Getting Settled In Germany

Lana, the kids and I have been getting settled at Spangdahlem Air Base, Gemany for a little over a week now and have accomplished a lot.  God has blessed us...we found a great house in the town of Wittlich, bought a second car, picked up the BMW we shipped over from the USA, completed a bunch of inprocessing paperwork, and more.  Our house has plenty of room for visitors, and is only a 10 minute walk to the cafes / restaurants and a 15 minute drive to the base.  We can't move in until 1 July and will be staying in a nearby town until then.

The 480 Fighter Squadron, where I'll be working, has gone through a lot of changes recently.  There is a new commander as of last week, and a new director of operations as of a month ago.  These are the top two positions in a squadron.  A lot of our friends / acquaintances from previous bases are here which is good too.  This next week I'll do more inprocessing, focused on getting set up in the squadron with my email account, flight gear, etc.

This past Friday the base had a down day, so Lana and I went on a short trip to the town of Manderscheid to see it's old castles.  We then drove a little to the west to see one of the many maars (lake in an old volcano).  On our way back to Spangdahlem we decided to make our way down to Ramstein Air Base, and large US base for cargo aircraft.  While there we met up with some good friends of ours from Italy...small World!  God's blessings have been evident in our short time here already and we're looking forward to more during our time here.