American Friends

Well they history with Germany stays consistent; when people come visit the weather is gorgeous.  Which is really nice when having company over because there are so many more things you can do and it's just more comfortable to be outside.

Matt Pearson and David Freed, two friends from Bethel, have spent the summer in Slovakia.  They described their summer as a summer long missions trip and used baseball and other activities to minister to the kids that they cam in contact with.  They got in contact with the directors of this summer program through Bethel and said they had a blast.

 

(We are just kids)

 

Lucky for them, they get to head home tomorrow with a flight out of Munich, but this past week they have spent their time with me and the Osnabrueck Tigers family.  It was a blast... Picked them up from the Hannover airport, where I just got back from dropping them off, last Tuesday.  Got in early Wednesday morning and after sleeping in, we were able to celebrate Grandma's 94 birthday.  Now Grandma is an incredible woman, 94, stills lives on her own, and is super with it and mobile.  IMPRESSIVE!

Back to the Americans...  Last week we just hung around town, took a  stroll through Osnabrueck one day and enjoyed the nice weather and showed them the sights.  Of course I took them too Bela Vista, while they were here had to treat them to all the best of what Germany has to offer.

 

(It's just so pretty)

 

Last weekend we went to Cologne to hangout with Anke and celebrate Dean's birthday with Chris, Flo, and Fabian.  Great time with gorgeous weather, good food, good people and fun times.  Climbed the Cathedral tower, all 500+ steps of them, walked along the Rheine River, and watched some people where some of the weekends activities.

 

(Pre-climb: that's maybe why we were still smiling)

Monday we went swimming at Nette Bed, ate a Doner, and they came and helped out at practice.

Yesterday was a complete chill day and then went into town to hangout with Flo because it was his birthday... Just a time for parties I guess.

It was sad to see them go, but exciting for them because they'll get back to the states and be with those they've missed.

Interesting fact: the one thing we all missed the most, this was really weird because we basically all said it at the same time, was Twizzlers.  While we were in Cologne there was an American candy store so we were able to get some but wasn't enough.  Weird...