1. A Mixed Bag

    So. I have a week left. In Europe. When did this happen!? Where has the time gone!? Didn’t I just land in Brussels (a very turbulent landing mind you, I seriously thought I was gonna throw up. I made sure I knew where the emergency baggie was) like a week ago!? 

    But here I am, in Interlaken, Switzerland. With one week until I fly back home. I have mixed feelings about this. I’m not really sure how to feel. 

    So. Here are some things I’ll miss about Europe but things I’m glad about going home for. List time!! We all know that I love lists. :)

    THINGS I’LL MISS ABOUT EUROPE:

    1. Constantly traveling 

    2. Seeing and experiencing new things. 

    3. Being with my buddies all the time. 

    4. All the fun memories we’ve made. 

    5. Packing everything that I need for a week in one backpack (instead of my huge suitcase that I’ll fill to the max and be so heavy that I can hardly lift it). 

    THINGS I’M LOOKING FORWARD ABOUT BEING HOME:

    1. Seeing my Freed buddies again. 

    2. Getting a since of normalcy back again (instead of studying for a week, traveling for a week, and so on and so forth). 

    3. Seeing my family. Puppy and kitty and even the humans 

    4. Having time to pick up my hobbies again (reading, painting, crafting, and the like)

    5. Attend worship services…IN ENGLISH!! 

  2. How To Procrastinate From Packing 101:

    1. Take a long, hot shower. Sing every song you can think of. 

    2. Watch New Girl with a bunch of friends and laugh until your abs hurt.

    3. Eat some Whoppies frites…or a lot of Whoppies frites.  

    4. Do laundry.

    5. Begin to set out some things on your bed and stare at them. Maybe they will magically being to sort themselves neatly in your kelty 

    6. Clean.

    7. Use every type of social media known to man.

    8. Work on other important things like printing out plane tickets, itineraries, and Harry Potter Set Tour tickets.

    9. Print out things for friends.

    10. Skype a friend. 

  3. Tulip fields in Holland. The beauty was overwhelming. 

    Tulip fields in Holland. The beauty was overwhelming. 

  4. »  Rational Faith: A Million Dollars?!

    rationalfaith:

    Tonight we (those assembled at the church building in Bells) heard another great lesson from my Grandfather-in-Law, Loy Mitchell. He talked about heaven, about how it’s where God lives, it is a place of rejoicing, how we should want to be there. One illustration he gave in particular stuck in my…

  5. First Free Travel Thoughts, Observations, and So Forth…

    1. Irish milk is so good! 

    2. Swinging to the left, swinging to the right. The excise men will dance all night. Drinkin’ up the tay till the broad day light in the hills of Connemara!! (Youtube “hills of connemara” and you’ll understand the folk song that I’m referring too. We listened to this song a lot in the car and it played in several shops we went into).

    3. Irish trains are nice!

    4. Galway cream tea = the best tea in the history of all mankind!!!! Description: “coffee beans, Jasmine flowers and natural aroma”. I bought me a bag to bring home. Worth 8 euros? Most defiantly!! 

    5. Now that I’ve gone to Ireland just me and two close friends, I can do just about anything now.  

  6. Songs/Artists That You Should Listen To:

    Well, you don’t have to of course. But here lately I’ve been using The Youtube to listen to different songs that I don’t have money yet to buy at the moment (or that you just can’t buy in this country yet). But in using youtube I’ve found artists and songs that I’ve never heard of before. Now I have new favorite artists, new favorite songs, and new tunes to sing and to play over and over in my head. 

    So here you go. Enjoy. 

    1. Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Use To Know

    2. Kimbra - Settle Down, Cameo Lover, Two Weeks/Head Over Heels

    3. Norah Jones - Happy Pills

    4. Regina Specktor - All The Rowboats 

  7. I love this quote!! I kept thinking of this movie yesterday when we were in the chocolate museum. 

    I love this quote!! I kept thinking of this movie yesterday when we were in the chocolate museum. 

  8. A Different Kind of Train Ride

    Today we rode on a train. Big deal, I ride on a train, or several trains, almost every day now. But today was a bit different. Something happened that has never happened to me before.

    I told a stranger that I believe in the one true God and that I believe in creation.

    It was so liberating! Just saying it out loud, professing my faith to a man that I have never seen before. I couldn’t help but smile and shiver with excitement. He told us about how he believed in a god, maybe The God, but believed in evolution. He explained that this was typical of most Europeans. It was interesting speaking to someone who believed in evolution and how he has come to conclusion of how it happened. He gave us his e-mail and I hope to find some sort of christian article or something to send to him. 

    It reminded me so, so much of Jenny Johnson’s Wednesday night Bible classes from this past fall semester. She asked us a question. Just one simple, but not so simple, question. Her scenario was this: You are on a train (here we stopped her and said that that would never happen because we don’t ride trains in the US) and you are getting off and the door is about to close but you are trying to tell some one about God. What would you say if you had literally seconds before the train door closed?

    It made me want to cry when I realized that I would see this man again on Judgement Day and that my words that I said to him at that very moment in time could have some effect on his eternity. 

    It really put things into perspective..

  9. »  Visible Children: We got trouble.

    visiblechildren:

    For those asking what you can do to help, please link to visiblechildren.tumblr.com wherever you see KONY 2012 posts. And tweet a link to this page to famous people on Twitter who are talking about KONY 2012!

    I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor…

  10. I have this strong desire for mexican food. Unfortunately, that’s not something that I can get around here. Although there is Chinese right next door. I’m pretty sure that the first thing that I’ll want when I get back in 3 months in Taco Bell. Nachos bell grande with EXTRA refried beans and cheese. And sour cream too while I’m at it. 

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