German Lessons BEGIN!

So today, April 21st, I (Joey) went to my first of many German classes. To be honest, I am both excited and nervous about all of this. I am nervous because, well, I just am. I guess I don't really have a reason to be nervous. And I am excited, because the more Deutsch I learn, the more I will be able to communicate and minister to the people that the Lord has called us to serve. I am also excited, to bring whatever I learn home and be able to teach what I can to my lovely wife so that she too can learn the language.
So this is how it began. My class started today at 9am and I was told to order Schritte 2 (the book you see just below). I was kind of confused why I wasn't told to order Schritte 1 - but whatever. We shall see what happens.
So once the class got underway and we started to share who we were and where we were from, I thought, "Alright, this is going to be pretty cool." So this is what I said:

Hallo, meine name ist Joey Roper. Ich komme aus America, aus California. Ich wohne in Herborn-Seelbach. Ich habe drei kinder. Zwei töchter und eine sohn.

hopefully all of the spelling is correct!
Translation:
Hello, my name is Joey Roper. I come from America, from California. I live in Herborn-Seelbach. I have three kids. Two daughters and one son.

After that, things began to get very interesting. To make a long story short. As the teacher continued to talk in only German, (which I was okay with) and I began to see that this was not only a class full of English speakers wanting to learn German, and the biggest of them all, I should have started my class back in February with the first book: Schritte 1 - (which you see below). Well, then, I began to feel overwhelmed.

The class was a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes and I probably understood about 40% of what the teacher said. I guess that is pretty good. But I know that I am completely lost and that I am going to have to play catch up. I really felt sorry for the lady that was sitting next to me. She was from Kenya and she has only been here in Germany for 1 week and doesn't know really anything in German. I know that she understood pretty much nothing of what the teacher was talking about!
So I know that this is both good and bad. Bad, because somehow I am going to have to play catch up. And good, because the more German that I hear and the more I am surrounded by it, the more that I will learn. I know that it is only day one, but I wish I would have started back in February. I am kind of bummed when I signed up for this class, that the guy on the phone didn't tell me that these were consecutive classses. He made it sound like you could start anytime you wanted.
Well, I am sure that I will share more and more on this topic. But I do ask all of you to please pray for me with these classes as I will need it desperately!!!
Danke für das Ablesen! - Thank you for reading
Gott Segne Euch - God Bless You