Tight Rope Walker This is how we feel sometimes!! As we go through this whole process of preparing to leave for the field, we feel high above the ground without a safety net. The cool thing is that this is not true. We are held up by God as this is what He has for us. As we talk to people asking them to support our ministry through prayer and financial giving, we walk a tight line - on one side, we can be very egotistical and think that this ministry is all about us and what God has called US to do (and that is a very long drop if we go in that direction) or on the other side, we can be very timid and not talk to anyone about it (again, a big SPLAT). The reality is that our ministry is all about whats on the other end of the rope - People coming to understand God’s grace and love.

If you would like to hear more about how God is doing this in Europe, please contact us, we would love to talk to you about it.

About the picture: Don’t worry - it’s just a wrought-iron sculpture of a tightrope walker (or the like) on top of the Götzenturm in the city of Heilbronn.

The Götzenturm (Goetz Tower), built in 1392, used to be the southwest pillar of the medieval fortifications of Heilbronn. It is 30 meters (98 ft) high and was named for being mentioned in Goethe’s drama Götz von Berlichingen (1772). In 1519, Götz - an imperial knight, considered sort of the German Robin Hood - had to spend one night as a prisoner in the tower.

Heilbronn is a lovely wine-growing city (pop. 120,000) and the cultural and economic center of the Heilbronn-Franken region. Beautifully situated in the heart of the Neckar valley, Heilbronn is one of Germany’s biggest wine-growing communities, surrounded by 510 hectares (1,260 acres) of hillside vineyards.