the end, part two!

well, sort of, i guess.

we made it through the dienerherzkonferenz! [servant heart conference] last week i spent the majority of each day in the "cave" [aka kitchen], chopping vegetables, stirring pots, listening to music from circa 1997, and cutting, washing, and spinning lettuce. a LOT of lettuce. practically like 25 cases.

it's interesting to note that the combination of mass lettuce washing and mass carrot grating produces a wonderfully orangey-brown coloration all over one's hands.

the conference went really well, and all of us serving had a great time. it was always a blessing to go to the evening sessions and let the Lord "wash our feet" along with the conference attendees. it was nice seeing some old friends, and fun serving alongside the staff and a few students who stuck around for the week. it dawned on me the other day that we really are like a family here at the bible college, and looking around at one of our morning staff meetings, i felt really blessed to know each one.

in other ccbc news, there are two new additions to the bible college family! Simeon Neil Waldrop and Aaron Schultze-Petzold were born within a few minutes of each other, this past friday. Nada and Julia were roommates in the hospital, and even in the delivery room! all are feeling well, and have arrived home. hooray for the kinder, and congrats to the happy parents!

this week we have been cleaning everything again, making and unmaking beds, doing lots of laundry, yardwork, mending, furniture removal, and much more! these past few weeks have been pretty exhausting, but we were reminded again today that it is such a privilege to be counted worthy to serve the Lord. and i was reminded this morning in the Word that HE is my strength! that is really good to know.

been having to say good-bye to some dear friends- chiara left last week, christy and the kathas left yesterday, anjulie leaves monday. but we will see them all sometime soon. and sabine comes back soon too! and we are going to go adventurizing!

i go home 2 weeks from tomorrow, and i am quite looking forward to it. i love germany dearly, but a little bit of home is always sweet. family, home, room, church, job, friends, nephew, music, wedding[yeah!].. it'll be great.

but before then, there's so much fun to be had! bis bald!

[and, in case you haven't heard, i burnt my hand. TWICE. with bratwurst. but don't worry, it'll be all right.]

the end, part one!

tonight is happy graduation night! the end of the semester has arrived! and the sun is even out, so we hopefully don't need to wear our winter coats for graduation this year.

next week: dienerherzkonferenz! [servanthood conference]

lobe den Herrn meine seele, und seinen heilige namen.

dear parents.

happy anniversary! 28 years is a really long time!

and happy mother's day, mom!

love,ann.

congratulations!

yeah max!

our favorite swedish burger joint.