Meeting my new family

This last week I was at a staff conference and training for MCYM. It took place at a Christian retreat center in the Black Forest. It gave me an opportunity to meet all of my new coworkers from across Europe. I had met about a dozen of them prior to this, but there were about 40 more that I had not met yet. I was a little nervous at first, with meeting so many of my peers at the same time, but I am very pleased with how well it went. There were two aspects to this: there was first the staff conference with everyone, where we discussed our upcoming trips (just so you are jealous we talked about trips we are taking to Austria, Italy, Romania, Belgium and another place in Germany, for both high school and middle school stuff) and just spent time getting to know one another, catching up with others and just having fun. After this was over, the relatively new staff members stayed for a few days of training. I learned quite a bit, and it was really nice to talk to others who are new and talk about what we are going through.

I am now back in Graf, and it is nice to be back. I had a lot of fun this week, and it's good to be home. And the fact that it felt like home when I was coming back was very encouraging to me. Ok, one of our students here is giving me a hard time about being on the computer and needs a ride to Burger King, so it is her fault that this is not longer or more in depth.

Quick prayers for this week, we have a middle school retreat in Nuremberg from Friday to Sunday. Pray that the couple hundred middle schoolers that come together will both have fun and learn more about God. I'll make sure to let you know how that turned out. oh, and i know i promised pictures of everything, but I do not have internet in my new house, and i cannot upload pictures on a government computer (which i am on now) so those will be coming when i get internet at my house. So, i am sorry for the delay, but i will get those on as soon as I can.