Thursday!!

I didn't blog the last couple days because there wasn't a whole lot to say. Now there's lots. Tuesday we had a whole array of jobs. We finished with the tractor and are working on mixing concrete and laying foundation for a bathroom and making a walkway the distance of the building. We also finished powerwashing the roof and several other jobs. It's been pretty crazy but in a good way. Monday night was the last night we really had to spend with our host families. It was really nice just to spend time with them and enjoy their company. We came back the next day well-rested for a full day's work. After work, someone from the school brought in food from their restaurant. We had a nice lasagna and then prepared to hike up the hill. Unfortunately there was a miscommunication wiht their host family, so Christina and Erin went back with her. Laticia joined us on our hike. She is so fun and youthful! I really had fun talkign with her. The hike was awesome and beautiful and full of all sorts of nonsense, from black cherry-made blood to zombie videos to scaring each other in tunnels to fallen trees to throwing stuff at each other to putting bugs on each other. I'll put up pictures when I can. It was a lot of fun and had an incredible view of all of our town and the next towns for miles. We could see France, Germany and Switzerland from there!
Wednesday we had off. We went to a castle which was super neat. On the way David, one of the missionaries, helped drive so I got to pick his brain on all sorts of things about missions and the culture in Europe. I was glad for a detour that took us about 20 km out of the way and through a pretty little village just so I would get more of a chance to talk to him. The castle was awesome and I'll put up pictures of that as well. We found a toad that made its way into Michelle's hood but other than that we weren't too nonsensical. From there we went to Colmar, France. It's a beautiful city in Alsace. We had lunch there-Alsacian pizza-Tart Flombee (SP?)-basically a tortilla with cream cheese and then onions and bacon on top. We walked around for a few hours there looking through tourist shops and the church. Tyler and David went through an incredible museum and Christina and Erin took a boat tour. Following that, we went to Kandern, Germany (where the Black Forest Academy is) and went to the Greater Europe Mission headquarters. There we met some missionaries and another EuroTeam. We looked through Matt's office and locked somone in a bathroom for a few minutes. Then we went to Matt's house where his wife, Esther, with the help of Erin and Christina, had prepared for us a lovely meal. There was all sorts of nonsense going on there and we all ate so much we thought we might explode. We drove home through the beautiful countryside with a beautiful sunset over the hills. This morning we're continuing lots of work, which I should get back to. I'll put up pictures later!