Another Adventure

If you want some pictures, look me up on Facebook- I've got pictures from the hike in the alps, trip to the castle and some of my trips into town or the countryside! Well, I don't really have extraordinary news for you- after almost a month here in Germany, I feel like I'm finally settling in. I feel like I have friends and finally finished our first book- now to write the paper. I still miss home a lot, but this is starting to feel like home. Today we started the day with room prayer, where you and your room mates spend an hour sharing and praying for each other and whatever is on our hearts. It was great. Then we had some lectures and I read a lot- just before dinner I went on a walk with Rachel and Alicia. We walked somewhere I've never walked before, took lots of pictures and just had a good time. It was VERY COLD though! It was about 40 degrees. That's not that bad, but I'm used to Wisconsin where it would be 40 one day and 60 the next. I hear it won't get warm again. So the book I finished today is called "The Papa Prayer". It was okay. The ideas were great, but he was VERY repetitive. The main thing I've been holding onto was the first P in Papa. Present yourself to God. Basically he referred to it as "relational prayer". Just be real with God. Tell Him how you're doing. Work through your thoughts and emotions with Him. Grow close to Him. The outline he suggests is P- present yourself to God A- attend to how you think of God (think of how you view God and compare it to truth from the Bible) P- purge yourself of anything that hinders you from coming to God (what sins are blocking you from being one with Christ. Most of the time it's relational sin- like being self centered.) A- approach God (come to God. Ask Him for what you want. Hopefully through presenting, attending and purging, your greatest desire will be to know God.) It's a decent book. Now to write my first paper for Bible school!