Last night we got together with several of our friends from German language classes to say “Goodbye” as several of us are finishing our time at the school. It was a lot of fun as you can see from the photos and we got to meet many of our friends’ spouses and boyfriends. We all met at Alejandra’s (she’s from Colombia and returns there for the summer) and her husband’s (from Switzerland) house and we ate brats, salad, bread and strawberries and cream. Magda (from Poland), Eliana (from Brasil) and her husband Stefan (from Switzerland), Kim (from England) and her boyfriend (also from England), Yoyok (from Indonesia) and his wife (from Switzerland) were all there.

One of the interesting things for me about this party was the amount of languages spoken there. We had, of course German, which everyone spoke some of. We also had English with almost everyone could speak some of too. But then also being spoken was Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesish, French, and I think somebody threw in some Italian for some reason. I finally turned to Magda and said she should speak some Polish just to add another language. She turned to me and said that would be silly, there’s nobody to speak Polish with so then she would just be speaking with herself. I said that was fine as long as she didn’t start replying to herself. Luckily, she speaks and understands English well enough to understand that it was a joke.

Now we are on to the next phase in our time here. Full time eDOT work. I just hope my brain can adjust.

Please pray:

• That we can continue to work on our German, as we would like to become proficient. To do this we need to build relationships with German people who will have patience with us
• That we are not overwhelmed in yet another transition.
• For the many of our fellow missionaries who will be flying back home to reconnect with their family and friends.

Thank you and God bless.