We would like to welcome everyone to our first of many regular emails/blog posts! We have been in Bonn, Germany for a little over a month and have many memorable experience that we want to share with our family and close friends. We’ll try to have lots of picture and make this as fun as possible.
So our first order of business was to figure out a name for this publication. We thought we could play it safe and call it Beck Monthly or News from the Fatherland. Emily liked the idea of pushing the envelope a bit; maybe we could call it Shake your Bonn Bonn, or Pass me a Bonn Bonn. Long story short, we have not decided yet and are open to suggestions. Nate Steele-isn’t it your job to come up with great stuff like this?! We would love your help.
As I stated earlier, this has been quite the month for us over here. The way that I think of it from a high level is the first month we have been in survival mode. We were figuring out how to find food that we like and how to get around on public transportation and all the basics. Now that we are moving into month 2 I feel already like things are changing. We are making friends, figuring out a couple of good restaurants to go to, have taken a weekend trips to Frankfurt, and exploring our little city.
We have been overwhelmed by how great our ward is! In the first weeks so many people reached out, invited us to dinner, and invited us to family night. We have been so fortunate to have the ward family to ask questions and just do things with. We’ve also had the missionaries over for dinner and are hoping to have a couple of investigators ready for them in the coming weeks.
We are also glad to report that we have brought the card game Nertz overseas. Three weeks ago we invited a co-worker and his wife over for dinner and then to play the card game. We thought it was going to be World War II all over again with the Americans emerging victorious. Unfortunately, they have a similar game over here and my co-worker’s wife whooped us. Better luck next time.
Work has been great for a lot of different reasons. I really like how DHL’s Inhouse Consulting department is organized. It is very demanding but they provide all the resources necessary to be successful. I am able to participate in a lot of trainings covering everything from persuasive presentation skills to informal lunches about DHL’s business in Africa. I feel very fortunate to have a job that really stretches me and I feel like I’m growing. I currently work on a team that works with the global steering committee to develop and roll out a program that will assess the current state of DHL’s 5,000 warehouses, gather best practices, and put together a development plan for how those warehouses can implement them. I really like the program and it gives me a very interesting perspective of how the company is organized. It also lets me work with people on the front lines of the company, which I enjoy. A typical day’s hours are 9:00 am to 8:00 pm. My commute to work is about 25 minutes and is about 15 minutes of walking and a 10-minute train ride.
Well, I will hold off until our next letter, but a couple of things that I’m looking forward to that I’ll have to tell you about next time are tonight’s couples fireside, the bike flea market, and moving into our new apartment! Hope everyone is doing well! We love each conversation that we get to have with you whether by phone, text, Facebook, FaceTime, Skype, or pony express. Talk to you soon!
Nate
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Hello everyone! My contribution to this email are the pictures. Because everyone has different phones and computers, I put captions on each photo! Let me know if this format works for everyone.
Also, here are a few videos that we have taken.
Running To Church - a little glimpse of our one hour commute to church- we leave at 8:22 for 9:30 church!
Water Show, Beethoven's finest - this was a celebration that we stumbled upon in the City Center! Water, lasers, and fireworks!
Along with the photo captions, is also a new way to share what is going on. Let us know if this works!
Em
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