Why Germany?

Okay, so to be honest this whole "study abroad in Germany thing" spawned from a trip I took to Germany as a seventeen-year-old in 2007. I went to visit my friend Madlen, who was our exchange student and is now one of my best friends. After returning from this trip, I was determined to major in German and study abroad there.

So when I graduated from high school I started off with German my first semester of college. Then I went to Guatemala. Afterward, I wanted to study Spanish but was too far into the German program. Then I went to China. Afterward, I wanted to study Chinese but, again, was too far into the German program. This whole last semester I've been struggling with how German is going to help me on the mission field. I felt like maybe I was diving into the wrong language, even though everything for this trip kept falling into place.

Friday morning of last week I got a glimpse of a way I can use my German! It was also a reminder that God can use any gift we have if we are willing to let Him work in our life.

An old family friend, Mark Bosley, came over to say goodbye before he heads back down to Arizona. He was once interested in Linguistics, my major, and loves talking to me about it. He told me that two excellent professors of Linguistics are teaching in Germany right now and one of them is an expert in African languages. I was so excited! Could this be the reason that I am spending this time in Germany? I would love to study under these professors! I probably won't graduate from college for another two and half years and I don't know if they will still be there; however, I'm so excited for the opportunities my studying abroad may open for me!