Hey Y'all
It is a beautiful day. And we hope it stays that way. This past week was wet, but now the sun is out and shining hard. Yesterday Track was away up at Frankfurt while Soccer was here, playing at the Marzell field against Wurzburg. Track did well, with several qualifying for Championships and overall coming in third out of seven teams. Soccer swept Wurzburg with a score of something like 13-1 for the guys, 4-2 for the girls. It was a good set of games, and then there was an excellent and slightly spontaneous concert down at school. This morning there were baptisms at church, and all the guys came back and enjoyed the sunshine. As a sort of dorm togetherness time, there were hamburgers and brats out on the front lawn, with a tight rope and hammock and various sports being played. Sang Jin got all tied up the hammock and dipped in the creek, and that led to a bunch of guys getting in and damming the creek. The creeking spot having already been built up earlier this year, they went upriver, pretty much right beneath the bridge that leads off the property, and dug and stacked and made the creek rise at least two and a half feet. And got sunburned in the process. But everybody had tons of fun,and some are actually still out there. It is hard to believe that school ends in only a few weeks. Big home meet is next Saturday, and we're probably having dorm retreat on Thursday. Update you as all goes on.

Oh, and Megan is back and well from her knee surgery, which is good.

Open House was amazing! Everybody loved it. The guys worked hard to get everything clean and ready for it. They got the fire pit ready, got the garage all set up for showing "Indie" themed music videos, set up an open mic in the dining room, and made tons of food. They also blew up 200 or so balloons and filled the halls with them. Blauen also decorated with very Indie art. Hopefully the video will be uploaded soon to show you how we presented the theme. Once everything was set up, there was a soccer game against Vienna Christian up at the turf field. It was quite a tough and close game for the guys, but they scraped through. And then they all came to Open House, wandering between the fire, movie, Blauen, the rooms, the web, and everywhere else. There were tons of positive compliments, and most everybody had an enjoyable time.

And life continues up here on the hill. Weather keeps flip flopping between wet and sunny. A bunch of the guys were away at AFNorth and SHAPE over the weekend playing soccer. Because it was such a long drive, they left on Thursday after school, and the dorm seemed emptier without them. On Friday a bunch of guests came over, and they had many escapades, such as waxing and using a windsurf board and rubber raft down the wet hill and surfing down the fast cold creek. Wrestling and other forms of fighting also debuted spontaneously. Saturday, the guys went up to Frieburg for the day while some stayed behind and made a huge fire and burned several trees. Soccer came back late that night, with some ties, wins, and losses under their belts. They were quite exhausted. Sunday, because everybody was so tired, dorm devos was made optional, but many still traveled up to Hoch Blauen and roasted marshmallows and hung out with each other before tearing it down the hill in the dark, shouting and enjoying themselves. It has been a good week, and there are more soccer and track events coming up quickly.

Well, pray that the sun comes out!

Heya
We're back. Or rather, the students are. They all trickled in on Monday and Tuesday, tired, but rested from spring break. All of them were filled with stories of trips and escapades across the globe. We also have two guests for a bit, Gabe, visiting for the first time in a couple years, and Monica. It's unbelievable that there are only 9 weeks left till school ends. Everything seems to be coming up too fast.

Open House is this Saturday, 7:30 to 9. We are doing it with Blauen (can't tell you the theme yet, still secret). There is a friendly soccer game against Vienna Christian on the Marzell turf field, so lots of people will be up here. The excitement of March Madness also continues, though it appears that not many people registered. Anybody got ideas of a dorm retreat?

See ya soon with an update on the awesome open house!