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Zurich, Switzerland
I am currently living and working as an aupair near Zurich, traveling in my free time, learning German, and enjoying fantastic cheese and wine!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Sorry . . . out of order once again . . .

Miriam and Me on a Sunday afternoon walking along the lake in the Zurich park. This crazy gold man was there trying to earn money, hehe.
Sunday afternoon lunch at a Chinese restaurant

H&M shopping . . . crazy things in that store along with the great finds!
Migro lunch! Danielle, my adopted Canadian sister!
hehe . . .
I am a rich woman! No more worries . . .

ICF free evening meal, Miriam and Danielle
Walking to evening church
Haha, Lance found his soulmate in Laine . . . a woman, who not only catches her own fish, put can clean them, and not only that . . . pull the y-bone out of a pike! Whatever that is, hehe. This was the proposal. ;-) After watching the new Bond movie, the three if us went out!
Ida, Amie, me, and Laine
Melissa and me during Halloween! My first taste of Guinness
Bec, me and Melissa
Halloween in der Schweiz. Only Brits and Americans celebrate this holiday . . . we met a lot of Brits . . .

1940's Teacher (Jordan), Amy Winehouse (Laine), Devil (Kathi)
For Halloween I cut my hair (trimmed and layered, so proud I did it myself!!!) and coloured with a temporary colour!
The new look!
First snow!!! Schnee!
I made that snowball! It was a killer one too, packed so well!
My garden!
The evening before it was snowing while all the world slept, except for me and my neighbor whom I scared to death as I was sitting in the laundry room in the dark taking this picture. Hehe, she was laughing after though.
Stephanie, me, and Danielle

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

A beautiful German Hymn!

Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh' allzeit,
Sein Will', der ist der beste;
Zu helfen den'n er ist bereit,
Die an ihn glauben feste;
Er hilft aus Not, der fromme Gott,
Und züchtiget mit Massen,
Wer Gott vertraut, fest auf ihn baut,
Den will er nicht verlaßen.
What my God wants , may it always happen, His will is what is best. He is ready to help those who believe firmly in him He helps us in our poverty, the holy God, and punishes us in moderation who places his trust in God and builds firmly on him, he will not abandon.
Gott ist mein Trost, mein' Zuversicht,
Mein' Hoffnung und mein Leben.
Was mein Gott will, daß mir geschicht,
Will ich nicht widerstreben.
Sein Wort ist wahr, denn all mein
Haar Er selber hat gezählet.
Er hüt't und wacht und hat wohl acht,
Auf daß uns gar nichts fehlet.

God is my comfort, my confidence, my hope and my life.What my God wants to happen to me I do not want to strive against. His word is true, for all my hair he himself has counted He guards and watches and has taken good care that we should lack nothing.

Nun, muß ich Sünd'r von dieser Welt
Hinfahr'n in Gottes Willen
Zu meinem Gott: wann's ihm gefällt,
Will ich ihm halten stille.
Mein' arme Seel' ich Gott befehl'In meiner letzten Stunden.
Du frommer Gott, Sünd, Höll' und Tod
Hast du mir überwunden.

Now must I, a sinner from this world, go hence in God's will to my God: when it pleases him, I want to hold still with him. I entrust my poor soul to God in my last hours.You holy God have overcome for me sin, hell and death.

Noch eins, Herr, will ich bitten dich,
Du wirst mir's nicht versagen:
Wenn mich der böse Geist anficht,Laß mich, Herr, nicht verzagen;
Hilf, steur und wehr, ach Gott, mein Herr,
Zu Ehren deinem Namen!
Wer das begehrt, dem wird's gewährt.
Drauf sprech' ich fröhlich: Amen.
Just one thing, Lord, I want to ask you,: you will not deny it to me: when the evil spirit tempts me, let me not despair. Help, guide and protect, ah God, my Lord,to the honour of your name.
Who desires this will have his wish granted; for this reason I say joyfully: Amen