What to do when you don’t know what to do

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Emma’s haircut

Emma decided she really wanted her hair cut… and today was the big day!  She wanted to donate her hair to make a wig for those that lose their hair (like cancer patients), but it wasn’t long enough.  It still needed a few more inches.  We think she looks really cute!

Well, here are the before

 

… and after photos.  This is Emma with her friend Izzy (also a missionary kid).

My brave little girl!

On Saturday we had a day at the pool.  The kids absolutely love it there!  And Emma’s friend talked her into going off the high dive. 

At first she wouldn’t jump off towards the middle of the pool (see the picture), but we were eventually able to convince her to do so.  What a great kid!

Photoshop is a wonderful thing!

I asked Aaron, our friend who is doing the brochures for our upcoming church plant Watermark Church – Freiburg, if he could photoshop out a little bit of my stomach flab in this picture… this is what he came up with. What do you think?

That’s funny… I don’t care who ya are!

Watermark Freiburg Online

The website for our coming Freiburg, Germany church plant is finally online!  Check it out at http://watermarkfreiburg.de.  Although it’s not yet finished, you’ll be able to get an idea of what we’re trying to accomplish through our church in the Freiburg area.  I’d be interested in your feedback about the site.

Two silver candlesticks…

The year is 1815.  A man by the name of Jean Valjean is released from prison after 19 yrs.  He comes to a new town where he’s forced to show his prison release papers… but then is shunned by both the mayor and the townspeople.

The only person who will feed him is Bishop Myriel, who also invites him to spend the night.  Not realizing that Myriel is a bishop, he steals the silverware and leaves in the middle of the night.

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Photos from Freiburg

We love Freiburg, Germany!  We will be planting a church there in October so we are spending quite a bit of time there.  It’s about 45 minutes away from where we live.  Here are some of the latest photos taken this week.

 

These top 2 are actually window decorations from our village in Kandern.   This is definitely Carnival season!

The guy was playing a kind of an upside down steel drum that I have never seen before and pan pipes… all while he was kicking a Cajon drum.

This guy was playing acoustic guitar and was really good!

Yes, this is still Germany…but looks more like Morocco.

Germans love to drink and they are really creative about it…

This is actually a large bicycle that is powered by 8 people.  Each of them are drinking “German Beer”  and pedaling while they are getting some exercise going around the city of Freiburg.