Time is Flying

Time is flying by. My last post, the time has flown by and there has been so many things happen. Just in this past week we have had a week long event in the church with the youth where we are living together, going about daily life as normal, building comradery and sharing life together. We have also been major participants in a City Festival celebrating the 90th anniversary. The city of Siegburg as a whole is celebrating its 950th birthday this year. There was also a youth camp with a   "3,000-4,000" youth here in town. The weekend before we were by the Christian Elementary school, at their Summer Kids Fest, with the batting cage. This was the same school that I worked at during the year in the middle school part.

I was also invited by some friends from last years baseball camp to go with them to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of D-Day. That was really exciting and we got to do a lot of things, see a lot of things and war vehicles. It was very humbling to be standing in the same places as famous war heroes of our country!

This past month and a half has been crazy busy preparing everything for baseball camp making sure that everyone has everything that they need. At the same time preparing everything that I need. There has been a lot of great ideas come together by some great minds of great volunteers! I can't wait to see it all come together in a couple weeks. In one week the first group of Americans will be here in Germany. Be praying for us as we enter the schools to share our camp with the surrounding schools and hopefully a few opportunities to share Christ with those students as well.

Be praying for Basix as well. Ralf and I will be the speakers and preparation is full under way for those sermons. We have a great story to share about what God did in the life of a great Christian baseball player as well as the story and love of Jesus Christ! Pray for the hearts to be open to hear the word of God and His love! Be praying for me as I continue to prepare that message, as well be praying for Jonathan Kedaj as he will be translating the message to German. I wish so bad that I could preach it in German, but even now for Ralf who has spoken English for years it is very difficult to preach what God has on your heart in a foreign language.

This Wednesday I will be heading to another town in Germany that is starting a brand new baseball camp this year. I will be helping them enter their schools sharing baseball camp with them, getting the word out in their community about how great it is to be at baseball camp and again we pray that there will be some side opportunities to share Christ's love in those schools.

I can't believe it but this Saturday is my last "normal" Saturday in Germany. I can't even believe it as I type it now. As of tomorrow I will have been in Germany for one year and in less than one month will be back in the States preparing to get married. God has done so many great things and I appreciate the support of every single person, your prayers, your thoughts, encouragement has all helped me through this year to accomplish what God has done through and in me. I will be very sad to leave. I hope that one day soon God will provide a way for me to return.

Keep an eye out for a few more updates as the week progress and many things are happening!