It's sunday and that means another week has flown by! This week was a little easier then the previous weeks, and I am so grateful for that. The topic's were lighter and easier to meditate on, and we found out wonderful news! Stephanie, the girl who left to see her dad, is coming back on tuesday! When she left it didn't seem likely she would be back but alas! God works in mighty ways. We also found what will be going on for a week after outreach; we will split into a few groups and travel to the home churches of some of the germans in our school. So far, all sides of Germany are covered! At their churches we'll share what went on during outreach, where we traveled to, and how God worked in that place but also in our life. The point of this is to reach out to the youth groups of Germany, to strengthen a missional mindset in the churches but also to prepare the "foreigners" (americans, canadians, italians and french) for when we go home and get asked "What did you do on outreach?" I was talking with Amber, a staff member, and she said often times YWAMers blank when asked this question. I have totally witnessed this so I am grateful that we will be learning how to convey what happened. That should take around a week and the rest of the time after outreach is still being prayed about. Your prayers for the guidance of our staff would be very helpful!

Thursday was a pretty ordinary day. Except for the fact that I discovered a mocha milkshake they make in the cafe. Its pretty much the best thing I can drink. I am going to get one today for sure! Thursday night was worship in the prayer room, and it was once again amazing! It was a lot like tuesday's worship only this time was more focused on being joyful so a lot of laughing, shouting and dancing was involved. By the time it was over the room was packed and the chilly breeze of the attic was gone.


Friday was also an "ordinary day." It started off with sleeping in until 7:30 (whoaa) and then attending worship as a school. Then we jumped into lectures where we did this cool prayer from each of us to God about what we want to take away from this week. I want to remember the holiness of God and how I need to continually ask God to reveal more of His character to me. It was really cool to hear what God spoke to everyone and the response from His people. Friday for lunch was this amazing noodle, ginger, coconut milk concoction that I wanted to get seconds on. But I had my first one on one meeting! My one on one is with Amber, a super cool and passionate staff leader. We will meet once a week during the lecture phase and talk about how I am doing, what I'm learning and a bunch of other stuff. I really enjoyed that time because Amber has already been where I am, so it is cool to hear from her. Friday afternoon was a local outreach in a town called Zittau. We got lost on the way there, and forgot a guitar but God provides! We found our way and there was a random girl there who happened to have two guitars. We split into a few groups of two people and went around and talked to people in the street. I got to pray for a blind man and his wife, and Alex my partner, talked to a few people in german. Since I didn't speak the language I prayed while she talked :) Afterwards we gathered in the town square and sang some worship songs and talked to people who came up to us. It was cool to worship God in the open like that, it was so freeing, which is what God wants! Then we decided to get some dinner, as a "family" and enjoyed each others company. That night was also a payer night at the Jesus Haus, so when we arrived at the castle I quickly got out, got ready for a night of prayer, and jumped back in the van. At the prayer night however, I felt very distracted and uncomfortable. I was sort of mad at myself because I really wanted to stay and pray for whatever the topic was but I just couldn't. Finally at 11 I decided to leave. So I trudged all alone through the extremely dark forest singing songs in my head hoping I wouldn't freeze, pee in my pants or fall off the edge of the path with my tiny little flashlight. It was quite exciting! When I got to the castle there was this poor guy just sitting inside and I felt so bad for him, I can't imagine what I looked like barging in beet red and breathing fast! Maybe he was really tired and will think it was all a dream. 


Saturday I woke up and went to dresden again to skype my family! I love them so much. It was nice to catch up there, and I got to drink starbucks again. Sweeeet. A few girls and I stayed later than the others and got pizza and bubble tea. Have you ever had that before? It was very interesting! All in all it was a good week, and it ended with a chill weekend. I am still enjoying my time here, but I am looking forward to having a nice calm day today.