hallstatt.

i got the lovely opportunity to go to hallstatt again. first time was blue sky and warm weather, this time was overcast, a little rainy and cold. but it is still a lovely little town. we got to spend the day there and wander through the main street there. much more than i got to do the first time. it was a great time to spend with my roommates in a different place than our room back at tauernhof.

walk through ramsau.

we went for a walk through a town just a few minutes away from schladming and it was beautiful. definitely farm country and it reminded me of home: open fields, cows, the smell.

schladming: sunrise hike.

on a tuesday morning, we woke up at 5am and drove 45 minutes up a mountain, hiked for 10 minutes to a little church on the side of a mountain. it was a beautiful and cold morning. watching the sun come up from behind the mountains was so perfect and beautiful. we sang some worships songs and took a lot of photos. definitely worth the 5am wakeup.

outreach in reutlingen, germany.

about two weeks ago now, a group of us, 8 students and 1 leader, travelled about 475 km from schladming to reutlingen. on our drive there, we went a speed i had never gone in a vehicle before, shared our testimonies with each other and stopped at mcdonald's for fries and mcflurries. on wednesday night, we were introduced to the church that we were going to be working with for the next 5 days. on thursday, we went to two grade 7 classes, a university, and did some street evangelism with our flash mob to "call me maybe". on friday, we cleaned up a city playground, and some more street evangelism. on saturday, we did a family event that had face painting, balloon animals, games, coffee and cake. we also went on a "little" hike up to the lichtenstein castle which was beautiful and hung out with our host families in the evening. on sunday, we went to the church service and also led some sunday school classes. we drove to another city for a youth church service.it was quite the adventure and i have learned that autumn in germany is my favorite season. ever.

schladming: sulzenhals hike.

we hiked up a mountain to a cross and the 360 view was incredible. even though it was super cold and windy. it was definitely worth it.

schladming: view of the beautiful landscape.

two dear friends, carina and laura, and i went to the top of a parking lot during the sunset after the first snowfall. it was beautiful to say the least.