Luke, Morgan, and Fritz: going 126 miles per hour on the autobahn on our way to Berlin. Vroom.
Morgan: our overnight airplane ride from Philadelphia to Amsterdam
Luke: the public pool in Witt along with super high dive and body slide
Fritz: visiting our mission partners (Pastor Thomas Cremer, family, and Angelika Knispel) from Mecklenburg in the ancient town of Havelburg, outside and inside the Dom, constructed in 1008 AD
LuAnne: Walking to the Hundertwasser (Dr Seuss looking school) in Wittenberg with new friend, Dr Jean, who is co-director of the ELCA Wittenberg Center.
Morgan: The young ladies at the Luther Hotel befriending Morgan, giving her markers, books, and a little whale. One day they had her come into their office to play Webkinz for a little while on their computer.
Luke: Visiting the concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, north of Berlin, and learning more about WWII.
Fritz: Seeing a fox on the beautiful backroads we drove home Sunday evening after seeing our mission partners.
LuAnne: touring Berlin—Checkpoint Charlie, the Berliner Dom, the Brandenburg Gate, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial and more.
Morgan: buying an Berlin Bear in Berlin airlift outfit.
Luke: seeing all the unique animals (especially Albert Einstein looking monkeys) as the Witt zoo.
Fritz: preaching the Saturday evening service in the high pulpit of the Castle Church, directly above the grave of Martin Luther. (Hopefully the sermon wasn’t too deadly J)
LuAnne: Meeting our new friends, Professor Paul Lutter from Augsburg College in MN, Lutz, and Dr Jean and Pastor Steve—spending time with them at the Thursday evening English speaking get-together and more.
Morgan: eating lots of yummy ice-cream
Luke: Having barbecue lunch at the home of a new friend, Lutz, along with his daughter, Maxie, and dog, Onja; picking strawberries and playing with Lutz’s steam engine that really worked.
LuAnne: enjoying all the German beer and wine.
Fritz: enjoying a different country and growing in our faith as a whole family, together. Learning so much about our Lutheran heritage in the homes of Martin Luther, Lucas Cranach, and Philip Melancthon, as well as the beautiful churches with artwork.
Just today: worshiping with a tour group from Ohio (many from Epiphany with Pastor Larry Hoffsis) in the chapel.
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Guten tag Herr Wiese,
Glad to hear you're all having a great time. I hope you are getting all you expected out of your trip.
By the way, when will you be home? We need to make sure we have all the beer cans cleaned up. Our bonfire got a little out of hand, but just think, there will be less leaves for you to rake up in the fall!!
Have a great time and have a big hefeweizen for me!!
The Piphers lost in the bottom of the 7th this week!
Troy
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