03 Aug Germany: Day 1 of the English Camp

The 11 members of the Germany Mission Team flew to Europe on Saturday, July 31. The team will participate in two five-day English camps at the Aloys-Henhoefer school in southern Germany, in what is a partnership between the school and Huntington University. Galen and Maritta Fiedler, Global Ministries staff, work at this school.

The first English Camp began on Monday, August 2. The day started at 8 a.m. with a team meeting, devotions, and prayer. They met their group for the week–2 team members, 7 students–and then traveled by bus to Karlsruhe for a photo scavenger hunt (get as many of the 19 photos as possible during the allotted time). After lunch at a park, they returned by bus to the school. The team members then went home with their host families.

Cathy Reich, co-leader (with husband J. R.), writes:

“Today was a great day for starting to build relationships with our students. Two team members were assigned 5 students and got to spend the day together, communicating to accomplish a task. The kids were great. Leaders within each team rose to the top and helped their team with what they needed to accomplish.

“The German students did a great job. They were mostly eager to try the American lunch, but weren’t terribly impressed with our way of making sandwiches. Most of them did not like the A&W root beer–it was too sweet! One even thought it tasted like bubble gum.

“Tonight (Monday) is the first night for the individual team members to be in their guest homes for the week. There is much excitement and very many opportunities to share their faith.”