Hallo...

Ich gehe jetzt! Tschuess!!!! Ich liebe ihr!

Greetings From D.C.

Hey, y'all!!! Last post in English (I hope). I'm in Washington D.C. currently, staying at a FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR A NIGHT HOTEL (it's really not thaaaat great, I swear), and leaving for our wunderbar Deutschland TOMMORROW. I've thus far visted many places in D.C., including Tom Allen's office (his rep was really nice), the library of Congress (talk about big), the Germany Embassy (wicked cool), several monuments (and the White House), as well as the Holocaust (yeah, I know it's not spelled right) Museum. The Museum was an incredibly intense, difficult place to tour. It was almost completely silent, except for the sounds of the tapes and videos and voices they had (there was a whole room where you'd just sit and listen to survivors recount their stories) and almost made me cry. It really made me upset with the world too, about not doing anything, and made me think of Darfur and all that's going on there. It's a place everyone needs to visit if they can.

Anyways, that's the news so far. Tomorrow I leave for Germany--yay! I'm really excited. Hopefully I'll post there too!

I saw your sky fall down today
Suddenly turn from blue to gray
Till one by one the raindrops
Turned to tears upon your face
Wish there was something I could do
Wish I could ease the pain from you
But I've never felt so helpless
It's like you're drowning right in front of me
And I'm reaching out but you can't see
There's something holding on to you so tight
So I guess this is all I'll say to you tonight:

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I've always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I'm where I've always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

If the whole wide world is on your back
If the strength you need is the strength you lack
If you're in a crowd but all alone
If you can't stay here but you can't go home
If you can't answer all the why's
'Cause your to tired to reach that high
I want you to remember:

If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I will be waiting where I've always been
If you ever need me
You know where to find me
I have never left you, I'm where I've always been
Right by your side
Right by your side

--You Know Where to Find Me, Matthew West