Gute Nacht! (Goodnight)

It's our third night here in Germany, and it's cold! There's only an inch or two of snow on the ground, but the air is frigid. We should be sleeping right now, but we still haven't recovered from jet lag... hopefully it won't be too much longer until we adjust to the time change. Change is something we're experiencing a lot of. Almost everything is different! Our major concern right now is the language barrier. We are trying to learn the language, but it is diffucult. We have successfully gone to the grocery store twice, so we have food! It's been fun getting used to our surroundings. About 80% of the city we live in was destroyed in the war because of it being a mining town; it was one of the major suppliers of iron and steel. But the German people have done well in restoring what they could; the building we live in is actually over 100 years old. And just around the corner from us is an old stone church, from which we here the bells ring all throughout the day and night. The Bible college is a good 20 minute walk from where we are living, so we're definitely getting our exercise. It's fun to see the different shops they have along the way. There is a bakery right next door to us... we'd like to get some bread from there but we don't know how to order yet! Hopefully, some of the German students won't mind teaching us some phrases once they get here. We have about 2 1/2 weeks until the students arrive. Until then, we plan on getting acclamated with our surroundings, and getting to know the Bible college staff that are already here. I think this next week, life will start to get a bit busier for us. The week after next, the Bible college is hosting a Western Europe Pastor's Conference and I'm sure it will be exciting to be a part of it!