first week in Germany... six months ago.

got some old film developed today

at the beginning of the journey...

Jane Austen is always the life of the party

This lady kept me up all last night.

Me and some of my roommates grabbed our blankets and jammies and huddled in an empty room in the castle around a laptop screen and watched two movies based on her books "Persuasion" and "Pride and Prejudice" and then Becoming Jane to top off the night.

It was quite the night, full of crocheting & knitting, laughing, and lots of tea.

tonight we've decided to do it again,

this time with Sense and Sensibility

currently watching (thanks to my lovely friend Josh):

currently listening to:

seeker lover keeper - rest your head on my shoulder

"can I take your picture?"

I love living in this community of Herrnhut, Germany.

Most of the staff here are extremely artistic and sometimes you may have a girl walk up to you that you've never met before and ask you if she can take your picture.. which is what happened to me on Friday.

I ended up getting to do a fun photoshoot yesterday with the super talent Dorien Scheltens.

She is from Holland and is just fun to talk to and super fun to take pictures with.

I'll post more pictures from it soon but for now I have to rush and get ready.

One of my new friends from New Zealand who is also a student here at YWAM is having her birthday party!!!

and I can never turn down cake and food that's NOT from the castles kitchen

My New Home/ Update

(my new home. I totally took this from someone elses flickr though because I'm too lazy to go take my own)

Internet, Oh internet, how I love thee!

Been at the "base" a.k.a. my new home a.k.a. The water castle in Herrnhut Germany A.K.A. my school

for seven & a half days!

WOOT WOOT!

I love it here.

I love how all our lectures have translators & so you are really listening to

a lesson in German & in English

I love the castle!

Its beautiful, amazing, awesome, the coolest building EVER!

Seriously, does your home have its own recording studio, instruments you can play

all the time, its own dark room to develop film, an awesome old attic

a boutique where you can give away stuff you don't want anymore & you can also get stuff FOR FREE!!!!

A community of staff! Cleaners, workers, teachers, music players, dancers, preachers, EVERYTHING!

That are all just family & all friends & treat you no different than they treat each other?

Does it have a camp fire & a cute little town you can walk to to do all your shopping

or its own cafe?

I didn't think so.

I love my new home.

I've been working on my German.

I've been trying to learn three words a day!

Hopefully when I get really good I'll be able to translate my posts in both languages every

once in awhile.

That'd be cool.

Its sucks because it seems like the students that I'd get along with the most only

speak German! So that is definitely inspiring me to learn as well.

I got my cleaning duty Monday. I got to pick it.

I have to sweep the entire stairs & shoe room (yes.. we have a room just for our shoes. We are not allowed to wear them upstairs. Crazy rule but it works)

The weather is perfect right now. A little chilly the later it gets but today its probably in the 70's

Everything is so green.

Everything is amazing here I truly love it.

One of the staff members name is Julie & she told me where to get some yarn so I got plenty of that, I'm going to play around with some new patterns & see what happens.

Maybe some new stuff in the shop!

Also I will be raising the shipping price because I now would be shipping it from German BUT! I also will be lowering the price cause I feel bad! haha!

The only thing I don't like here is occasionally the food kinda... sucks! haha

but what can ya do!?

I'm craving some burger king though! They have these spicy cheese sticks here! They are also way cheaper than McDonalds here, I kid you not!

Everyone is so awesome here.

Everyone wants to help, everyone wants to be your friend.

I have certainly never experienced anything like it, I love it.

Well today is Easter, & we are about to have a Easter Feast so I'm going to go get ready for that!!!

I love you guys, ya'll are awesome

*hugs*