My parents partner with a small NGO in Uganda, to provide vocational training to impoverished young mothers. To support them, my mom has made hundreds of bars of soap to sell as a fundraiser. Some soap was sold, but with Corona, we didn't have time to sell all of it.…
I traveled back to Germany last week. The airports in Seattle and Frankfurt were almost completely empty, I've never seen anything like it. I was the only person in line for security checkups and boarded a plane with no more than 60 people. I had room to stretch and watched…
I got to Seattle yesterday. I will stay until mid-August to work at a church internship. But before I start, I will have some time to get settled in. To "get there". Here's what happened so far: My mom drove me to Frankfurt airport in the morning on Feb 10th.…
School's out. I scrubbed and cleaned the apartment. Goodbye until August or September! I have 7 more days before I get on a plane and got to Seattle for a 6-month-internship. I am spending those days with my family. Excitement growing! :D To do before the flight: pack chocolate and…
I am leaving for Seattle in 2 weeks. So, I am trying to clean and finish up as much as possible before I leave. I said goodbye to important people, dusted all my shelves, and am getting paperwork together. I also had an unfinished painting in the art room. I…
That's my countdown status, right now: I will be going to Seattle for a 6-month internship at a church. 20 days, and I'll be on a plane. As this is a significant change, the time around it is a time of transition: I am super excited to go. I'm part…
Vacation is over. I got back to school today. Back to the library, back to work. When it was time to take a break, I went over to my mailbox. And to my surprise, I got a late, little Christmas present from a good friend: She drew a card for…
It's Christmas. I just had dinner with my family and got some writing cubes as a gift. Time for some rest until school starts up again. Before I got home, I had 5 days to finish writing a sermon, give a presentation, do prep research to write 2 exegetical papers,…
We had our own little second-hand-store at our school. Students brought their good second-hand clothes, we (I and a team) sorted the stuff and set it up with some decorations and tea and cookies. Apart from saving money and material on clothes, we wanted to raise money for the non-profit…
This Wednesday, it was time for our third "Open Mic" Night in Ewersbach. We had Christmas lights and cookies and punsch for the guests. 40 people came. And of those 40, around 10 people shared a piece of creativity. One group made a "mystery cake" (chocolate, but without a recipe),…
School started today. You might think that I had vacation time before that. And technically, that is true. However, I was at home for the past 2 weeks, and there was a lot going on. And all this stuff comes together in a story about weeds, Luganda, and "Coconut Galaxy":…
I have one more week to go on my internship. We have the day off. So, I took out my sketchbook and drew the next thing I could see. In this case, a teacup. I decided to fill the page with as many versions of the same cup as possible.…
I will leave for a 2-week internship tomorrow morning. And I wanted to clean up my appartment a bit before that. But not only that, I also want to declutter everything by January. So, what did I do? I took part of my collection of too many eggcartons (30+), tore…
I had some scrap wood and some other pieces of trash in my room. I had kept them in case I had an idea for a project. And, fair enough, I had an idea today: How about a motorcycle toy! I've always wanted to build a more sophisticated "trash toy"…
I visited my parents last weekend. And during that time, there was a big renaissance fair in the nearby town of Bretten. I took a day trip and met up with a friend there, and it was a fun day! Once a year, the entire old town of Bretten turns…