Ever since Columbus Day...

Last weekend was the first we didn't bowl. Yes it seems silly that it made me sad, we aren't serious bowlers or anything, but it is the one routine/ tradition/ expected event Jason and I have had to look forward to since we landed on German soil. Between Jason still fighting this cold, Saturday's charity run event, then Sunday's long day of worship and hours at the laundry mat we decided to stay in tonight and order Chinese.
We had it delivered after ordering it online. No awkward language barriers to battle against, just some good old fashioned MSG and Sodium-laden Egg Drop Soup.

This week I realized a need for a dermatologist, we found three English-speaking dermatologist in our area, now we just need to get in contact with out insurance company to figure out how this is all going to work out. Let the European healthcare adventure begin.

Otherwise, this week has been much more uneventful that expected:
- I went to a seminar on base for spouses that gave basic information on all of the services offered here for Americans.
- Jason had a few uninterrupted days of work, free from random housing appointments at a zillion different offices.
- Our language class is going well, I even ordered a beverage in German last night and was understood for the first time ever! Later in the evening I was told that the way I've been pronouncing my key, "I'm sorry, I don't speak German" phrase is horribly wrong. It come across translated more as, "I want to do my dance". I'm not even that embarrassed, I'm just so glad to FINALLY have figured out why I get nothing but weird looks when I try to apologize for not speaking German!
- Our trivia team hasn't made the top 3 yet, but our team itself is great. Peter and Jason entertain us three girls with ridiculous defenses for why their answers are correct. Here is an example from last night's Pub Quiz, sorry for the blur:

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Even though we haven't been overwhelmingly busy this week, God seems to have been working overtime in our lives! While we are still apprehensive to commit and call a single church "home" yet, we have been forming more and more bonds with people at one in particular and have been given some vision about where we can contribue to His Kingdom there.

 While Jason made a good friend within a few days of getting here, I've been without a lady friend since my last Holly-hug the morning we left the States. This isn't especially productive for me or any ministry opportunities seeing as I have a tendency to retreat and become anti-social whenever given the opportunity. In light of this, God has been introducing me to some ladies my own age and last night at Pub Quiz I got an invite to one of their flats to watch Downton!

 He has also been cultivating a thirst for His Word in us this week, which is pretty exciting. The last couple years we've been so service-oriented, striving to look like, love like and walk like Jesus, that we let the exploration and deepening knowledge of who He is slip to the back-burner. It seems like there are great opportunities to quench that thirst here among the community: to study Scripture among believers who are older and wiser than ourselves in faith, a quality we've been yearning for the last couple years.

A final note of His work here in the Delisio's lives in Wiesbaden: we get our keys today! We don't officially move in until Monday but because of circumstances and protocol I don't quite understand here, we do a walk through this afternoon with the landlord, then are handed the keys. To our home. Home. It has been too long.

Convicted, I wonder how did the disciples do it? Going from place to place for years, not knowing where their heads would rest, where their meals would come from. Literally, physically trusting the Lord for every single need. Jason and I have been in various comfortable hotels for the last 6 weeks and it feels hard to manage keeping our sanity.
We have so much further to go, so much more to learn. Until we see you again though, we'll make sure to keep you updated each step of the way.