meerwasser

hey everyone....!!!!
i am, ja, in berlin.. or home!
my friends surprised me at the airport.. one dressed as a homeless beggar.... another hid with german bread and nutella....
short version.. it was more of a heartfelt welcome that i could have asked for or expected.

since my arrival, i have been staying with a friend his family. we have gone climbing regularly (as much as one can in less than two weeks) and are learning to work as a team.

i had the priviledge of debreifing with the help of a couple super friends (another name for really good friends.. just sounded neat and kinda super hero isch). is wasn't until last saturday though, that my heart underwent the proper debreifing... and wouldn't you know.. God was right there.. healing and blessing my heart. since then.. i can say that i am officially home.

it breaks my heart that i haven't been able to speak so much with family since my arrival, so if they read this.. know that i love you and have been praying for you much.. and often! let speak soon... eh?!

i have.... natürlich... been to boxi and it has been getting better each time. i have also spend some time with kim and bre with either ring bahn worship or at their café. God has and i believe will continue to bless them with protection and favor in the eyes of God's beloved.

i am gonna delete that facebook real soon.. so if you are a friend and wanna keep connected then email me! (email on last post).

i also deleted my hair... meaning, i gave myself a hair cut... i am debating whether i like it or if the blister on my thumb is worth it.. but not much i can do about it now. ja, it's not bad...

important business!
haha..
i am now enrolled in a deutschkurs (german course) that will be everyday for the next 5 weeks. i am more than ecstatic about it. God provided the money and lined so much just perfectly for it... it begins next thursday.
i am looking, and not sure just yet how it will happen, to getting some sort of permit. it is so complicated here. i must prove that i can live here and not on the streets.. so proving that i have money or that another, who will vouche for me, has money.
the rules go something to this....
if i am studying german, then i am not allowed to work for a year (official work). but working for friends or what not... ja. it is also a possibility that i study here in the university. if i do i would like to study for being a translator. but we shall take it one step at a time... as large of steps as God desires.
as for support, it is of course needed mainly due to the fact that i have school loans and am now not so allowed to work... sooo... i won't be making bank here to send back there... that i can stay here.... make sense?
so.. please pray for wisdom from my end with this all. but, i am not worried.... more stoked than not!

ummmm...

i have gone skateboarding a couple times since here. it is great that i can still do it. my own board might help, as well as some designated skating shoes. egal! it has been fun and i hope that it will open a door to chat with the skaters here and build relationships!

my fingers are sore from climbing, body aching a bit from bad posture, the sun is shining and i would consider myself more that blessed!
danke Papa für alles was Du schon getan hast. danke dass ich zu hause bin. und für alle die menschen da. bleibt bitte in berlin und zeigt die leute deine Kraft, Hoffnung und Liebe!
bei Dir ist nichts unmöglich... dann wenn es deine Wille ist, kann ich hier bleiben, und die uni schulden ruckzahlen. ich vertraue Dir! danke danke danke!
und.. danke für JESUS! Du bist der Hammer!
in Deinen Namen, so sei es!

viel Liebe on all who read this and thank you for the prayers!

israel