Adventures

These past couple of weeks have just flown by. It is officially spring here in Innsbruck, raining almost daily. It is crazy to see the mountains at this time of year. Everything is all green except there is still snow at the tops. Lilac bushes are in full bloom and they seem to be everywhere.

(The view once more from our living room window. It looks a lot different now than it did when we first came. I sure am going to miss this view when we move in a couple of months.)

About two weeks ago we were on the train headed to Speyer, Germany to meet our friend John Garske (from Seward, NE) who was there for a Christian conference. It was amazing to see how God worked so that we could attend the conference as well. We grew and were challenged those four days that we were there in Speyer. It was a beautiful little town, much more like Nebraska or Kansas than Innsbruck is. Monday morning we took the train with John back to Innsbruck (and started our 4^th German class the next day). He stayed with us until Friday morning when he flew home. We had a great time showing him the town that we live in as well as some of the ministries we are a part of. We also did a little traveling, to Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Italy. By train these are two hours or less away so we took a couple of day trips. It was our first time traveling to all of these countries; they were beautiful and fun to visit. We were definitely encouraged having John with us for a week or so.

(This is in Switzerland and behind us is flags from 4 of the 5 countries we visited while John was here. Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Lichtenstein. If only they had Italy too!)

Friday morning John flew out early in the morning, we had German class all morning and then headed out for Seefeld, Austria with our team. (Luckily this was only a half hour away). We enjoyed spending the weekend there with Dave, Cathrin, and Carrie. We did many team building activities, had lots of meetings, and great food. We left there feeling encouraged and motivated. We came home and have had the privilege to spend time with Tara Sharp who is currently staying with us until tomorrow. It has been great to have her, getting to know her better as well as be encouraged by her (hopefully there has been some of that the other way as well). Tara was apart of our team for the last five years but now has a different position through Reachglobal where she is the head of the camp division. She is also from Nebraska and went to Timberlake for any of those of you that don’t know her.

It is nice to just relax for a few days but that won’t last for long because on Saturday we go to Pfiu (I don’t know if that is spelled right) but it is a Christian youth conference, I believe for all of Austria. Most of our youth is going. I am excited to see how God uses us while we are there for the few days.

Please be praying for us and that God will use us. That we will be intentional about sharing with others about God and what He is doing in our lives. Be praying that God gives us more opportunities as well. Thanks for all your prayers!