Last weekend we celebrated the winter with a party for the people that I babysit for and some of their friends from Poland. We had a wonderful time and the kids, Noa and Noel, even stayed awake for a long night of fun. It was a very fun way to relax and enjoy the company of the people I have been working with for the 4 months we have been in Hamburg.
The champagne was flowing on Thursday because David finished his classes and finals from Bucerius Law School. On Friday I had my last work day with the kids but we are so thankful that we will get to see them one more time on the 28th. On Friday evening the Fox family arrived bleary eyed and overwhelmed with the bustling from the airport, the subway, the people and the language. After a short night’s sleep, the five of us packed up and left Hamburg on a train heading to Nuremberg.
We spent Saturday and Sunday looking at the Christmas Market (the largest and most authentic market in Germany) and going to a very interesting museum and on Monday we enjoyed the castle and took a train back to Hamburg. We are now here in our home, quite snug and cozy in our tiny little apartment, sharing the sights and the daily routine that we have enjoyed for 4 months with David’s family.
With only 7 days before we return we are overwhelmed with a sense of loss over leaving this life and the relationships that we have made for ourselves as well as having a sense of excitement at returning to our life in Salem.
We have been so blessed to find an apartment in Salem (yay for Craig’s List), so we are reassured that when we return the transition will be just that much easier. David is all registered for the spring semester, his LAST semester of Law School and the job hunt is on for me in the Salem-Keizer school district.
We will continue to pray for each of you in your time off from school, work, and life and we hope that your travels, time with your families, and holiday festivities are richly blessed and filled with an abundance of joy and laughter.
We will fill you in on our Christmas adventures with the Fox family here in Hamburg and our weekend that we will all spend in Berlin before returning to the States on the 29th.
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