Friday, November 21, 2008

i'm going to be slightly vulnerable with you. but not inappropriately so.

things here are really good, were having record numbers of kids coming to club, volunteers are really owning the ministry, i'm really enjoying my friends and my roomie, ive had amazing oppprtunites to travel, i love my mentor, etc etc and life is good.

but...

the weather really gets to me. its storming and cold and should be snowing tomorrow. i havent seen real sun in over a week. its dark till late morning and dark again by five pm, the hours of light are getting shorter and shorter. and even the day time is miserable, its just a gray fog...all the time. and while logically i know things are good, my body is having a hard time believing me. all i want to do is sleep. always. i have to struggle to get out of bed everyday. and i know life is good. really good. its just tough.

so please pray. i dont really know what to ask you to pray for. i would say for sun, but thats just not germanys style...so just pray that God would give me strength and wisdom in dealing with the weather and the darkness here. thanks.

on a happier note, i got to travel to greece with my mentor and her husband to watch some of our friends run the athens marathon. it was pretty incredible. heres a few of my favorite pics.













above is the bema in ancient corinth where paul stood trial.