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!