Well, to start off, I made it to Romania safely. :) That is definitely a plus. I left from Minneapolis and I was pretty nervous going through check-in and security. After those two things were done (which I made it through with no problems) I was extremely calm. All of my fears were gone. JNo more double or triple checking to see if I was where I was supposed to be. That can only be explained by God being with me and Him totally wanting me to come to Romania. There is just this peace that you have when you know that you are following His path for your life. This peace is something that I am hoping that I will never lose.
My first flight from Minneapolis to Amsterdam, in my mind, was going to take forever, but it went by so quickly. I was able to watch Tangled and Inception on the flight as well as trying to sleep a little bit. The person next to me was really nice. We pretty much kept to ourselves until we were about an hour away from Amsterdam. We never asked each others name, but we did talk quite a bit. He was an extremely nice guy from Wisconsin who was 19 years old and on his way to South Africa. He was heading there to study trees and he said that one day he would like to be a Botanist. He said that he wasn't smart, but I am going to say I disagree with that. When he was younger he went to a Catholic school and he said that they seemed pretty closed minded. That came out when we were talking about my recent graduation from Central. I really hope and pray that he can see the other side of Christianity and that not everyone is close minded. He was very nice and when we got off the plane we gave each other well wishes. I really hope he enjoys his time in Africa.
I had a few hour layover in Amsterdam, but no real big problems. I finally arrived in Romania at 1pm my time. There I had my passport stamped, grabbed my luggage (which all of it arrived!), and went through customs. It was a really easy process. Then I met David Pratt, Steve Mather, and another Steve at the airport. They made a very nice sign with my name on it for me. Later I heard how this sign was used to save a hedgehog from being run over in the street. That was pretty amusing. Then we went to the Mather's (the people in charge of Stepping Forward Romania), I met Cami (Steve's wife) and then Dave and I walked around for a few hours. He gave me a quick tour, but I definitely need a lot more time to explore this huge city. I am told that there are 3,000,000 people in just this city alone. That is a little bigger then Moberly, but I think I can deal.
After that we had supper at the Mather's and then it was off to bed. I was getting a little tired loopy around 8:30pm here. Some people thought it was kind of funny, but it had been a long couple of days for me. Traveling two days, an eight hour time change, and then walking through the city. My first day in Romania was amazing and I couldn't wait to see what was coming next.
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