Yesterday was Valentine’s day and my girlfriend an me spend 30 minutes on the phone. She lives in Germany and I live hear in Memphis so it is very tough to keep the contact. This is the biggest challenge in my life! I love this girl and she loves me, too, but a long distance relationship from on side of the world to the other is still not easy. I send her a card for Valentine’s day and so did she but both cards did not reach their place of destination. Her letter was to heavy so it was send back to her and I send my card to late so it did not reach her on time. These are the smaller problems that we have to face. But there are also good news. She will come in march and visit me for three weeks. I am already so excited about her coming to Memphis. I will show her the entire city, the university, graceland, the zoo etc. We will have so much fun. When we have been together in Germany it was normal for us that we saw us every day. Now we are happy if we can talk on the phone two or three times a week. What I want to say is that many people do not know how lucky they are and do not appreciate things anymore. I want you guys to think about other people when you start complaining about everything. Think about other people who are in so much worse positions than we are and than thank God that we have such a nice life!