We have arrived in Germany. The keyboard for germany is different from the one we're used to, so watch out for misspelled words and funny things appearing. We have a temporary apartment to live in that is about the size of our living room at home. That includes a front entry area, bathroom (with pink tile, no less), a living room that triples as a bedroom, kitchen and a living room. When we stand behind one another in the kitchen we are wall to kitchen cabinets. Not a bad place if you don't mind having a lot of contact in all of your doings.

We had a nice flight over and all went well other than it seemed really long. We've flown to Europe a number of times but this time it took about 11 hours from Dallas. We got in late and the mission president and his wife along with the assisstants still came and met us at the airport. The Ninow's are wonderful people and the missionaries are out anxiously doing the work. We spent the first couple of nights in a hotel because the apartment wasn't ready. In Germany when you rent an apartment it comes with just the sinks, tub and toilet in the bathroom and nothing else in the apartment. There is an area for a kitchen but no cupboards, no sink, no refrigerator, no stove, etc. It is truly Old Mother Hubbard style.

When we got in the apartment, we got a card for the subway, called the U-bahn, and we set out to get lost. Thank heaven there are two sister missionaries that live in the same apartment building that work in the mission office and they have led us here everyday. I'm going to try and put a couple of pictures of what you see out the window of the mission office here so you get a feel for our view of the world.