They told us when we got here that the first week would be the longest week of our lives and the following would fly by...they were not kidding! But I am thankful that the time is going by quickly because although I like Germany, a lot, I will definitely be ready to come home when my six months is up.
Anyway, these are some more pictures from my neighborhood in Fishbach. I just took a walk with my camera the other day and this is what I saw.
So, what does a regular day look like here at Bodenseehof?? Well, here it is:
During the week we wake up at 7 am with breakfast at 7.30am. B-fast is over at 8, at which time we do our duties. For the past three weeks I have been vacuuming the dining room. It doesn't sound so bad, and I guess it wasn't, but unlike most duties I had to do it 3 times a day. But now I am gladly cleaning bathrooms. It is only once a day and only four days a week.
Then, around 9am we have our first lecture. There is a coffee break around 10am and another lecture that begins shortly thereafter. Another break and lecture takes place around 11am. Lectures finish at 12pm, and then there are announcements, and then a break until lunch at 12.30. We have the time from after lunch until dinner, at 5.45pm, to do whatever we please. As I mentioned earlier, we have a lot of reading to do so a lot of people are busy doing that. I tend to go for walks\runs, or take naps, or read, or write. Usually my biggest quest for the afternoons is to find a place to be alone. There are 104 students here, which is a larger than normal class, and the building in which we function is not that big so...it is a challenge. They try to keep the lecture hall quiet from 2-4, however, the majority of the students here are obsessed with music and so it is rarely silent.
At 5.45pm we line up for dinner and then usually get finished around 6.30-ish. Our evening lectures begin at 7.15pm. Because everyone here is so musically inclined some of the students lead worship for about 20 minutes each evening before our speaker takes the floor. Then we have 2 lectures with a short break in the middle. Lectures end around 9pm and we then have free time until lock-up, which during the week is 10.30pm. Lights out are at 11pm. And that is that.
Saturdays are free for us. The school tries to plan cool trips, like the Swiss Alp hike, for us so we get to see some of our beautiful country. We also get a really nice brunch on Saturdays. Breakfast each morning is a buffet which usually consists of cereal, yogurt, bread with an off brand of Nutella (which I think is better than the real thing), cheese, and meat, and of course coffee and tea. (when I left home I was down to like one cup of coffee and since being here that has gone back up to, uh, 3 or 4). So the brunch is a treat after eating the same thing all week.
Sundays are a little different. They make a few schedule adjustments to try and keep the week exciting. So, we have breakfast at 8.30am, with church at 10. Then the afternoon is free and in the evening we have a sharing or prayer service.
It is a little odd going from the total freedom of college to being reprimanded for not having the room lights off at 11pm. It has also been difficult adjusting to sharing a room, that is less than half the size of my dorm room in Liz Waters, with four girls. At Christmas break we switch rooms and there is one room of 10 girls, I am praying that I do not get put in there.
Each day, I am finding, is a challenge. I am co-habitating with 103 kids that have pretty naive views of the world and lack the consideration, respect, and common courtesy that most humans possess. There are, of course, some quality people here, and even the young ones have positives to bring to the table, but it is hard sometimes to be surrounded by hyper, attention lacking pre-adults who seem to be here for the social aspect more than anything else. But I just have to remind myself that I am in Germany and I am here to learn about Jesus and not to mesh with all of the people here.
Life is good and God is gracious.
Anyway, these are some more pictures from my neighborhood in Fishbach. I just took a walk with my camera the other day and this is what I saw.
So, what does a regular day look like here at Bodenseehof?? Well, here it is:
During the week we wake up at 7 am with breakfast at 7.30am. B-fast is over at 8, at which time we do our duties. For the past three weeks I have been vacuuming the dining room. It doesn't sound so bad, and I guess it wasn't, but unlike most duties I had to do it 3 times a day. But now I am gladly cleaning bathrooms. It is only once a day and only four days a week.
Then, around 9am we have our first lecture. There is a coffee break around 10am and another lecture that begins shortly thereafter. Another break and lecture takes place around 11am. Lectures finish at 12pm, and then there are announcements, and then a break until lunch at 12.30. We have the time from after lunch until dinner, at 5.45pm, to do whatever we please. As I mentioned earlier, we have a lot of reading to do so a lot of people are busy doing that. I tend to go for walks\runs, or take naps, or read, or write. Usually my biggest quest for the afternoons is to find a place to be alone. There are 104 students here, which is a larger than normal class, and the building in which we function is not that big so...it is a challenge. They try to keep the lecture hall quiet from 2-4, however, the majority of the students here are obsessed with music and so it is rarely silent.
At 5.45pm we line up for dinner and then usually get finished around 6.30-ish. Our evening lectures begin at 7.15pm. Because everyone here is so musically inclined some of the students lead worship for about 20 minutes each evening before our speaker takes the floor. Then we have 2 lectures with a short break in the middle. Lectures end around 9pm and we then have free time until lock-up, which during the week is 10.30pm. Lights out are at 11pm. And that is that.
Saturdays are free for us. The school tries to plan cool trips, like the Swiss Alp hike, for us so we get to see some of our beautiful country. We also get a really nice brunch on Saturdays. Breakfast each morning is a buffet which usually consists of cereal, yogurt, bread with an off brand of Nutella (which I think is better than the real thing), cheese, and meat, and of course coffee and tea. (when I left home I was down to like one cup of coffee and since being here that has gone back up to, uh, 3 or 4). So the brunch is a treat after eating the same thing all week.
Sundays are a little different. They make a few schedule adjustments to try and keep the week exciting. So, we have breakfast at 8.30am, with church at 10. Then the afternoon is free and in the evening we have a sharing or prayer service.
It is a little odd going from the total freedom of college to being reprimanded for not having the room lights off at 11pm. It has also been difficult adjusting to sharing a room, that is less than half the size of my dorm room in Liz Waters, with four girls. At Christmas break we switch rooms and there is one room of 10 girls, I am praying that I do not get put in there.
Each day, I am finding, is a challenge. I am co-habitating with 103 kids that have pretty naive views of the world and lack the consideration, respect, and common courtesy that most humans possess. There are, of course, some quality people here, and even the young ones have positives to bring to the table, but it is hard sometimes to be surrounded by hyper, attention lacking pre-adults who seem to be here for the social aspect more than anything else. But I just have to remind myself that I am in Germany and I am here to learn about Jesus and not to mesh with all of the people here.
Life is good and God is gracious.
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Is any of that land for sale? Any of those sheep? I'll take any of it!
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