Unofficially Accepted!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
we hope you all forgive us for the minimal updates,
we are literally, after one week were getting adjusted to the time..
i (amy) can say wholeheartedly
i've never experienced such terrible jetlag
worsened because our one year old had jetlag too,
and worse than us.
this included middle of the night family parties,
from about 1am-4am;
then trying to go through a "normal" day.
anyways, we're now functioning "normally",
but that first week was a hard one.
i write this update, so thankful
quick review of our first week:
we arrived at 12 noon thursday the 31st
we had our first 3 meetings with the bank, health insurance, and visa
at 8 AM friday morning...
not ideal... but we survived.
we were approved for health insurance.
we established a bank account.
we are registered with the city.
but.. we had to return a week later for more visa work.
we were told today that he still isn't totally satisfied
with the amount of money in our account..
BUT he said that we can cancel our return flights,
and we shouldn't have problems with getting our visas!
YAY
*clap clap*
so therefore, we've been unofficially accepted.
we are now going to try to find someone to "hire" me
to teach english, because the visa man said that if i also had a small job
that he'd feel much better.
he said he wants us to have about 1600 euros/month...
thats like $2000..
anyways, we trust that God will continue to provide for us,
and to make the paths straight, as He's done so far.
we were all blessed to hear Aaron preach this past sunday,
he spoke on Matt 5:1-7 the beatitudes.
he did a phenomenal job!
some of the german attendees said he should just preach in german next time,
but i think he'll wait awhile before attempting that.
Aaron also began taking a weekly german course,
and he's already improving so much!
thanks for reading, we'll post again soon.
for more info on how to be a part of the work here in Germany
follow this link...
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now, some pictures!
baby all bundled
on a walk near pastor rolf's house
the view from our bedroom window(at rolf's home)
mama & baby
another sunset view
a little bit of the city
that's all for now;
we'll add more pictures/ stories/ and updates later
may you be richly blessed.
-the snyders
3 comments
Praying for your family. I so enjoy reading your updates as you do God's work. May God bless you! ~Kathy (a friend of Aaron's mother)
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Weird thinking I wont be running into you all around town. I dont like getting to know awesome people RIGHT BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE COUNTRY but I am super stoked to be praying for you and to live vicariosly through your works! I love the pictures, what awesome architecture! Thank you for sharing your lives with us!
Lauren (from SOM)
Lauren, there are Starbucks in Germany, but not in Lippstadt. and sadly, they're even more expensive here than in the states!! but our pastor rolf LOVES starbucks, he has the little verismo machine, so he makes us drinks sometimes! :) there are other good coffee shops here though, germans love their coffee! :D
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