My first blog from Germany

We are finally here!!

Well, we've actually been here a week! We slept last night in our permanent apartment so the girls are out of the living room. Now we can settle in at last. The apartment is small but has quite a bit of storage and efficiency built into it.

















Some highlights of this past week included filling out pages of paperwork in German (scary), driving our 9 passenger van filled to the brim from the Frankfurt airport on the Autobahn, saying goodbye to our American friends the Muths from Clemson, going to dinner at an American's home, a German's, home, and an Icelander's home, going to the market, hiking to the nearby monastery and storybook town, going to the local water park with about 1 million Germans on the hottest day of the year (92 degrees), hanging clothes on the line, going to the local market, riding the bus a lot, visiting three awesome kid's parks(they have some interesting attractions and much less interest in safety so the kid's love it, we're waiting for our first trip to the ER), going to the market, riding the train from another village (fun), going to the local market again, and feeling a lot overwhelmed!!

The first few days were really daunting. Basically, no one slept on the plane so we were severely tired but the Muths took us in. We went to the market for provisions and the girls were distracted by their two daughters. They fed us dinner and put us to bed. We all slept until after noon! We are pretty much on schedule with the time now. Most of our days have been filled with taking care of business (setting up bank accounts, registering with the government, securing insurance for the car we are purchasing etc.) The girls have three more weeks before school starts but are scheduled to start German tutoring this Tuesday for two days a week. Pray that they find some friends soon. They are frustrated with not being able to communicate to anyone. We have a few kids from Russia, Iceland, China, and not sure where else here in the apartments so they are playing a little on the playground. Who knows they may come home with more than German!

I'm still getting the hang of this thing, sorry the formatting isn't a little better. I promise it will get prettier! Keep us in your prayers. And thanks again to all of you who helped us get ready for this adventure. Your friendship and support has meant so much! Danke!