Since our last posting, the Lennanders have returned to the states and now we are the only old-timers left:)
Lucy has a couple of days left to her first German language class. She is sighing with relief. She starts class again at the end of March. Dieter continues to work on German by having conversations, but has also started using a German study Bible and is reading a mystery in German. He is not teaching in German yet, but recently prayed in German during the service.
Lucy hosted a prayer breakfast at RB to kick off the Easter season. Many of our RB people are participating in 40 days of fasting and prayer for Germany.
A couples group started up on Feb. 10 and looks like it will be a lot of fun. The group is going through a marriage course. Our first meeting had an ice breaker where the husbands and wives were tested in their knowledge of each other. The results confirmed the need for this group:)
Lucy and eight other women went bowling on Feb. 15. We are still amazed how big bowling is in Germany. You need reservations for a lane. They had a great time of fellowship, but it must (not really:) be noted that Lucy had the best score. You rock Lucy!
Dieter went to Cologne for an existing leaders huddle (ELH) in Feb. Twelve men representing Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain met at Daniel Goerings home for a weekend of meetings to encourage each other, discuss raising new leaders and to talk about the future of Great Commission Europe (GCE). It was great to learn from men that have been ministering in Europe for many years. Picture below:
We did some modeling in Feb. too. The hairdresser that kept the Lennanders looking stylish had cut our hair one time before Feb. But in Feb. Ramona asked us if we would allow her to cut our hair for a potential new employer. So we went and were beautified, well Lucy was. Bottom line, Ramona got the job!
In Feb. we also had our first music worship night for 2008. It was fun with three people each leading part of the evening.
This past weekend we traveled to the city of Cottbus, which is very close to the Polish border. One of the musicians at RB invited us to help provide music for a group of people from Camaroon. The Methodist church has a service for them once per month. The folks from Camaroon are in Cottbus studying at the university and unfortunately some of the German citizens look down on them, especially the skinheads. They love to sing and sounded great and it was good to provide encouragement for them.
We are planning to visit some relatives on the weekend of March 7. They live in southern Germany on the border of Switzerland in a town called Singen. It will be an eight hour plus ride on a train. We will have the opportunity to see more of Germany. Hopefully we will have some pictures to share with you when be blog again.
We are looking forward to our first Easter in Berlin, which will also be Lucy's birthday - March 22nd. We praise God for His love and care and especially for Jesus.
