Kevin*), one of Marianne’s former Sunday School class kids is currently studying at Northwest Nazarene University in Southern Idaho. He had to do a video project for one of his classes, which is posted to on the web. It is called “The Dual”. You can watch it here: “The Dual” (He is the one with [...]

Although unplanned, it was nice that our trip home to Germany coincided with the European Soccer Championship games. We were able to join many German fans in rooting for the national team. Another wonderful celebration we were able to take part in was our nephew Nikolai’s wedding to his lovely wife Anne!

Solomon asked: “Can it be that God will actually move into our neighborhood?” 1 Kings 8:27 (The Message) John states: “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes…” John 1:14 (The Message) Merry Christmas and  Blessed New Year 2009! Thank you for your prayers [...]

This year we hosted three different outreach teams, from Molalla, Sutherlin and Portland, Oregon. We feel so blessed by the wonderful, quality, hard-working, Jesus- and people loving and servant-hearted groups. Although they were here one after another, the work they were involved in was true team-work. All three groups worked on repairing, scraping, caulking, priming [...]