Going BIG in Germany

Hello from Tommy:

Our group started our second full day in Weimar today. We taught US Geography to the kids. Jarrett and Travis Porter led in the classrooms and did real well. We spent the afternoon playing soccer in the park then went to the church for a good German dinner.

We also were encouraged by the testimonies of three German believers. Its cool to see how God moves here in Germany. One girl spoke about coming to visit the church 3 years ago because a group of Americans were here. She is now a Christian.

We all ate dönners for lunch. They're turkish gyros and De-lish! The kids are learning German like crazy. They are loved very much by our hosts.

Pleas pray that God will energike our group as the week rolls on!

Sunday and Monday

On Sunday, we went to church and then mostly hung out with our host families because the rest of the week we will tend to leave early and get home late. At church, we observed the Lord's Supper and it was really cool. Rather then pass the bread and juice down the aisles, people go up to the front in small groups and take the communion together, out of a common glass and a common bread basket.
Many families chose to take their students around Weimar and see the sights and historical sights (many nationally famous philosophers and so forth). Jarrett and my family took us to Erfurt, the capitol of Thuringen, Germany (the state we're in). It was a lot of fun.

Today, Monday, we went into the schools and taught English for the first time. It was a lot of fun getting to know the kids and speak with them.

In Him,
Mark Evans

Greetings from Weimar,Germany

Hi from Christina Wiechecki

Well we made it to Germany safely. We only had one mishap along the way. While at the Frankfurt Airport we waited at McDonald's for Tim. When he got there, we took off to the train station, and once we got there Mark realized he didn't have his back pack! So he had to run back to find it...keep in mind that it took us twenty minutes to get to the station so double that and it would be forty minutes, which Mark did not have. However he did make it back in time and with his backpack, the only thing he lost along the way was a pillow.

My first night in Weimar was great and the family I am staying with is very nice. They do not speak very much English but it works out. They took me sitghtseeing today and we got to know each other a little better.

Tommorrow we go into the schools so please pray for us because we just found out we are going to have more classes then expected. It is going to take some flexibility and creativity to get things in order.

In Christ,
Christina

Germany Mission Trip

March 9-March 18, 2007

Our 13 member team left for Weimar, Germany at 8:40 a.m. today and will arrive in Frankfurt Main Airport in Germany at 6: a.m. on March 10. Please pray for them as they lead in Basketball Camp and English Classes.

Our team is:
Travis Blanton
Tommy Courson
Rachel Denton
Shawn Dickerson
Mark Evans
Andrew Gunter
Katherine Harrell
Travis Porter
Jake Shepherd Sac
Greg Sipe
Christina Wiechecki
Courtney Zajac