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England and Germany: December 2006, Day 1
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006Anyone who knows me well knows that I am an inveterate (seasoned, confirmed) nap-taker [any who do not know me well, now know me better].Though frequent, my “forty winks” usually last about that long-unless I am very tired. No surprise, then, that I slept and slept on the first leg of my flight from San [...]
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Germany (Baden-Baden): 2010, Day 13
Monday, March 15th, 2010When traveling on a long trip like this, I find it very difficult to keep track of which day it is—and almost impossible to keep the date straight. That sounds silly, in one way, because I write a journal most days and include the day and date! Somehow, those administrative details (changing the day/date on [...]
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Germany (Baden-Baden): 2010, Day 14
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Jochen arranged for me to get a chance to speak to several of the pastors in this area of Germany, so he picked me up at the hotel just after 9:30am for the 15 minute drive to a nearby village where one of their daughter-churches meets. Seven of us spent the morning and early afternoon [...]
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Germany (Bochum): 2010, Day 9
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Jan, Pamela and I took two trains to arrive in Bochum, one of the cities in a heavily industrialized part of Germany. In many ways, the area reminds me of eastern Pennsylvania and other parts of the northeast (US), where a changing economy and the loss of manufacturing jobs, as well as the decline in [...]
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Germany (Diepholz): 2010, Day 7
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010We spent most of the day (9am-2pm) traveling north by train to Diepholz. As we went further and further north, the amount of snow on the ground increased considerably, so it was like riding on the train in the old movie Dr. Zhivago. The trains were very comfortable and warm, so the journey was pleasant [...]
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Germany (Engstingen): 2010, Day 12
Sunday, March 14th, 2010We stayed in a quaint mountain hotel with a breakfast bar specializing in natural foods; not natural as in tasteless, but whole milk, homemade yogurt and jams, a fresh juicer machine, baked-on-premises breads, etc. Oh my, but I ate allot. Pamela stayed in the hotel to rest while I went off to continue the seminar [...]
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Germany (Frankfurt): 2010, Day 3
Friday, March 5th, 2010Due to the huge time difference between Germany and California, our “Day 3” on this trip wasn’t the third full day we’ve been gone. But to maintain some sanity in my travels, I adopt the days’ spread where I travel, as opposed to the days that have actually transpired back home. Sleeping at such odd [...]
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Germany (Frankfurt): 2010, Days 1-2
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Looking back over the last ten days, while sitting in our hotel in Frankfurt, it’s a bit difficult to believe we actually made it to Europe as planned. Following a fantastic KWAM at Coastlands with nearly 90 young adults from Foursquare churches throughout the west, getting revved up for more ministry leadership—and a few days [...]
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Germany (Mainz): 2010, Day 4
Saturday, March 6th, 2010Pamela and I enjoyed the breakfast buffet again, only this time we ate nice and early (7:00am)! That’s a great breakfast-time! Upon returning to the room, she promptly went back to bed, and I spent several hours working and reading. Poor thing; her jetlag is still going strong, and she couldn’t stay awake throughout the [...]
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Germany (Mainz): 2010, Day 5
Sunday, March 7th, 2010After another feeding at the breakfast buffet, it was time for me to begin the work of this trip in earnest. Over the next 10 days, I will be offering seminars to Foursquare pastors/leaders and church planters in several regions of Germany. Jan’s thought for my tour is that many more lay leaders in the [...]
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Germany (Mainz): 2010, Day 6
Monday, March 8th, 2010It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that I love church—the activities, the gathered people, the worship, the noise, the practicing worship band, the classroom preparations by teachers and the drop-off of kids to those classrooms. I love the smell of coffee, the sound of friends greeting one another and the general sense of expectation [...]
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Germany (Mainz): August 31-September 2
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Germany and Bulgaria: June 2008, Day 5
Saturday, June 21st, 2008I made a tactical decision that I later regretted. My flight from Frankfurt to Prague didn’t leave until 9:25am, but somewhere in the vague recesses of my (already) vague memory, I thought I remembered advice to get to the airport three hours before departure. For all I know, that recommendation may have been a randomly [...]
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Germany Leiterschaft Seminar 2010
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010In March of 2010, Daniel was invited to Germany to visit many different Foursquare churches to talk about the subject of Grace and the Law. These recordings, heard in both English and German, are from his teachings at the church in Engstingen.
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Germany, Switzerland, Poland and Hungary: March 2-April 2, 2010
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Daniel will be traveling throughout Germany to meet with many different churches’ pastors and leaders throughout the first of half of March. Daniel will then be heading down to Switzerland for a Pastors’ Retreat. From there Daniel will go to Poland and then Hungary to meet with more pastors and leaders in some of their [...]
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Germany: 2010, Days 10-11
Saturday, March 13th, 2010DAY 10
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Our last day in Bochum was a fabulous combination of conversations, culminating in the evening with a leaders’ meeting for Volker’s church. He kept telling me all day that he didn’t know how many people would show up, and I figured it would be 12-20 or so. But apparently, word got out from the [...] -
Germany: December 2006, Day 2
Friday, December 29th, 2006Let’s just say the drive to the little hotel where I’m staying took nearly two hours, so I managed to conk out just before 2:00 am. Patric, a 28-yr. old man studying theology, was my hearty driver, and I told him over and over how grateful I was for him to be up so late [...]
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Germany: June 2008, Day 1
Sunday, June 15th, 2008How many friends can you call upon to pick you up on a Sunday at 5:00am for a ride to the airport? Not many, I would guess. Fortunately, I have a few who actually enjoy the early morning. One of those early-birds picked me up a little before 5:00, and we had a nice ride [...]
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Germany: June 2008, Day 2
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008I arrived in Frankfurt just before 11:30am, and made my way immediately through Passport Control and Customs to the arrival hall. There were the usual drivers holding up signs with people’s last names printed out, but since no one was going to be waiting for me, I brushed past those eager-looking eye-contacts, out to get [...]
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Germany: June 2008, Day 3
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Guess what? I did virtually nothing all day long! A smattering of emails, my journal, an extended breakfast buffet and newspaper, a really good book (novel) and a very long (2-hrs.) walk took most of the day. Throw in a couple naps of more than my usual 3-7 minutes, as well as dinner at an [...]
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Germany: June 2008, Day 4
Thursday, June 19th, 2008On a standing treadmill, I fast-walk at 4.7 mph. On the not-so-crowded sidewalks where I walked past the train station, down and along the river, up around the old-city tourist area and through the shopping district I think I averaged about 4.2 mph. Traffic lights do not always cooperate with an old guy’s walk. During [...]
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