A first taste of my new home

Well... we have arrived. After a total of about 31 hours of travel.. including our 11 hour layover in Frankfurt, Germany- which was spent at the airport McDonalds... which contrary to America's, is very nice. They have specialty foods, the workers have their own designer jeans and shirt with the classic arch emblem on the butt of them, and they even "wait" your tables.. weird right?!- and though McDonalds was quite spectacular as we played cards for 8 hours... we could not have prepared ourselves for the journey ahead. As we boarded our next 12 hour flight, i made the wise decision to not take any sleep meds.. i do not advise this. i did sleep on my own, but not comfortably. Then, being woken up at 3 in morning for breakfast before we landed... whoever thought that was a good idea was insane, for our stomachs only got more confused, but finally.. we landed! 

We traveled to our lodging in heavy, and i mean heavy, fog.. to the point that i was praying there were no cliffs ahead... or a mountain, because we could not see 5 feet in front of us. We managed to stay calm... probably a result of our complete disorientation.:)

BUT, we made it safely, and entered into our new home for the next month... and may i just say that we are so blessed. The three girls, Margaret, Samantha, and I are in a room together, and are surrounded by seven AMAZING people- including Dyson of course! One of them is from England, her name is Kirsty- i told her that i would be teaching her a southern accent as i tried my best to adapt to a British one. ha! The others are Jeff, he is from Nashville as well and is an incredibly sweet guy. Then there is Jess, she is from Arkansas, but was raised in Ecuador, she is hilarious and Margaret and I will be getting to work with her in Capricorn while we are here. Then there is Ana, she is from North Carolina, and she is really funny as well and very sweet. (They all are! and we have felt so welcomed.)Lastly, there is Danielle, whom margaret and I met at a conference back home, but she is going to be here for a year!! She is also an incredible woman. we are the youngest, but everyone else staying here is 22 and under, with the exception of Danielle, so that is nice to all be pretty close in age. The two leaders who have taken care of us today, and are truly sweet and awesome women are Mandy and Jakes (Jenna-Kate)- they are so funny and have taken such good care of us! 

I have been having such an incredible time so far! my body is thoroughly confused on times and my stomach is as well, but we will adjust soon. Today was a pretty warm day.. but unfortunately it is cold night- cold in the mornings and at nights- but regardless, it is still BEAUTIFUL here! 

Well, i apologize for this extremely long message.. i could say SO much more, but i will let your eyes take a break from this glaring screen if you have continued to read this far.

Please continue to pray for us while we are here- God really had his hand over us on the way over and i know He will continue to watch over us for the rest of our time here. 

Thank you all for your support- i can't tell you how much it means to me/us. 

I will write again soon. 

love, amy

p.s. i will not be able to post any pictures on here, at least for a while, because... well long story, but i just can't if i want to have internet the rest of the month.. so i apologize, for it truly is beautiful here and i wish you all could see it. :( But no worries, you will soon!