Dec. 14:  forms completed for working with youth in Germany - check!

clothing surprise!

received an amazing, unexpected blessing when a friend offered to donate some clothing to the trip from her chic downtown store.  the friendly...effervescent even...and knowledgable staff helped me find a couple outfits that fit within the dress code, were plenty comfortable, and great looking to boot!  my closet was low on appropriate clothes for this trip, but i had pushed that down the list as a low-priority item.   so happy about this!