Home at last

We made it home safe and sound. Thank you all for following my blog and stuff. I'm happy to be home even tho I miss all my European friends. And here ends my blog. 

November 3

Today I got up at 8. Then I went down and ate breakfast (boiled eggs and bread with sprinkles) that bro Milko made me. Bro Milko is awesome. It's so cute. Every morning, I'd walk into the kitchen and bro Milko would say "good morning princess". Anyways, after I ate breakfast, I attempted to iron one of my skirts and I almost melted it and it just wasn't working at all. So I just wore the same thing I wore yesterday night. After getting dressed, I packed a bit and then we left for church. Dad preached about The Dynamics of Marriage again. It was good. He didn't talk about atmosphere or anything this time tho. He talked about Abby. He said about how when you have a boyfriend nothing else matters. And then he said that our house was falling apart and nothing gets done. I was like thanks dad!!! I'm glad I'm not good enough for you!! And that I'm not good at keeping house and cooking!! Lol. But I think he anyways just likes using that for an example and he doesn't want guys to know how awesome I am... Lol. After church we went back to the camp and packed our bags. Then we went down to the restaurant and had lunch. It was kinda gross... But it's ok. I ate lunch with a bunch of Dutch girls that I don't know. Lol. But it was better than sitting with the preachers..... Lol. After we finished eating, they went back to their cabin and I went to the snack bar where Susannah, Sabrina, jochem, Hilde, timo, Michiel, mark and John were. So I just sat there and talked to them for a while. Then we all went to the coffee shop and then dad texted me and said he wanted to go :( so I said all my goodbyes and went to the cabin and we left :( we drove to Amsterdam. There was some rain and some hail. But otherwise it was good. When we got to the hotel, we just vegged. Sat on our beds and texted. Lol. Then we all went to bed cuz we have to fly home tomorrow :( so good night :) 

November 2

Today I got up at 9 to John shaking my door trying to get me to wake up. He was all frustrated cuz dad wasn't going to church so he didn't have a ride. So I quickly got dressed and then went with him to the parking lot and we got a ride to church with bro John and sis Inge Hagenow. The morning service was good. Bro David eibersen preached. He preached on Casting Down the Serpent or something like that. It was good. After church, I got a ride home with Sabrina again. When we got back I the camp I went and put my hoodie on and then I went up and had lunch at Susannah's bungalow. It was me, Susannah, Sabrina, jochem, Hilde, timo, Hannah, and jan. We had hot dogs. But they didn't have hot dog buns so we cut them and put them on burger buns. Lol. After lunch, we went up to the boys cabin and chilled out there. We played an extremely random game that I don't remember the name of. There is a timer and you sit in a circle and draw cards and you have to do whatever it says on the card and you don't want it to be your turn when the timer is done. It was a pretty cool game :) after playing, we went up to the Norwegian boys cabin. They didn't do dishes at all I think so we were drinking coke out of shot glasses (mark and I were pretending we were doing shots. Lol) and bowls. Lol. It was a fun time :) then I went back to my cabin and got ready for church, talked to dad, ate, etc. Then we went to church at 645ish. Service was really good :) dad preached about The End of Argument. It was a good service :) the Norwegians left at 10 :( which was kinda sad.  After church, I took too long coming out of service so dad had already left. So I ended up going with Lore. She is really awesome :) she is a month younger than me and she has a boyfriend. How lame is that?? Lol. We listened to Cloverdale specials the whole way home. Which was pretty cool. Cuz here I am, halfway across the world, listening to people from home sing. Lol. When we got back to the camp, I went up to Lore's cabin and had some food. Then her cousins came over and we sat around and talked till like 1230. It was fun :) then I came back to our bungalow and straightened my hair and went to bed. 

I only took stalker photos today so I'm not posting any pictures.... :D lol. And I actually have only taken maybe 20 pictures at this camp..... Oops..... 

November 1

Today I got up at like 9 and had a shower. The shower didn't have cold water. So I burnt myself several times :/ it was painful..... After I got out of the shower, I went to the Norwegian cabin and ate breakfast. Then I just sat there and talked for a while. Then Susanna and Sabrina from Germany showed up and hung out for a while and then invited me to go shopping with them. So I went into town with them to shop. It was fun :) we were looking for skirts. But they were all too short. So I didn't buy anything. Then we came back and walked around and talked to people. I talked to Jesse and gave him greetings from everyone. And I met Timo and talked to him for a bit. Then Susanna and I went up and made dinner for all the guys with Hilde Hagenow. Which was good :) I met some guys from England (Mark and Stephen Hall). Which was good cuz they didn't speak anything but English :D lol. After dinner, I came back to our bungalow and got dressed for church and we went to church. Service was good. Dad preached on the blood. It was a really good service. After church I was gonna go with salome but she didn't have her car. So I went with Sabrina back to the camp and went to my bungalow to put a hoodie on and then I went and ate with Sabrina and her mom and then we went to Emily's bungalow. It was nice :) oh my word!!! Bro Milko falls asleep so quickly!!! So I got home and he was snoring like a chainsaw on steroids as usual. Then I went up and was getting changed and John came home (he was with the Norwegians) and bro Milko woke up, said hi to John, conversed with him and then (I kid you not) less than a minute later he was snoring again. Like full on chainsaw on steroids snoring!!! Lol. Anyways I'm gonna go to sleep now :) 

Sorry my post is late. Our wifi only allows 1 device at a time and John is hogging and I'm too lazy to get outta bed and tell him to let me on. So I'm just posting in the morning. Lol. 

October 30

(November 2. I just realized this didn't post) 

Today I woke up at 8 but dad was still asleep and I didn't want to wake him by getting up so I just layed in bed until almost 10 when he woke up. Then we went down and ate breakfast. Which was good :) then I came back to the room and sat here until 230. And then I went and looked for John cuz he took off at like noon and we had no idea where to. After he returned (we couldn't find him anywhere) we went out. We didn't have time to actually do anything before picking up bro Milko at 430 so we just went to a park and walked around. Which was nice. We went to the I Amsterdam sign and got pictures. Which was pretty cool. I wanted to go there but I had no clue where it was. So we went for a walk in a random park and lo and behold there it was!! Lol (pasha says I say that a lot...). So we went for a walk, took pictures and went to a grocery store to buy fruit. And I bought Blitz her sprinkles. When I got to the checkout, I pulled out what I thought was a 5 euro note but then the cashier looked at me strange and I looked at it and it was a 5 CYMA (Ukrainian money) note. I was like oops... :/ lol. After our walk, we headed over to the airport to pick up bro Milko. I made a sign with his name on it cuz I always have wanted to do that. Then we got coffee and went for dinner. We went to a cute little Italian place. I had veal for the first time in my life. It was good.... Then we came back to the hotel and I Facetimed Sethy cuz it is his birthday. I really miss those kids!!!!!!! Then we just sat around and vegged. Tomorrow we get to go to the meetings :) then I get to see people :) I love people!!  Now I shall go to bed. We are getting up at 8 tomorrow to head south. 

The sign I made for bro Milko. 

Facetimeing with the boys :) 

October 31

Today we got up at 8ish again. We then went down and ate breakfast with bro Milko and packed our bags and left to drive south. We left right after 10. We drove for a while and then stopped at the Canadian war memorial in Groesbeek. So sad!!! Some of those guys were only 18 when they died. Some of them were like 20 and they said on their stone Beloved Husband and Father. Those children of those soldiers wouldn't even have known their fathers. And also, if those guys were that young and married, their wives must have been also quite young. I can't imagine being married at my age let alone married and then having my husband die! Its so sad!! They gave their lives so that I would not have to live in a world ruled by Nazism or a dictator or anything! Even though it is sad, I am thankful for them giving their lives. After we left there, we went into Groesbeek and bought some fruit and then went for lunch at De Wolfsberg. It was good. Then we continued on our way to the camp. When we got there, we went to the bungalow and put our stuff in there and then John and I went out and looked for people. We found the Norwegian young people. So we visited with them for a while and then went back to the bungalow to get ready for church. I did ironing and got dads stuff ready for him. Then I got my stuff ready for church. Then we went to church. We were late so we had to sit in the back. It was really distracting for dad cuz he isn't used to noise and stuff so the translators behind us were really distracting for him. It was kids normal for me tho...... Cuz I usually sit in the back and where there's kids and stuff. Anyways, bro sergay from Moscow preached tonight. It was really good. We left right after service which annoyed me cuz I was hoping to like actually talk to people..... But whatever. Life goes on. When we got back to our bungalow, we just sat around the four of us and ate and talked and laughed. Bro Milko tried to get John to tell him who he liked. Lol. That was interesting. Then I cleaned up and we all went to bed. My room is freezing cold :( cuz my window doesn't shut all the way :( 

The view from the restaurant we had lunch at. 

October 29

Today I got up at I think like 8. Dad thought it was almost 9 tho cuz he forgot to change his watch from Ukraine time so ya..... Anyways, I got up and went down for breakfast. It was typical European breakfast which I love :) lol. Like pastries and stuff.  So I ate croissants and Nutella :) today, I woke up with a major neck ache :/ and I also am not feeling well. But I didn't want to say anything to dad cuz I didn't want him to be concerned or anything. So I just lived with it for the day. (Oh by the way, for everyone who has been asking, dad is feeling much better. Thank you all for your prayers.) Anyways, after breakfast we just kinda vegged and then went out. We went to Clara Maria Cheese Farm and Clog Factory. It was really cool like seeing how they make cheese and stuff. After there, we went downtown to the Dutch resistance museum. It was interesting and so sad!!!!! The Nazis were not human I think. No human could do that kind of brutal and oppressive things to other humans. It is so sad!!!! After the museum, we went for a walk by the canals. It was nice :) we then had dinner at a pizza place. It was pretty good pizza I thought. When the waitress brought me my drink, my cup was broken and there were glass shards in my drink :/ so I got her to bring me a new drink.... Lol. When we were done eating, we went out to go back to the car and it was raining :/ and none of us had rain jackets or umbrellas. So we got pretty wet..... Lol. We stopped at a Russian grocery store on the way to the car. Which I found kinda funny since we just left Ukraine and then we went to a Russian store in holland for snacks and such. Lol. When we got back to the hotel dad had a nap and John and I just sat around and texted. Then I laid on my bed and fell asleep. And now I'm going to go back to sleep..... I want to be feeling better tomorrow... Good night :) 

Amsterdam is so quaint!! 

I felt so exotic eating my pizza with a knife and fork... Lol.