During this Advent season, and our early months in Germany, we have been thinking a lot about surprise visitors and those who must travel long distances to find safety. We, ourselves, have had the lesson and privilege of many surprises …

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Learning a new language is difficult enough; but arriving on the first day of school just to find out we’ve been kicked out is another story! Let us tell you the story.

We had been patiently waiting for intensive language …

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As many have already read, there were some terrorist attacks in France last night. Although Paris is not very close to us in Hamburg, it’s still a shock to think that such a large-scale attack happened in one of our …

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Recently, I spent some time at Café Why Not?, a parachurch organization designed to reach the lost in Germany through their coffeehouse, language school and ministry to refugees. I sat down at one of the wooden tables and closed my …

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The other day while our 2 year old was “napping,” she somehow got into the top changing table drawer and pulled out the diaper cream. Now, this is not any ordinary diaper cream. No, no, no. It is GERMAN diaper …

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We have been in Germany for a little over a month now! We wanted to take a moment to share some of our favorite things as well as things we miss the most (besides the obvious): our friends and family!…

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The first day of… School

Though we have only been living in Germany 3 weeks, we are discovering many differences in culture and practice from the U.S. One big difference is how involved the church is with public schools. In …

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Where did July go…

We certainly have no clue!  We have been so busy with packing, visiting loved ones, packing and more packing!

Please continue to pray for us as we leave in 8 days…8 DAYS!!!!!!!!

Our life has to …

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This past month I (Phillip) had an amazing opportunity to visit Germany in preparation for our move this fall.  First, I had the chance to spend quality time with our team in Pinneberg. I stayed with different members of our

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Have you ever noticed how much can change in a year’s time?  For us, much has changed from a year ago today.  In a few weeks I (Phillip) will be traveling to Hamburg to visit our team and to look …

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