Montag, 24. August 2009

Back in Germany - Zurück in Deutschland

Dienstag vor einer Woche sind wir wieder gut in Deutschland gelandet.
Am selben Tag ist allerdings auch Silkes Oma mit 86 Jahren verstorben. Sie lässt Opa zurück, mit dem sie 60 Jahre verheiratet war. Gestern war die Beerdigung.
Bei aller Trauer wissen wir wo sie ist - bei Jesus. Als Christen haben wir eine Hoffnung über den Tod hinaus.

Last Tuesday we arrived safely back in Germany. The same day Silkes grandma died with 86 years. Grandpa is still there. They were married for 60 years! The funeral was yesterday... Within all grief we know where she is - with Jesus. As Christians we have a hope beyond the death.



Montag, 17. August 2009

Douglas Airport Charlotte

"Good morning" we said. But a better description, how we feel right now would be "mourning". Whoever is reading this around Abingdon, THANK YOU SO MUCH! We were here and we had a lot of reconnection with you guys (while I am writing this I have tears in my eyes...). A lot of people have supported us in many ways during the last two weeks. We are truly blessed to know you! We are looking forward to seeing you again. Through Jesus we are connected forever :-), even though we are flying out of your country at 4:20pm...
We love you!


At the Airport in Charlotte

Montag, 10. August 2009

Better than Disney World... - Besser als Disney World

...was probably the German food we cooked last week at our "hotel" (it´s much better than that). One night we talked until midnight about Germand food, so we had to fix some... Next Friday we will eat Schnitzel. Look all the excited faces (this was before we started to eat :-o

... war wahrscheinlich das Essen, was wir letzte Woche hier in unserer Unterkunft gekocht haben. Einen Abend lang hatten wir bis Mitternacht über deutsches Essen gesprochen... und dann in die Tat umgesetzt. Es gab Rouladen, Rotkraut und Kartoffelklöße. Nächsten Freitag gibt´s Schnitzel. Schau dir die Gesichter an (das war noch vor dem Essen :-o

Saturday, we went to some relatives from the family. They had some horses and a bunch of dogs. This day was better than Disney Word (we never been there). We all had a lot of fun.

Samstag waren wir bei Verwandtschaft des Hauses in Tennessee. Einige Pferde und ein ganzer Haufen Hunde. Dieser Tag war besser als Disney World (wir waren noch nicht da). Wir hatten eine Menge Spass.

Silke and her friend Kim.
Silke und ihre Freundin Kim.

Silke with two from eight dogs.
Silke mit zwei von acht Hunden.

Training for Alaska I guess, when we stay in the wilderness.
Training für Alaska, wenn wir in der Wildnis sind.

Mittwoch, 5. August 2009

Abingdon/Virginia

We arrived in Abingdon safely. On our way, we stopped at the Creation Museum near Cincinnati. We really wanted to go there again, and we all had a great time.
We are staying with the Barlows, good friends, here in Abingdon.

Silke is working while Finn is filling up a groundhog hole. Just kidding. Silke went around just for fun, but Finn is filling up the hole.

Martin is doing some paperwork out on the deck.