I don't know how I EVER thought my life was exciting before I let God be part of it.

Today was so awesome. I didn't even leave my room until 3:15 in the afternoon to head to church but managed to have an incredible day. I, and others, have been praying I'd find one good friend here. Well, today we met! Her name is Rachel and she is an aupair. She also felt called to be in Germany this year, and will be here until June (I'm here til July). Our stories are quite similar and so are our interests. I'm so excited! It is such a beautiful thing to watch God's plans unfolding in front of your eyes. I can honestly say my life has never more of an adventure than it is at present, and I love the confidence and reassurance that this is the rich depth my life will have now and always.

I ran, literally, from the U-bahn ride with Rachel to my apartment because I had dinner plans with Christianna. She had set the table, made fresh salad and rye bread with cheese, carrots, arranged some cookies in a bowl for us...it was so cute. I made the spaetzle and gravy. I prayed for our food and then we had a meaningful conversation, in German, about life and Jesus. She is Greek Orthodox, and it's really neat to hear about her relationship with the big JC, because she totally has one. We talked about how unfortunate it is with the different rifts in religions; how everyone is convinced they are right. We discussed how the problem with "the church" (the problem people fail to see) is man; it's not GOD who is the problem! Haha. Aghhh so true. God is so good, and no man will ever convince me otherwise.
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On a different note, I wanted to share my love again for the Englisch Gartens. When I am there, I honestly feel I am walking inside a George Seurat painting. I'm dead serious. It's like Mary Poppins, when they step into that painting and get to ride the horses. (I think it's a painting? Not sure. And by the way, people don't ride horses in the gardens--I'm just making a parallel.) You can just tell by looking at anyone you pass on the pathways that they love the gardens too. It's quite a special place in the world. Quite.