Just a little note!

This past week has been pretty interesting so I've got a few new things to add. On Thursday it was my turn to do devotion after breakfast. Everyone has to do it and Thursday was my day, I was pretty nervous about it. It went surprisingly well, I was just being honest about a few things that I've learned here at Tauernhof and the words just came naturally for me! So that was a good experience.

Then on Friday we had a Pirates and Ninjas evening! It was a blast, everyone got dressed up, we played games and watched Ninja movies. I went as a Ninja seeing as my current wardrobe (which is pretty much whatever could fit in the back pack here, is not a lot) does not include anything resembling a Pirate so I went as a Ninja! Here's a pic of me and my room mate Lindsay.

And on Saterday we went on a day trip to Mathausen concentration camp just about 2 hours away from here. I kind of knew what to expect coming here since I've already seen Auschwitz but I think each time you go to a place like that it will hit you just as hard each time. We watched a short film about the history of the camp and some survivors told their experiences there. Some of the images they had on display were very graphic, I honestly was feeling sick by the end of it. It was a really hot day out as well so it was overall just uncomfortable. There were a set of stairs called the, Totestiege, the death stairs. They were called that because the weakest of the prisoners were forced to carry blocks of rock, up to 50 kg, up these stairs. They walked so close together that if one fell over due to exhaustion it would create a domino effect and take out those behind them as well. It's just an awful thing to think about.

That evening there are some mountain biking qualification races going on just beside our campus here so I went to check it out for a bit! It was amazing how fast some of those guys fly down the tracks. After that they were playing a snowboarding video so I went to watch that! It was so awesome, it showed the evolution of snowboarding to date and followed a group of pro snowboarders exploring the Alaskan mountains. It just gave me an itch to go snowboarding again!!

Anywho, that's my update for now! I hope the weather gets better at home soon for you guys! Take Care :o)