Hi praying friends,Some of you have been getting our prayer letter for years, so this theme might be something you have heard before!At the beginning of the summer, we had 41 days with no measurable rain. It raised all sorts of conversations in Berl...

Hi praying friends!One of my favorite guilty music pleasures is a bluegrass cover band called the Cleverly's. They do covers of popular songs, and their newest album dropped this week with covers of Right Place Wrong Time, Let's Get it Started, Cree...

Hi praying friends!I am back in the office this morning, trying to catch up on hundreds of emails before a day full of meetings. I am really, really bad at taking my vacation days. Last year I finished the year with over half of my days remaining -...

Hi praying friends,Today I drove one of our interns to the airport. Maria had served for 6 weeks with us, and was one of our first "artists-in-residence." She is a budding author and spent 20 hours a week honing her writing craft. Yesterday aftern...

Hi Praying Friends!Tomorrow our daughter Johannah boards an airplane to fly to Berlin for 12 days - our family of 5 will be all in one place again! Yay!We will be spending a few days together up on the Baltic Sea, and then enjoying some time togeth...

Hi praying friends,One of the really important aspects of our ministry is working hard to establish a sense of presence in our community/communities. We live in a culture in Berlin where 70% of people have no spiritual belief. For almost 3 out of 4...

Hi Praying Friends,Thank you for praying for rain! It has finally rained in Berlin - after 40 days of no rain, we have gotten rain several times in the last week, including a thunderstorm and a long night of rain last night.Our son Caleb recently had...

Dear praying friends,My morning devotion as I walk our dog is listening to the Lectio Divina from 24-7 Prayer. For the next weeks, Pete Grieg is doing a 3-week walking Pilgrimage and sharing some insights. One thing that has struck me is the Pilgri...

Hi praying friends!We had a great time with our last Short Term Team! It was so nice to have them here. This week we have been continuing to onboard our new interns, prepare for our next STT, and get ready for a new art exhibit that opens tomorrow....

Hi praying friends!A team, a resident, and two new interns (for a total of 5 on-site now) - and suddenly, we are a hopping place! It is fun to see the energy, hear people interacting, and have the opportunity to engage in ministries and engage peopl...