So, I have taken the great responsibility of starting a blog. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up and update it as much I would like and as much as ya'll would like. :) Oh, and you can comment on the bottom if you want.

Well, Belgium. The trip over was ok. It was definitely long and very tiring but it was bearable. On the flight from Columbia to Atlanta, my ticket was not with either of my parents and even though I didn't really care if I was next to a stranger my Dad offered to take the seat, so I was like, ok whatever. Well. What we didn't know was the person next to him was this guy from South Africa so he had an AWESOME accent. I really wish I had sat there. But oh well. I could hear him anyway. hahaha anyway, the flight from Atlanta to Athens was about 8 hours so i tried to sleep but that wasn't THAT successful. oh well. So we got here and got picked up and taken to the place we're staying. This place reminds me a lot of the Hostel we stayed at in NY. Not the same layout but definitely the same feel with rooms with bunk beds and community bathrooms. I'm in a rather small room with one bunk bed and a desk. The nice thing is that I didn't think there would be anyone here my age but I found out that there is another girl here who is 18 and so I'm sharing a room with her. This was a very pleasant surprise. We are getting along really well so that's definitely a praise. Ok so. There are 14 other missionaries. There are 3 girls who are just out of college or around that age, 2 young couples (one with 2 adorable kids) and then 3 (or 4?) other couples about my parents ages. These people are awesome! We are all getting along very well (so far) and I'm looking forward to getting to know them more. Yesterday, my service team (which is me, the 3 single girls, one young couple, and our mentor) went to meet the pastor of the Korean church we are going to be attending and serving this month. It took a little longer to get there than we thought...we didn't exactly get lost but it just took some effort to figure out how we were going to get where we needed to go. Anyway, after that, the 3 girls and I decided to go to downtown Brussels and walk around. hahaha what an adventure. It took alot of map consulting and broken french/english communicating but we finally got where we want to go. We walked around a little and saw a cathedral, lots of chocolate shops, and tons of cool architecture. Europe architecture is SO cool! Everything is soo detailed and interesting! So anyway, our stomachs decided it was LONG past time to eat so we tried to find a good restaurant. It was so funny cuz we ended up in this tourist section so there were a ton of cafe/restaurant places and every single one had guys standing out there trying to convince us to eat there! It was pretty ridiculous actually. But we did choose a restaurant that DIDN'T have someone out there and got some delicious pizza! It was pretty late so we started heading back to the centre. We figured out which train we needed and waited for like 20 minutes. Long story short, we missed the train. Let's just say it was a lack of knowledge of the train system. So we waited like another 30 minutes and GOT the train we needed and got back to the center around 9ish. It was quite the adventure. But it was lots of fun :) well there's so much more to say about the training and stuff but it's getting late and im supposed to be ready by 8:30 in the morning for an unknown "exercise" thing in Brussels. Let's hope i don't get lost or something. haha anyway, thanks for the prayers and the support! love you guys and miss you!