at reception

Today I have afternoon reception and it has been really busy with people checking in (which is always good), but now it's starting to slow down.

Lately we have had trouble with getting cleaners (and good cleaners) here at the hostel.  We've been praying and praying for God to provide us with people, and as of today we have 5 cleaners!  We usually only have 3, but one is leaving at the end of the week and another isn't staying the entire 28 days.  But it's just so wonderful when God provides.  We have all been very tired doing double work of trying to finish rooms and do the chores that we have set out for the day.

The weather is starting to get really nice.  They're calling for 26 degrees Celcius (which is hot for Amsterdam!) and everyone is getting really excited.

Our house right now is very different.  Yesterday we had a large group of people from Weaton College come in to work for 2 months along with the other new people that have been coming in in the last week; our house is full (and it's a large house with lots of rooms, so it's very weird that it feels packed!)!  Two of my close friends left when I was in Ireland, so it was very hard to come back and not see them around.  I always sit next to at least one of them for small group breakfasts on Tuesday mornings, and neither of them was their.  I actually started crying because they were gone and I felt so stupid about it.  I know that I'm sad that the others have left, but I feel bad for showing that I'm sad in front of the new people cause I'm supposed to be welcoming and happy that they are here (which I am...I've been praying for them since I got here!), but it's just so different.  I'm ready for a week or two to go by when everything is comfortable and we're used to everyone.  All the old staff members are a little overwhelmed at the moment with so many new people.  We're all used to having 2 maybe 4 people coming in at one time, so 20 people is a little much.  I just pray that we all can get along and create a tight bond, like what our last group had.