Wrapping up the month of May

This month probably felt like the longest one on record for us. We spent the majority of the month separated... Matt in Berlin & Emily in Baltimore, and now we are FINALLY back together! Matt arrived in Baltimore this past Thursday and it has been so great to be together again. Five weeks turned out to be an extremely long time to be apart!

Here's what happened this month for us:

Matt was working hard on the new apartment. Apartments in Berlin come stripped of what normally come brand new in apartments in America. It's not uncommon to have no appliances in the kitchen or no flooring. Our apartment came with no flooring in the living room or bedroom, just a cement floor. So Matt worked hard this month installing the new flooring, and moving all our stuff into the new place.

Flooring Installation in the Living Room

View from our NEW apartment

Also this month the KETA graduates visited Berlin. KETA is the name of the Bible College in Budapest, Hungary. So a few days before Matt left for America, he spent time showing the KETA students around Berlin.

The KETA graduates in front of the Berlin Wall

Every tour involves a Starbucks stop

And on the other side of the ocean....

Emily was in Baltimore enjoying time at home with her parents, brother and friends. Her and her mom had a great time in New York at her cousins wedding (which was the original reason for her trip to the States). The GPS took them on a detour right through New York City!

Emily & her mom in New York

Detour right through 5th avenue

We're are so happy to finally be back together! And are really looking forward to going back to Berlin and making our new apartment "HOME" together.

But for now, it's time to soak in the summer and relax...

God is faithful!

Matt & Emily

A Lot Can Happen in a Few Weeks!

Wow where to begin! This is a bit of a personal update about Matt & I. I guess I will start with the BIGGEST news of all, and news that I know you have all been really praying for, and that is that we GOT AN APARTMENT. This time it is the real deal, we have the keys, we have a signed contract, and Matt is currently living in it. Now you may ask why is Matt the only one living in it? No, it's not because it's too small... Right now I am in Baltimore! I came over here for one week in April for my cousins wedding, I just barely squeaked out of Germany before the airports were shut down due to Volcanic Ash! That in itself would be quite the blog entry. But because of the Volcanic Ash the airlines were offering full refunds or exchanges on all tickets, because they had such a back up of customers trying to get to their destinations. So Matt & I really thought and prayed about it, and decided to absolutely take advantage of an offer like that, so I called British Air and offered my ticket up for a return to Berlin on July 20th. At this point it was already the end of April, and we were planning to come back to the States in the middle of May, so for me to come back to Berlin and buy another ticket to go to America in 3 more weeks was just a bit outrageous! It is GREAT to be home, as always, and I am now anxiously awaiting Matt coming here on May 20th. Our summer is going to be SUPER busy as usual but we are very excited about it.

Sorry that this post has no pictures! But just wanted to give everyone an update! Thank you all so much for your prayers for our apartment, we are so thankful. Please keep Matt in prayer during the moving process! We are on a 6th floor apartment, with NO elevator, so I'm sure he will appreciate your prayers on that one.

Emily