life has been good, interesting, stretching, joyful, and more or less relaxed this week. i think it's the daily exposure to warm sunshine and the fact that i'm essentially done with my teaching responsibilities for my class already! i've got 3 guest speakers and outreach [thus no class one week] this month, so it's great to sit back, learn from them, spend time with people, read a good book, and enjoy a bit of a reprise. [tonight a girl who leads worship at the church talked on songwriting- and i was really encouraged.]
speaking of reading, i'm back on the missionary biography kick. i don't think i'll ever tire of stories in general, and especially true stories of real people who knew their God and and carried out great exploits in His name! i re-read Isobel Kuhn's biography, By Searching, a few weeks ago, and was once again immensely blessed. yesterday i began God's Smuggler- the story of Brother Andrew, a Dutch guy who [i'm assuming, but i'm only in chapter 6!] went on to smuggle Bibles behind the Iron Curtain, and to found the organization Open Doors.. which i often hear about at CC Siegen. small world.
4-day weekend is 2 days away, so most everyone will be gone. i love it when it's quiet and peaceful around here!
i'm learning swedish!!!!!!!!!!!! a dear girl from the church is giving me a few little "lessons" in preparation for our upcoming trip to sweden to put on the 2nd annual Calvary Chapel women's retreat in Scandinavia [Stockholm, to be exact]. i'm especially excited for this trip, for i love Sweden, and to know how to roughly pronounce a few words [and thereby to lead worship in Swedish- the main goal of studying a bit] is absolutely thrilling to me. i love languages!
family update: new nephew is to be born any day now! woohoo!
and last, but most certainly not least,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
2 comments:
Annie, I love reading your posts.
Sounds like things are going well there.
I only have 3 more classes too! Probably finish up teaching next week and have a little final the following week and than hopefully party! 2 classes of mine will be cancelled with the outreach week and the worship conference :)
Are you planning to go home over the summer or stay in Germany the whole year??
Love you and miss you Annie-san!
I miss you, glad you are enjoying this season so much...and that you actually really have time to enjoy it.
When I read your blog this morning I decided to send your mom bday greetings too and she was surprised that I even knew about it... haha. Blogs can be so helpful and so nice.
Love you. Wish you a wonderful time in Sweden. Enjoy the peace and quiet at the villa- uhh I know how fun those weekends can be. Bis bald. Deine An
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