15 March 2008
Quick Update!
Also, big news, I am coming home at the end of March! It's certain, I have my ticket and will see you all soon!!!
Much love,
Lorraine
12 January 2008
More From Christmas...
Christmas with the Woodyard Family
My Christmas Vacation
It was SOOO cold ALL THE TIME. Soooo...we found ourselves doing strange things like, well, sitting on heaters and whatnot. And when I say SOOO cold, I'm talkin about -5 Celcius. It wasn't just Lorraine being a wimp.
We got to do about a half-day of sight seeing and went to this old palace that used to be the home of the Serbian royal family. It was REALLY cool. There were all kinds of underground passages and dungeons and look-out spots and crazy walls and stuff. Plus, we went there right as it was getting dark and so everything was lit up and beautiful. This specific picture shows a bit of history as well as a bit of humor. These are the heads of past Serbian kings...and current Serbian (well, not reeeeally Serbian) tourists :-)
More of the palace...kind of gives you a taste of what we were seeing. The grounds seriously seemed like they were never going to end.
A current ministry in Belgrade (Brot des Lebens, or Bread of Life) serves the Roma people as well as refugees from other countries. They are friends of Bodenseehof, so we were able to use their office as a central meeting place as well as a cafeteria. This is what the typical meal looked like.
08 January 2008
Back in the saddle...
P.S. I'm in LOVE with France. I think I might go back and go to language school. I have all kinds of pictures of France and my Christmas experience with my friend and his family as well, so as soon as I remember I'll post a few.
24 December 2007
Lorraine's Current Whereabouts.
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
Sorry, I don't have the means to upload pictures right now and I don't know when exactly I will, but I just wanted to let you all know why I haven't been replying to your emails for a week...
I have been in Serbia! Belgrade, more specifically. A team of 10 students from Bodenseehof and 4 staff members all piled into vans and drove from Germany (16 hours! wow!) for a week-long mission trip. We worked with the Roma people (more commonly known as gypsies) who live in the absolute poorest parts in the city. We are talking, living in sheds made up of cardboard boxes and pieces of scrap metal. It was really eye-opening and really really really reminded me of my time in Mexico. Then we all drove back. Another 16 hours. Then I slept in a room at school, woke up early, and hopped on a train (the first of five) with my friend Owen to spend the rest of break with him and his family. And hopefully to learn some French!
I don't know how frequently I will be able to use a computer with internet, but I will be back at school and in the computer lab on January 5th!