Please be in prayer for them as they soon will be experiencing a lot of transition.

Prayer Requests:

• Driving in Germany is very new. Different road signs, laws, manual vans, navigating directions/places, and plenty of windy roads with hills. Soon the girls will be here and I will regularly be driving around 8 girls. I am definitely getting in lots of practice so that’s good. Please be in prayer that I will learn quickly to navigate the area.

• The staff at Wittlingen as we are getting to know one another. Pray that our strengths and weaknesses will work together well and that we will be patient and gracious with one another. They are wonderful people!

• That I will constantly rely on the Lord and grow in my relationship with Him this year. He is the reason I am here serving and I don’t want to lose sight of that amongst all the business.

Here are some pictures of my time here so far. Hopefully they will give you a glimpse of life in Germany!!

Basel, Switzerland

                                                             

I feel right at home with all the crops in Kandern!
  

Loading up all my luggage after a long day of traveling.

All of the houses are so beautiful in the Kandern area!                                                                                                         

Rotteln Castle near Kandern

I am so grateful to our Father for your faithfulness in supporting and praying for me. May the Lord bless you!

Love,

Amy