Schwer Weihnachten

Meine Damen und Herrn-

This was a difficult week, to be honest. More for the von Limburg family than for me personally, but the statement holds true. For those of you who don't know, Heide's mother died on Sunday evening. We had the funeral yesterday, along with the funeral for Tatze, the family dog. She died on Wensday. What a terrible way to meet the extended family for the first time, ya? Everything else this week was sort of over shadowed by these events, so as a result I don't really have much to say.

I managed to make it to the Baptist church last Sunday. I like it there. The people are warm and welcoming and the services are a little more relaxed (not a LOT more, just a little: The Catholic influence is still very evident). I took a German test in English (yeah, I don't know how you can do that, either) and I think I did pretty well. Tomorrow I will go back to the Baptist church and then to Tjark's house to (hopefully) finish this movie. Its supposed to premier the day before Christmas, so we're cutting it pretty close.

As for the videogame...oh wait. Did I mention that? I'm making a video game in my spare time, by the way, and its coming along very well. I finished my first extremly basic AI yesterday and progress should grow exponentially now that I've figured out the basics of Python coding. I went out with some AFS people today. We went swimming in Lüneburg and then on to the Lüneburg Christmas Market. Other than that there's not much to report. I hope things are going a little better for you guys back home.

Merry Christmas!
-Elliot P.