... officially!
In the words of my teammate, Katie: "Germans are fast and efficient. Expect for when they're not. And Germans never go on strike. Expect for when they do." So basically, in order to get a visa, we have to register with the city. In order to register with the city, we need to have proof that we live here. So it took us a while obtain our proof and then we found out that the people who do registration were on strike. To make a long story short, we got up at 5:15 am yesterday in order to get in line by 6:30, because by the time these places open (8:00 am), there's a line of 100 people waiting to get something done with the city. So being there at 6:30 am, in the dark and freezing cold, paid off. We're official.
We had our first party last night - kind of like a 'welcome back' party for students. We had 25 or 30 students there which is quite successful. We met a lot of students, students met students and we had a lot of fun. The thing about German parties however, is that parties generally go well into the night/morning. Even more so than parties in American colleges - seriously. So we finished up around 2:30 am, and the last students to leave weren't even tired. A few even went to another party after ours. But since we had been up since 5:15 that same morning, you can imagine we were a bit tired.
Our time on campus now consists of meeting students and doing short spiritual surveys with them. I've had a few opportunities to make appointments with students one-on-one which has been really great. It's slightly overwhelming to be meeting so many people, but I'm really excited to get to know some of them better.
Tschussiluss!
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