Unreal
Wow! That is pretty much all I can say about the alps. We arrived yesterday to Gimmelwald and I literally can't even begin to describe how beautiful it is. Everywhere I looked I was staring the alps in the face and breathing clean air. The scent of fresh mown hay filling the air and the sound of the bells around cows and goats necks in the distance. Taking a fifteen minute around town was enough to see the whole thing. There is a small shop called "the Honesty Shop" where no one is attending the shop you just write on an envelope what you took and put the money in the box. after a long day of traveling we laid low and just relaxed.
This morning I awoke before the alarm to the sound of rushing water out the window. A peak out the window and a quick photo snap of the insane view and I headed out for my first day hiking. With Megan, and two new friends we headed up the mountain toward the glacier. Around every bend we found waterfalls and grassy fields full of wildflowers. We followed the river out for a few hours until we were in a beautiful valley where I of course had to do my best Julie Andrews impression. My friend David and I climbed up on the glacier and it was the most spectacular view. We were surrounded by jutting mountains on 3 sides with the river below and innumerable waterfalls all around us. It is something that I wish I could imprint on the insides of my eyelids. After the long hike I walked another 30 minutes uphill to get groceries and then headed back for a hot shower. A quick makeshift dinner and then I spent the rest of the evening with the others in the hostel. There is a really great group of people here that are from all different walks of life. We sat out on the porch looking at the mountains and chatting. As the sun set I took a nice walk with my friend Ben and we had a great chat and danced in the street to the toon of the yodeling music from the window above. We headed back to the hostel and sat out and chatted even more. I took a moment to go off by myself and gaze at the stars. They were unbelievable and God even graced me with a few shooting stars. This place truly is magical.
All day today I was really reminded of how much God really does love us. I kept looking around and thinking about how God didn't have to create a beautiful earth. He could have just made a desert and made us all suffer in the heat, but because he truly does love us he created places like Gimmelwald so that we might enjoy it. I am just blown away. My prayers today basically consisted of me saying thank you over and over again because I really had no idea what else to say. So in a nut shell I am having a blast in the most surreal place I have ever been. God is good.
Standing if awe of how much God truly delights in me,
Sigourney
This morning I awoke before the alarm to the sound of rushing water out the window. A peak out the window and a quick photo snap of the insane view and I headed out for my first day hiking. With Megan, and two new friends we headed up the mountain toward the glacier. Around every bend we found waterfalls and grassy fields full of wildflowers. We followed the river out for a few hours until we were in a beautiful valley where I of course had to do my best Julie Andrews impression. My friend David and I climbed up on the glacier and it was the most spectacular view. We were surrounded by jutting mountains on 3 sides with the river below and innumerable waterfalls all around us. It is something that I wish I could imprint on the insides of my eyelids. After the long hike I walked another 30 minutes uphill to get groceries and then headed back for a hot shower. A quick makeshift dinner and then I spent the rest of the evening with the others in the hostel. There is a really great group of people here that are from all different walks of life. We sat out on the porch looking at the mountains and chatting. As the sun set I took a nice walk with my friend Ben and we had a great chat and danced in the street to the toon of the yodeling music from the window above. We headed back to the hostel and sat out and chatted even more. I took a moment to go off by myself and gaze at the stars. They were unbelievable and God even graced me with a few shooting stars. This place truly is magical.
All day today I was really reminded of how much God really does love us. I kept looking around and thinking about how God didn't have to create a beautiful earth. He could have just made a desert and made us all suffer in the heat, but because he truly does love us he created places like Gimmelwald so that we might enjoy it. I am just blown away. My prayers today basically consisted of me saying thank you over and over again because I really had no idea what else to say. So in a nut shell I am having a blast in the most surreal place I have ever been. God is good.
Standing if awe of how much God truly delights in me,
Sigourney
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