Destination: Deutschland

I made it! Finally. That was the longest 20 hours of my life. My travel partner Mary and I faced a few bumps along the way but we were blessed by these bumps... We met many people who helped us along the way, each of whom got the name "Angel". So here's how our day went: 10 hour flight from LAX to Düsseldorf, and then got on another plane, one hour to Berlin. The first drama of the trip hit us when we were surprised by the fact that the train station wasn't in the airport like we were told. We had to take a bus,  and since we are two dumb Americans we didn't know when to get off.. *Enter Angel #1*. A fine young German lad who actually just got back from Cali visiting his girlfriend. So basically he fell in love with us, took us to the train station, told us when to get off, EVERYTHING. Stinkin' ANGEL!! Thanks to lovely Angel #1, we continued on to "Central Station" and after buying a 48 euro train ticket (which we found out was a rip-off), we were comletely defeated, tired, lost, confused... the list goes on. As we were walking to sit down, I said out loud "God please give us someone to talk to." We plopped down on the lovely train station floor and *Enter Angel #2, 3, and 4* This guy randomly walked by and tickled the bottom of my shoe. I thought it was weird at first but then Mary told me to go talk to them and see if they spoke English and could help. They spoke perfect English, helped us through everything, told us where to go... ANGELS! We said farewell to them and while waiting for our train to come, Mary and I started feeling overwhelmed again. She prayed, out loud, holding my hands in a public train station with people all around, and asked God for guidance and peace. Not only did I immediately feel a weight lift off my shoulders, but also Angels #3 and 4 randomly came up to us and said "Let's go on this train here, just ride with us and you'll end up in the same spot." PRAISE GOD. When it was our time to get off, once again (surprise) we were confused where our platform was. These precious lambs missed their train to help us find our platform. At this point it was October 2 (we left Cali Oct 1) and we were running on no food, no sleep, and no energy. The train we were on was going to Lobau, where someone from our base was supposed to pick us up, but without a phone, we had no way to contact the YWAM base. Once again, Mary and I started praying hard that somehow we could find a phone and get ahold of the castle or that there would be a safe place to sleep at the train station. Yes, we were THAT desperate for sleep. But when we stepped off the train, our DTS leader was there to greet us. That was the best sight I had seen in a very long time. She took us by DTS van back to the castle and when I first saw it I could hardly believe it. It was so beautiful, and this is my HOME for the next month! I'll put a picture of it up on the next blog.
We also got our "schedule"... sorta. As of now, we are in Herrnhut at the castle for a month. Then Germany for 3 weeks. By then we should have our visa so we are heading to Switzerland for 5 weeks. After that is outreach for 8-9 weeks, then we come back and travel Europe more for 6-7 weeks. Yay. Well, I really can't wait to see how God is going to completely change my life. BRING IT ON!!