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Ok. So, tonight I was talking with my host family, and the subject came up of Christa’s younger brother, who happens to be only about 3 years older than I. So, of course there was joking about trying to fix me up with him. Then Christa decided that it probably would be a good thing because he’s not a Christian. This made her husband, who is also not a Christian, a little defensive. He said that if I counted someone out it just because he’s not a Christian it would be silly. He went on to say tha… Continue

You know, it’s really something to look back on my life, and see the ways that God has worked in and through me that I never realized before. Tonight we had a Hauskreis (it’s kind of like a small group meeting accept that church for us here is a small group meeting in the U.S. There are only 15 members altogether…so this is really like a really, really small group meeting because not everyone comes.) Anyway, normally we would have read in Malachi and talked about that with Dirk. But Dirk was sic… Continue

Well, today was my birthday. It was great! I am so thankful to God that he has put me in this place with these people! I used my free time today to clean my room which I’d wanted to do for like a week and just hadn’t had the time yet. I was thinking of what I wanted to go do later to enjoy my day, thinking that I didn’t really have any plans. I had no idea that Christa (that mother of the family with which I live here in Pruem) had planned this big surprise party for my birthday. It was great! P… Continue

So, I’ve been here in Prüm, Germany for about a month now, and several people have asked me if I have “Heimweh”, homesickness. Many of them are as surprised as I am when I answer, “No, I really don’t. At least not yet.” And that’s the honest truth. I don’t feel sick for home. Don’t get me wrong, I love the U.S. I love my family. I love my friends. But I’m really glad that I’m not there. Sorry everyone. ;-) The thing is that I’ve been a follower of Christ since I was four years old. I have never… Continue