Airplanes, Amsterdam, & Arrival

Hello from Berlin!

Our trip began in the Sea-Tac International Airport as we checked-in and said our good-byes to family before moving through security to our terminal. We left at 1pm and began the 10 hour flight to Amsterdam which included typical airline food at times we didn’t expect, neighbors who acted and smelled funny, and several on-demand movies. When we landed in Amsterdam, it was 7:20am local time, but 10:20pm Washington time. Thus it seemed like the day was just beginning, but our bodies were telling us to go to bed soon. Anyway, we made it Berlin safely at 11am Wednesday morning (2am PCT) and quickly met up with Josh Hehe and Dietr, a pastor at the church, who led us to the van where Cary Green was waiting for us.

The Green household was bursting with excitement and children when we arrived at their home, which used to be the Congo embassy in Berlin. It is a three-level house including the basement with lots of character and lots of room for this family with 10 children. The girls left immediately to go their host home which is with Dietr and his family. The rest of us were led on a walk by Josh Hehe of the surrounding area with important stops such as the bank, grocery store, and post office.

After concluding that our bodies needed to rest, we opted out of going to the German one28, which is Berlin Bible Church’s midweek Bible study. So we are forcing ourselves awake until a reasonable time to go to bed. Tomorrow, the schedule has us touring Berlin.