Buxtehude, was?

It has been almost three months since I have been in Germany but now I am back! As we were driving from Holland to the border I noticed the exit on the highway said "ausfahrt" and I realized it was german which brought me to a conclusion, I had to be in Germany! My excitement lasted only a minute though. Germany is not one of my favorite places but I am happy to have started my journey with YWAM here. There are four more weeks and I know they are going to be jam packed! For this week I am in a town called Buxtehude, near the Hamburg area. My team and I (nine people) will be here for the week participating in different forms of evangelism such as speaking in churches, working with the Royal Rangers and visiting our friends in Hamburg! The rest of the school is spread throughout Germany each team working with different ministries, so this is a powerful week for Germany! Next monday we will begin our faith walk week- which means pray, hear from God and go. I pray it will be a week that stretches and grows me. After that week we will spend two weeks in Herrnhut and then it's off to home! Wow. I don't want to think about that yet.

This past week in Holland I stayed in Heerde, an adorable town with bikes and flowers everywhere! I stayed with an awesome host family who had two dogs and a cat. Just in case you were wondering. We did all kinds of ministry while there, hanging out with the youth (one night we had a dance party!), church ministry, small group programs, working in homeless and mental shelters, children programs and chilling in towers interceding for the town. Tuesday night we got together with another group from our school for a "dutch night!" We played traditional dutch games, ate yummy dutch food and enjoyed each other's wonderful company! I really enjoyed being in a different part of Holland, Amsterdam is it's own place and you can't truly get the "dutch experience" there. For example, because I was in different houses I noticed that all the mirrors are mounted so high because of how tall the dutch people are. Short little Grace had trouble seeing in them! I also noticed the dutch consume more coffee than other europeans (except italians) and I love it! It is a way of living, to just relax and enjoy deeper relationships. Maybe I can bring that back to America with me, anybody down? Anyways, I hope you enjoyed my update, though I have noticed they are becoming more like "updates" than what I am experiencing/feeling. Sorry about that! Time is flying by and we are becoming so busy! But thank you for your prayers, I appreciate them so much! I will be be back soon!