Good news!

When I came to Sweden I always figured I could find some sort of work. It has indeed been harder than I really understood, but I am making some progress! I sent out an email to the entire American Women's Club after deciding that I should stop worrying if I would annoy everyone. I said that I had been here just a few months and that I have extra time, so I am available to babysit, clean, or just help out in whatever way I can.

I have been flooded with responses. The first couple days I could barely answer them all! I was shocked at the demand. I really thought I'd get zero responses, and I remember sort of praying if I could please just contribute something financially to the household I'd be so grateful. In that first week I worked about 15 hours.

At this point, I can confidently say I have 3 families I will be working for. There are other families that I have plans to meet with, and there are a lot of people who contacted me for more information but that I haven't heard from since.

It feels so good to be contributing something more concrete. I know that I help out a lot by cooking everything so that we're not paying for meals out, and that my work can allow Daniel to focus on his work. But to be able to make us even a little more comfortable means a lot.