Autumn

What I saw when I walked out of my apartment! This photo doesn't do the colours justice. This was back in October.

24/7 Prayer Eurogathering: Aufstehen (Frankfurt, Germany)

After the weekend with monkeys, I spent 4 days (Oct 18 - 21) in Frankfurt. Not for sightseeing though. Honestly, I wouldn't have gone to Frankfurt otherwise, there really isn't much to see there. There was Apfelwein...but that didn't taste very good. I went to Frankfurt for a big 24/7 Prayer gathering, the theme was Aufstehen, which means 'Stand up' in German. I met some incredible people that were just in love with Jesus, the Messiah; they had incredible stories and amazing ministries. God blessed me immensely during these four days, despite me going not knowing a single person there, haha. I also gained a vision for the youth in YAC, and for myself. If you're interested in what that is, see my other blog. Once you see it you'll know why I put it in a separate post. I also gained some interesting insight into prayer, perhaps I'll share that with you...if you ask :P I don't really want to explain it through writing. The following pictures are just some of the people I met and got to know over the long weekend.

The incredibly friendly people from Ireland :D None of them are actually Irish by blood though haha.

Almost all the people who were from Switzerland at Aufstehen! They liked to stick together ^^

Monkeys :O

Hey, so I have decided I should try to post at least once a week. And now I must catch up from where fb left off for pictures. The events of this post will be after...Oktoberfest. Maybe I will post about it, but honestly, for me, it wasn't that exciting. Because I didn't get into a beer tent. And I didn't attend Oktoberfest for half the time I was there haha. The most exciting thing that happened was that I drank 1L of beer in one sitting, that's it.
The following posts will be brief, and will mainly showcase pictures I want to show. Facebook is not pleasant to work with when it comes to uploading photos, especially when it decides to cut out the comments that took you several hours to write >:[

The weekend after Oktoberfest, D, some of the Canadian interns from Kehl (a nickname for one of the five apartments that Canadian interns inhabit around Baden) and I decided to take it easy and go to France for a day...to Montagne des Singes near Selestat, France. It literally means 'Mountain of the Monkeys'. It's a closed sanctuary for Barbary macaques. To be honest, I'm not sure why I went because I don't like monkeys. I find them freaky, especially chimpanzees. But to my surprise, this is what I saw:

He looks like a grumpy old man XD

   

Fluffy monkeys! I wanted to hug one, but you weren't allowed to touch them. And I didn't want my face ripped off by a surprised monkey. They gave us popcorn to feed them. It was cute, but a little strange because it felt like I was feeding a well-behaved, young toddler. They reached out like a human and gently took the popcorn.

In Selestat, we stopped at a cafe for a snack. Take a look at what we saw:

Sarah, this makes our gift to A look like a little lump. O.o

Some lucky boy gets this as his birthday cake, you don't even need a fork and knife to eat it. Just pick out a puff and pop it in your mouth! I can't imagine how long this must've taken.

That's it for this weekend, since I don't remember much else that must mean nothing else was exciting or interesting. More to come soon!