The Eagle has landed!

After a smooth flight, passing over Iceland and Greenland (of which I couldn't see anything because I was sitting in the middle of the plain), I arrived in Chicago after only 8 and a half hours. When I arrived at Customs the officer told me that a B-2 visa is only for 6 months. But he went to ask a colleague and he came back and said that he couldn't authorise it. He showed me to an other office and gave my passport to an other officer. He told me to take a seat and wait until my name was called. So I was sitting there, with my Letter from Young Life, and preparing what to say to the next officer to make sure I would get permission to stay for a whole year. but then all of a sudden my name was called and I went up to the officer and he was putting some stamps in my passport then gave it back to me and said:'have a nice stay. So I asked him if I could stay for the whole year and he said I could so that was that. relieved I went on to wait for my luggage, and drop it of again and on to my next flight.

After waiting a long time and some delay I finally boarded the next plain that would take me to Grand Rapids. After only 32 minutes I arrived and was greeted by Chris Theule-VanDam from Young Life, my host mom, Deb and her daughter Jenna and also by two other board members of Young Life and their two little girls.


With my host family I went to my new House. It is a big house with a lake behind it and all around the lake there are big Houses. in the middle of the lake is a small island. My room is pretty big, a bit bigger than my room back home, with a build-in-closet. When we got there We had dinner, my sixth meal of that day and a then we talked a little, before I finnaly went to bed. It had been a very long day.

This morning I unpacked everything, called home, had some pancakes for breakfast with my host brother Eric and hostsister Jenna. So that is it for now!