Middle School Overnight

On Friday, September 26th, I had a chance to chaperon the middle school overnight in Loerrach. 56 young students and 9 adults spent time hicking, playing, watching movies, singing by the camp fire, eating hot dogs and praising God for good weather, friends and the beauty of his creation. Notice that sleeping was not one of the activities listed!

Do you know what Creeking is?

On Thursday night, our night to volunteer at the dorm, we were introduced to a new term, Creeking. Well, we got a chance to see it in full swing as the young men of HBR went out and captured the lead singer of the band playing, Jeff Dresser, at BFA for Spiritual Emphasis Week. They brought him back, carried him down (carefully) and lowered him into the creek. The water here in Germany is a balmy 16 degrees Celsius, otherwise known as 60 degrees Fahrenheit. So, needless to say the boys had fun making Jeff an honorary member of HBR. There were some questions to answer with the head of Residential Life the next morning, but we are not fired, yet.

Learning to drive in Germany

Do you know Heather drives a mean bumper car? Given the fact that she has had neck issues for the past few months, we decided that on our first date night we should go to the bumper cars. While this is not really the case, we did stumble across a random bumper car ride and decided to bring some levity to our night. While there were only 4 of us driving, there were many collisions and some major confusion on both Heather and my part as we didn't know how to get the cars into reverse.

Dorm Parents - Not Really

Heather, the boys and I had an opportunity to sub for Greg & Danielle Storrs, the dorm parents at

Haus Bad Riedlingen (HBR). HBR is a dorm at BFA where 24 young men live and spend a great deal of their time outside of the classroom. We will be covering for the Storrs every other Thursday night so that they can have a few hours off their amazingly busy schedule. Last night we had a chance to get to know these men a little better and hopefully lay the groundwork for some meaningful relationships. We also had an opportunity to get to know Brandon and Anna, the two RA's and work with them. We had a great time and look forward to serving there again soon.