For the past 2 1/2 weeks BFA has been on Spring Break. A much needed break for everyone. The first week of Spring Break entailed many students going on mission trips. Nine girls from Witt went on mission trips to either Uganda, Burkina Fasa, Moldova, Slovenia, and China. While other girls left to return to England, Bulgaria, Russia, Israel, Albania, Macedonia, Korea, Switzerland, and other parts of Germany. I'm excited for all of them to return and have our 'family' reunited from all parts of the world. It will be great to hear of all their adventures and the ways God spoke to them and grew them during their time away.
I wanted to share a bit of what I spent my Spring Break doing. My parents came!!!!! They came a few days before the girls left and were able to meet and spend time with them. I loved having them here so they could see even more visibly what it is I do over here. Around our area they were able to see the school, many of the dorms and how spread out they are, my favorite restaurants, the windy curvy roads, beautiful weather in full spring bloom, and places that I love around here.
We traveled around for ten days along with our neighbors and family friends, the Groman's. We went into Switzerland, France, Austria, and around Germany. They were long full days of traveling, seeing sights, eating, and learning more about the culture and history.
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| Hochblauen, I came here my first week in Germany. It's the highest point in our area. | | | | | | | | | |
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And let me tell you to get there you have to take some sharp hairpin turns. It was a bit cloudy that day, but still beautiful!
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| The Swiss Alps. We stayed in a chalet nestled in the alps! |
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We took a cable car up, up, up and this is where we ended up.
Completely surrounded by the alps with snow. It was so warm out! | | |
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| This is the "Chapel Bridge." It's in Lucerne, Switzerland and was built in 1333. |
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| We visited the concentration camp Dachau in Germany. This is the gate leading into this horrific place stating, "Freedom through Work." It was a hard place to tour and such a clear picture of sin. |
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| The Abbey of St. Gall. A beautiful cathedral with the foundations built in 719 AD. |
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| The home of the captain and children in the Sound of Music |
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| Neuschwanstein Castle, an inspiration for the castle in Sleeping Beauty. |
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| A Storch in the town of Holzen. There are Storch's all over this town, building their massive nests on top of the church and trees. Holzen is home of a girl's dorm at BFA, ironically called Storch! |
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| My lovely parents at a restaurant in Switzerland. At this restaurant I accidentally ordered us all dessert, whoops! Still working on my German. But, hey everyone said it was the best part of the meal:) |
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It was wonderful having them visit and sad to see them go. The second week of Spring Break I spent time with other RA's. Honestly, mostly just bumming around. These girls tire me out! But, I am ready and excited for them to return tomorrow:) We only have 5 weeks left in the semester and I'm sure they will quickly fly by. I will keep you posted on the activities that fill our last 5 weeks.
Blessings,
Amy
