Greetings from Germany!!!

Well, first of all, excuse any grammatical errors or blatent shortcuts because the layout of this keyboard is seriously hurting my typing accuracy and speed... it'll probably be shorter too, mostly due to frustration haha

As we departed Joure this morning following the morning's worship service (where we sang a few pieces towards the end, including Loch Lomond by request of the congregation... probably the first it has ever been used in worship!!! they said it gave them the "chickenskin," which we got a kick out of too... now that I think about it, goosebumps is pretty funny too... haha) we were all in agreement that we were very pleasantly suprised and encouraged by the dutch hospitality, and it will be missed!!! Many fond memories made there, and it seems like we've been gone a lot longer than last Tuesday!!!

The concert tonight in Espelkampf was again very well recieved, and an audience of over 200! Our biggest so far, we've usually been bringing in numbers closer to 75 or so, it was great! Evening with the hosts tonight, staying in the suburbs, a completely different environment from Holland, but it's nice... Having great conversation, I think Chad and I may have the only family where all speak fluent english... and they have 3 boys! and, interestingly enough, they're Canadian! thought that was kind of funny :)

Off for sightseeing tomorrow morning early, and it's about time for yours truly to get some sleep, a change from the last few nights... I'll keep making an effort to stay updated! I just posted pictures on my nikon website, not very many because I haven't even looked at them all! But enough to begin to give you a little idea of who, what, and where! the link is below, hope it works to see them! (And I've just realized that my grad photos are still on this card!)

I guess adam was finally able to get the group's blog started, but feel free to keep following along here! He has to wait until he gets it back from the different members of the group before he can post anything, so this will probably be more current.

Thank you for the thougts and prayers! Hope all is well with you, feel free to comment, or get in touch with me via email. Until next time!

Blessings,
John

Oh, and just figured out that I'll have to do photos another way... I'll keep you posted, sorry!!! Probably have something tomorrow....