4th of July

My sweet friends joined me for my birthday on July 4th for a paddle boat cruise up the river Elbe. There was a live Dixieland band playing on board which made it a perfect "American" celebration :)

Hamburg!

Beloved friends, Dierk and Nadia, were married in July near Nadia's hometown... Hamburg! We had an awesome time (our Dresden crew: Tom & Jen Bragg & two of their kids, Andrew, Yun & Samuel Ho, and myself) The wedding took place in a tiny church in the woods and the reception was... very German! It was my first German wedding so I wasn't prepared for the extravagant and ongoing reception that followed :) I don't have a clue how late we got home that night! The following day, before we headed back to Dresden, we took a boat tour through the Hamburg harbor. Beautiful indeed. Lots of water streets through the town. It was so nice to get out of Dresden for a bit and see a different part of the country.

International Christian Assembly

In June we started a new international church near the center of town. Here is a picture of our team. We currently meet in a dance studio, "TanzZentrum". Our pastors, Mike and Gabi, moved to Germany two years ago to plant a church and the good Lord brought us all together! Mike (from England) preaches in English and Gabi (originally from Germany) translates into German. I'm leading worship along with a couple other members of our team. There are several nations represented in our congregation..Africa, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, England, Scottland, America, Canada, Australia, and the list goes on. It's a blast. I love it! To get to worship with so many nations all together... it's a small taste of what's to come in heaven.

Here we go again!

After realizing that I just might be the worlds worst blogger...I'm giving it another shot! Look forward to posts and pictures to come later today... *holly