It's Tuesday, August 30. Day 28.

Thursday officially starts my second month here but already I'm reflecting on this past one. A lot has changed since I've come here. My flat mates both left, I got a new boss, and now I'm looking at starting school (I'm taking some german night classes starting next week). In spite of all of this life has remained pretty much the same. Evenings and weekends are fairly empty. I don't know the language and I haven't been able to find where German youth spend their time. I spend a lot of time in my room listening to music (God bless the iPod) and thinking and for the first time in my life, I'm starting to run out of things to think about. Work isn't much better. Chris, my first boss, was really good at keeping me busy, almost to a fault. He left this past week and Thomas, my new boss, can't seem to find much of anything for me to do. I spend a lot of time at work now sitting and waiting for a job. I guess I'm learing how to be still and do nothing. It's something I thought I was fairly good at before I came but I'm quickly getting better.

I've done a lot of wrestling with God this past week. Wrestling isn't the right verb exactly. It would be the right one if he would wrestle me back but so far he has only given me one answer. I asked him one night how my presence here is of any use to him when all I seem to do is sit and wait. He responded very clearly: "Wait and see." Not exactly the answer I was looking for. I guess if there's anyone who can make this turn out for his glory, he can. Now I just have to wait and see how it happens.

Come LORD Jesus, come. Amen.
Daviid