Well papers, projects, and my near-novel of a travel journal are all turned in and I am now homework-free for a whole week! My biggest projects right now are finishing up all the food in my fridge, working on laundry, and packing up. But during my "week off" I will also be doing some serious traveling through Austria, Switzerland, and France on my way to England, and I wanted to fill you in on where I will be when since I'm not sure how much internet access will be feasible.
Early tomorrow we depart beautiful Lugano (sniff!) and will be saying goodbye to most of the half-program participants (double sniff!).
Crystal, Joy and I will then hop on a train and head west toward Salzburg, Austria - which is supposedly a nine-hour plane ride - where we are staying through Tuesday morning. From there we are riding back to Switzerland and staying in Lucerne for two nights which is especially exciting for me because so many people back home have told me how wonderful it is - I can't wait! Thursday morning Crystal will head to Zurich to meet up with the rest of the half-program students while Joy I will catch a train from Lucerne to Paris. That will be a difficult parting! Friday will be our day to see as much of Paris as we can, and then later in the afternoon we will head to Calais for the night. On Saturday Joy and I will catch a ferry and cross the channel to England (!!!!!!), arrive in Dover, then make our way to London and meet up with the London half participants.The difficult part is going to be balancing sight-seeing and relaxation/sleep. We are soooooo tired, but who wants to sleep in when there are sights to be seen? My plan of action is to sleep as much as possible on the trains so I will be able to see as much of Europe as possible. Thankfully I can sleep just about anywhere ...
... even the cement platforms at train stations :) Hillary snapped this one when I fell asleep at the Arezzo station after our train ran 55 minutes late. I was out!Anyway, I am not sure what kind of access I will have over the next week, but in London we will definitely have easy access so I will post pictures and share travel stories then if not before. Strangely enough, I am feeling quite good about all the traveling we'll be doing next week and have become quite comfortable with my newly obtained world traveler skills. I am certain it will be full of challenges and unexpected complications, but I know that I am in God's hands and look forward to the incredible corner of His creation that I am about to witness firsthand!
Love and baci!
Bekah
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thought I'd catch you up on our week. We have had some hard days, getting a little tired of this hardship, think we've had enough, hoped he'd be better by now, but we are still in the thick of it. I wrote a friend the other night that we needed prayer. The next day she sent me the last verse of John 16....vs 33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
The night before we had read John 15 &16 so that seemed really neat that our focus was returned to that verse. Later in the day we were flipping channels and stopped on a preacher. In the first few seconds he read that same verse. IN JESUS WE CAN HAVE PEACE IN ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE. We are trying to learn how to do that and God keeps giving us trials to overcome!!
Are you having any trials? Read John 13-16 and look for nuggets to teach you how to abide in Christ. : )
Love Ya
Miss Peggy
i hope that you've enjoyed the first half of the program. i have thoroughly enjoyed reading your accounts and reliving my trip through your posts. i cannot express my gratitude. i love you! see you in August!
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