Friday, June 27

Yesterday (Thursday) and today were so long. Long flights, long waits, no sleep for over 24 hours. But they have been good. God is teaching me to have a good attitude regardless of sleeping arrangements. Basically, we didn’t get into the hostel until 12:30 AM last night (or this morning!) then we had to get up at 7:30 for breakfast, but for me- it ended up being 6:30, I think God woke me up to pray and be with Him before the day started. Then breakfast (which was really good–this Hostel is soooo nice. Probably better than a hotel) and a few short lectures specifically about the German culture. After that we split into our teams and had a scavenger hunt across Düsseldorf so we could get used to the transportation system, be more familiar with out surroundings, and just have some fun making contact with the local “Dusseldorfians”. Things went well, but we are all exhausted and getting a little irritable. We definitely need God’s grace today.