What an interesting day!

We got stuck!

So we started our saturday set out for our outing. We were headed towards Trier to walk around but then decided not to do that since it was raining pretty good so we decided to go explore the country side and go through some towns. Well we came upon a town called Hosten and we drove around for a bit and it was quaint and then we got on a backstreet that took us out to a field. This is all paved and the roads here are no wider than your car and so we get to the end and it turns into a couple tire marks going down this hill. So we are turning around when as soon as our tires barely get off the pavement we are stuck so while we are getting ourselves unstuck our car slides further down this hill till we are right next to a wood pile that thankfully we did not run into. So we tried for a while getting some of those convieniet pieces of wood under our tires only to get no where. So we were frusturated concerned and a little scared. I was a little scared. I didn't know how people would react to us getting stuck in the mud. What if they started yelling at us. We know no German yet but we had our dictionary and conversational guide and figured out how to say. (kinda) " We need help. Our car is stuck in the mud down a hill. We need a tractor. Can you help us?" This is what we scrawled onto a piece of paper.. (our translation) "Ich brauche Hilfe. Der wagen ist verklemnt schlamm an dat hugel. Ich brauche traktor. Konnen dich hilf."
Our first house we asked if they could speak english; "nein"(no). and then she tried to tell us she cannot drive a tractor and no one there could. So onto the 2nd house. "nein" there too. So our 3rd attempt we gave them the slip of paper and waited. They smiled and said they could help then the lady of the house said a whole lot of words in german but I was able to pick out Kinder (children) and haus (house) and then she motioned us inside. Joseph went with the older man in his tractor to the scene and I stayed in the house with this sweet lady, her two cute dogs bobby(border collie) and carrie (a boy dog with blue eyes. He stayed by me and just let me pet him. I really started missing my Akina then.) This lady brought us juice and cookies out and had toys for her grandchildren that the boys were able to play with. The men were back in no time and had towed the mercedes back to town. They were so hospitable and me and the sweet lady did the best we could to talk and communicate. They were a true answer to our prayers today and I hope there lives will be blessed for the service they rendered today.

The boys being silly with Daddy

Some bread from a German bakery.