half time

well... i have hit the half way mark. 4 weeks down and 4 more to go, it has gone by so fast. loving it. missing mnd. anxious to get home. soaking up all i can get :) this last weekend we had a travel weekend, where folks went to Prague, Salzburg, Vienna, camping and other places... i took advantage of this guy, Hans Peter's bed and breakfast up on one of the mountains... the deal was that you work for 2 hours a day and you can stay there for free... i thought that sounded nice. we get so busy with assignments and outreach and projects that it is hard to set aside a good block of time during the week... but lets just say when i thought of a sweet bed and breakfast up one of the mountains with a sweet view, it was actually an old BARN, with a bunch of rooms in it... up on one of the mountains with a sweet view... plus a group of 16 elementary kids staying there for a weekend retreat as well... but i did have some good time of quiet and solitude, i was just a little bummed with the accommodations.. oh well.

Hans peter just wrapped up his series on revelation... 25 hours was not enough time, but it has changed the way that i see the bible. he did such a great job of painting a picture of scripture in its entirety through Jesus... the word of god is truly living and active, it is such a pleasure to meet with god through out the day. i got some mail today from the CBC youth team (thanks rene), it was a note of encouragement from my Ensenada team this year (thanks for all the nice words guys... we should get together before people start leaving). each person had a page with their name on it, and everyone else writes encouraging things about that person from the week. and then they sent each persons page to them as a reminder and encouragement from the trip. it was a real treat, brought back some great memories!

i have decided to take advantage of an opportunity to travel to Romania with some other students from tauernhof to do some outreach in an orphanage and a gypsy village...among other things. i had a week after school to do some travel, but i dont know if i would ever have a reason to go to Romania again... so thats what im going to do... and i am not one to turn down a chance to serve right? plus, i would just miss my megan too much if i was off seeing cool place like Venice, Rome, or Paris... :)