Adventure to L'Abri!!

The adventures continue!

Before I left for Switzerland, I bought a Eurail Pass. This allowed me to travel 5 days within a 2 month time period anywhere in Germany of Switzerland on train or bus. Awesome deal!!

This past weekend I used my Eurail pass and went to Huemoz, Switzerland which is only about 1 hour from Lausanne. A girl at church heard that I was going to Switzerland and recommended that I go to L'Abri which is a Christian Fellowship in Huemoz. So I took the 4:56 train on Friday to Aigle which followed Lake Geneva the entire time until we arrived in Aigle 30 minutes later. In Aigle, I took a Charter bus (picture shown) to Huemoz.

The 20 minute bus ride consisted entirely of sharp hairpin turns, a steep elevation change, ice covered roads, and a bus packed of people. We finally arrived in Huemoz. I was the only one that got off at the bus stop (off the side of the road). I asked the bus driver where L'Abri was and he said, "Just climb that hill over there." I arrived at L'Abri (chalet) in time for dinner and entered a room full of 29 people from all over the world. They asked me where I was from and it was awesome to see that there were some people from Grand Rapids, Michigan (small world). For the most part everyone was in their early 20's, finishing college, and finding what they want to do with their life. The atmosphere was so great! After dinner most people people played games, played the piano, played guitar, and worked on the puzzle.

On Saturday, breakfast was at 8 AM and everyone was expected to be there. During the night, it had snowed 6 inches. Everything was so beautiful and picture perfect. Half the group had a study day in the morning (9:30-1:00) at the Farel House (another chalet down the hill) and the other half had chores in the morning (making lunch, grounds, laundry, cleaning house, etc). I had a study day in the morning at the Farel House (pictures shown).

The study time was great to have. I read my bible, studied for the Fundamental Engineering exam, and enjoyed looking out the window at the Alps.

The view was tremendous (picture shown)! 1:00 PM was lunch time which consisted of a discussion with half of the group. From 3:00-6:30 PM was afternoon chores. I was in charge of helping to make dinner. Cooking for 29 plus people is difficult to do! From 4:30-5:00 PM was tea time. I didn't have any tea, but instead played 3 games of ping pong outside on the porch. Dinner was at 6:30 PM. After dinner, I played spoons with 8 other people and never got a letter! Later that night, 5 people including myself walked to Chesieres (which is completely uphill) to play pool at a pub. It was a great time!!