an old french inn

Okay- I haven't written on this in ages...but hopefully if you know me, you know that I am moving to Switzerland in 15 DAYS!

Honestly, all I can feel is excitement about going. I am going to be an au pair (fancy name for nanny) for a family in Geneva, Switzerland. They have 4 children:
1- Mia 4 years old
2- Sam 2 years old
3- Margot 2 months old
4- Lydia 2 months old

I have talked to Michelle Fiore, the mother, a few times on the phone, and every time I hang up feeling so blessed to get the opportunity to do life with this family. Michelle is wonderful and kind and keeps wetting my appetite with bits of information from life in Geneva. For instance...

* she was describing my room to me and she said my window looks out on the some mountains and a horse farm
* they live in a small French town where most of the people only speak French, but they are only 20-30 minutes from the very international/lots of English-speaking Geneva. So I will literally be getting the best of both worlds.
* the international churches in Geneva and their young adult programs...and the SKI TRIPS they have planned for February and March...which I am more than welcome to attend
* the family lives in an old inn. Yeah, you heard right- AN OLD FRENCH INN!! I mean, seriously, can you get more picturesque.
* she was telling me that Sam's (also her husband's name) family lives in Milan, Italy. So we might be visiting them for a weekend..in Milan..No Big Deal...just going to Milan for the weekend. Have I mentioned that I love my life?

I know I am mentioning all of the very material things about my trip, but if I wasn't excited about the family and the community of believers in Geneva that Michelle has talked about, I don't think any of that stuff would matter. What I am most excited about, is making a life for myself there. Finished college and having the leave the amazing community in Athens was really rough, and I really learned a lot about myself when I am outside of that precious, affirming world. I have been able to recreate it a little back home in Alpharetta, but I didn't really let myself re-root, because I so strongly felt like I would be leaving it...and here I go! I am so excited about experiencing a new world, a beautiful world that holds all sorts of exciting prospects for me. I cannot wait.