Thank you for your ongoing support and I wish you all a good start into a happy new year! You might have already received this letter in case you are on my email list but I wanted to post it to my blog as well. Once again, thank you for being part of my life - in whatever way you are :)
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| My Christmas together with the wonderful VanDyken family in Lynden, WA |
Dear family and friends!
Another year has gone by and the end – as always – has caught me by
surprise… hence the belated Christmas card! I want to start of my letter by
apologizing for not having been able to stay in touch with everyone of you
individually, but please know that this does not mean that I have forgotten
about you or that I don’t think of you often. Life just keeps me busy and I am
always so thankful to receive updates, emails or phone calls from you J
This year, I have continued to pursue my Master’s degree in Teaching German as a Foreign Language at
the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. I love the program and I have
become close friends with several of my classmates. Throughout several
internships, I realized how much I enjoy teaching and I feel incredibly blessed
that God has opened up this opportunity for me to become a teacher at last.
This past semester, I was supposed to teach and study abroad as part of
my Master’s degree. And even though there were great possibilities to complete
this semester almost anywhere in the world, I decided to go back to my “abroad
home”: Calvin College in Michigan. What a blessing to once again be part of the
college where I became a Christian, where I fell in love with teaching, where I
met my wonderful boyfriend and so many of my closest friends, and where I have
my church home!
I will be returning to Berlin in February to finish my Master’s degree by
the end of July. I have also been hoping and praying to be able to go on
another mission trip during spring break but along with my parents’ fluctuating
health and the heavy work load that is required to complete my degree in time,
I feel like God calls me to stay closer to my home at this point. However, I am
curious and intrigued to find out what He has in store for me after the end of
July…
I wish you and your family & loved ones the opportunity to spend some
quality time together, as well as a healthy and well-rested start into a new
year, full of laughter and unforeseen possibilities!
Thank you
for your ongoing prayers and support.
May God bless you in this season,
Kat
