Finland, friends and wedding reception...

Last friday Mike D and I took a train to Frankfurt airport to catch a flight to Finland.

We went to see our friends there, but most of all to celebrate our friends Jaakko and Rachel's wedding reception. They got married in Hawaii and then had a reception in Finland for friends and family there.

We arrived in Finland at 10pm and didn't get home until after 12.30 am. I stayed with rachel at their apartment and the guys at Jaakko's parents house. 

The next day we had the reception, and I got to see old friends which made me so happy.

I had been most excited about seeing Anssi and Tuukka again, since I hadn't seen them in so long!

It was a nice party and I had the most amazing sandwich cake there!!! SOOO GOOD!!!!

The cake is enough reason to get married in itself!! haha

Later that day we went to our friend Kyle's house and hung out there till late. Tuukka had to leave earlier, since he had to be back at the military.

Our friend Orlando arrived from Mexico that same evening and it was great seeing him too. :-)

The next morning we went to church where Jaakko and Rahel were prayed for. It was nice to be at the Calvary there again, I really like everyone there a lot.

Then Mike and I had to catch a bus to the airport at 2pm, so we didn't have to much time left.

The weekend went by so quickly, and as we were back at the airport I couldn't even believe that it was already over. Next time I need to go for longer.

It was an awesome weekend, that made it easier to get over loosing my car.

I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Theo died... :-(

Ok, so for everyone who didn't know:

Theo is/was my cars name. :-) ( ya, every girls car needs a name! hehe)

So, wednesday morning I leave the house, clean off my cars windows from the snow, get in, start the engine and start driving. I notice a loud, not so good sounding sound, but at first thought it's some snow stuck under my tires, so I keep going, but not for long. I decide to stop and check what's making the sound. At first I thought I had a flat tire, because it looked like my car was sitting on it, until I saw the big crack in my back bumper and then all the other damage that started showing under the snow...

So, while I was sleeping and my car was parked in front of the house, someone must have crashed into it and, after cleaning up (!!) just left without a word...

I called the police, which came and wrote down what "might" have happened and took some pictures. SO if the catch the guy/girl, what is most likely not going to happen, I will get some money back from their insurance. Otherwise I get nada... grrr

Oh well, I had a hard rest of the week after that, just because of all the things that came along with not having a car, but I know it will all be good. 

I got a "new" car today already. My parents gave me theirs and got themselves a new one, which they were only able to do because we get money for my old car, because they have a special deal at the moment if you turn in your old car and buy a new one.

1,2,3... concert

I wanted to tell you guys about a concert I went to a while ago.

We had this group "newworldson" come to our church and play an awesome concert!

I just looked at my old pictures and realized I haven't told you anything about it yet.

Anyway, I had such a great time there! They play amazing music and I really liked their style.

Go check them out at www.newworldson.com if you get the chance!

The church was packed and we were all sitting nicely in our rows... for 5 seconds.. :-D

As soon as the music started playing it didn't hold us on our chairs anymore. we started dancing and then had to move out into the isle to have room. It was sooo much fun!

I got to help to sell their CDs afterwards, which was cool too. :-)

Ok, so go and listen to them! :-)

Update!

Wow, when did I become so bad in updating this blog??? And I was always complaining about other people not updating theirs...tsk..

Ok, so let's see what happened...

So I started my new job on January 7th, and I must say, I love it sooo much!

Even though the kids are different (and a lot more too) and I work longer, I LOVE my colleagues!!!

I get to work at 8 am and work with the other Social-worker, doing a so called learning studio. We have children out of different classrooms (all 1st graders at one point, then all 2nd graders...)

that come to us, which need help in different areas concerning schoolwork. We do things like worksheets to train their logical thinking, concentration, visual perception or games to train their motor function etc.

From 12.30 pm on I work at the OGS ( after school program) where we watch those kids, whose parents have to work longer and need someone to watch after them.

We have different rooms we use to play, read, relax, build, do arts and crafts, eat lunch, etc. And we have homework groups every day and  help with the 3rd and 4th graders.

It is a lot of fun, but also a challenge, since it is hard for some of the kids to be at school for so long. (I understand that!)

I get off around 4pm and am always very exhausted and just go home to relax.

As I said, I really enjoy the team that I am working with. We get along so well,a nd I am even excited about going to work every day. :-)

Ok, so that's one big thing, what else..?!

Oh ya, Minnesota! :-)

So, I don't think I ever mentioned it on here, but around November or so last year, I started thinking about doing another year as an Au Pair in the states. It slowly started forming in my head, and I had my heart set on finding a family on the west coast this time, since I had already spend a year on the east coast. Since you don't get to choose states when you apply with an agency, I signed up at a free Au Pair/ Host Family page to look for a family there.

So i had my profile online for a while and then on the 13th of January I received an email from a family from Minnesota, that sounded real nice. Anyway, I thought I should be honest to them and tell them that I was hoping for a family on the west coast, but that I also knew, that if the Lord had other plans that it could work out with us too. But I wanted to leave it up to them if they wanted to stay in contact or not. They wanted to. (Yay!!) 

We then kept communicating and somehow (I am sure now that it was God changing my heart) I started thinking about Minnesota and the family A LOT. We just seemed to fit together so well, and they are also Christians, which is a BIG plus.

A lot of things just fell into place, like the fact that their current Au Pair will have to leave the states in November, right when I am available. 

We can really see God's hand in this, and so I will most likely be heading to Minnesota in November! Please pray for me and the family as the Lord strengthens our decision!

There will be so much for me to do before I leave. I need to sell my car, get rid of all my stuff in my apartment and put other things in boxes... oh wow, but I know that this is the right thing to do and my last chance to take this opportunity and as long as I trust in the Lord, it will all be good! :-D

Well, I am sure there is a lot more that I could talk about, and I would also love to post some pictures of whatever happened this last month, but that will have to wait till later!

Leave me a comment! :-)

Love ya!