It's been a while:(

Times flies, even in Germany. We have been here six months already. We thank the Lord for His sovreignty in our lives and how He has blessed us during our time year. Thank you for your support.
It has been suggested that we include more photos, so here we go.

Language acquisition is moving along. What a challenge! Lucy is finishing one class and will begin another on May 7th. Lucy also works with a tandem partner whose name is Gesa.

Dieter practices German when he can, for example, with one of the RockBerliners who wants to improve her guitar playing.

Recently we learned that May 1st is a national holiday in Germany. We attended an outdoor church service in another part of Berlin. The service was attended by approximately 100 believers. It rained that morning, but when the service started the rain stopped and the band led us in worship music. There were short messages by people representing different Christian organizations in Berlin. It was exciting to hear what God is doing through groups like Teen Challenge. They are helping people get off the street and out of addictions.
Several of the Rock Berliners enjoyed the service and the activities.

The other side of the coin is that a few blocks away the Communists had a stage and made speeches for their cause.

We recently taught on prayer for three weeks. During that time we had an all-night prayer vigil at church which finished with a prayer breakfast. There seems to be food with every activity:)
Sorry, no pictures of this event.

We have shown you pictures of the room where we hold our services, but I would like to add one with our unique cross. It is a Bat signal type of cross.

That's enough pictures for this blog

Rock Berlin has encouraged outreach and a couple of our young moms have started ministering to pregnant singles. Lucy helps by caring for the children of the ministering moms.
In two weeks we will begin our volleyball ministry in a local park. This will be new for Lucy and I. This ministry provides opportunity to create relationships with non-believers in a relaxed atmosphere.

God is working at RB and we thank you for enabling us to take part.