When was your last supper?

Two young men and brothers, Daniel and Manuel, Brett got to know at camp last summer were baptized in December in their hometown. We celebrate with them and are happy to be a part of God's sowing, watering and reaping.

Well, what do you want with a 3 1/2 year old photographer? We went to Peine this weekend (even though Brett and I weren't really feeling up to it) for game evening. Fiona and I spent the night at Catja's house. It was a wonderful time with a great friend and I'm so glad I could be there for her. Brett spent the night at the church since some young adults from Hannover like to stay up late (I'm talking really late) and play risk.

Meeting with the Johnsen's at their house. We're getting ready to sing, which the girls are very enthusiastic about.

Friday was a long day, after Kindergarten and work, Fiona and I went to our tumbling group and then Brett and Fiona went to a friend's birthday party while I went to a Tupperware party. Brett and Fiona got back at around midnight with 5 out of town guests of the birthday boy. We had a nice visit with them over a pretty late breakfast and then decided it was time for a family outing.

first sledride!!

Kies lake has frozen so we thought we'd go check it out, along with the brave half of Göttingen.

Where have you been?

Yeah, see the castle looking thing up there? That's the youth hostile we met in for the Mid-Winter Rally in Colditz. It's full of history and very impressive.

Wittenberg, where Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses. He is also buried there in the church, a tick of irony.

Circle of friends, chatting about the last year and being content. We kicked the men out, so they could talk about postmodernism and the emergent church in the european context.

Brett preaching from 2 Thess 3:1-5

After the rally, we had a night to get repacked and head to Augsburg for a teen retreat. The tricky part was, our toilets didn't work and neither did the washing machine. A quick call to our landlord on his ski vacation informed us that since it hadn't rained, the well was empty and he had to walk me through how to switch it over so we got city water. This was fixed after Brett and I handwashed the bare necessities.

Fiona was so excied that there was a playground in the child's section of the train. It made a
3 1/2 hour train ride a lot quicker.

Brett didn't plan on such an intense illustration (New Year's Eve didn't go as planned), and the teens really seemed to take a lot away from Brett's devotion.

We had a good time getting to know the people in the Augsburg church (they have amazing facilities!!) I refused to take any pictures of the return trip because we got on a ghetto train that took forever and didn't have such a nice children's section. Bitter, yes, but I know many have it worse...

Thanks for the presents, mom! There will be Mid-Winter Rally and Brett preaching at the youth retreat pictures coming soon!