Surprise

So tonight I met with Maria, the woman who helped me in the CPH airport when I first arrived two months ago. The plan was that we would go to a tea house, take a walk around the "lakes" and then maybe go to Tivoli for an ice cream (she had a free entrance pass I could use). Well, I met up with her and she not only had a free entrance pass but a free multi-ride ticket. That meant I could get in and she had her season pass which got her in AND a 50% discount on her own multi-ride ticket so, basically, I got to see Tivoli for 75 kroner with is ridiculously cheap! (Especially considering I paid like 85 kroner just to get IN last time). We did 4 or 5 rides and I giggled like a school girl. Then we had ice cream and I think it disagreed with me because my stomach has been upset since then (though that could have something to do with the fact that I didn't really eat dinner...). It was so nice to hang out with her again. Really, we are very similar and she is very easy to talk with and listen to.

Work: my second to last full day went very well. I gave Esben the second draft of my paper and he returned it with very few comments. Just a couple of things needed to be tweaked or added and then it will be professor worthy. I also analyzed my last experiment today and started cleaning up my lab space. Had lunch with Klas and Arkady and both brought up the fact that tomorrow is my last day. I can't believe it. Just yesterday (and this morning) I was thinking of how I've lived here for two months. While I still experience many MANY things that tell me I'm a foreigner they have become "normal" and I have a routine, which I like. Maria very much wants me to get a job here and several people have asked over the past few days if I will try to get one. Of course my answer is yes. :-) I have been so blessed while I have been here and I have learned and grown quite a bit. I told Maria I am afraid of losing some of this when I get home and she asked me to explain. The only things I could think of were my international group here and my independence. Yes, as a college student I am already somewhat independent but here it is different. I can call home, yes (even crying sometimes) but while I may be able to pass the decision on to someone else back in the States I am the only one who can really decide things here. Not the best way to word that but I hope you understand.

Ah, and right now I very much need to sleep. I ask that you pray for me as my stomach is still feeling a bit upset. I also ask that you pray for me tomorrow. I do not want to leave and would rather deny that I am leaving than embrace it. Really I have just started to get to the point where people are more comfortable with me; as Maria said "[I am] no longer the new girl." Please pray for all the people I have met while I am here. They each have something they struggle with and each have blessed me while I have been here. I also ask that you pray for my travels this next week as I go to and explore Munich. Please pray for peace and contentment as well because I am beginning to worry about my travels to Munich as well as my travels home. The Lord is God and He knows what will happen the next week and I want to rest fully in Him because no other place will give me peace and comfort and contentment like He will.

Thank you for praying and really, I must be off to bed.
Have a great day/night/day,
Bekah