Klauslis in Korntal

A ministry with a blessing

One of the things that I have enjoyed most so far about our ministry here at the Akademie for World Mission is meeting and having fellowship with so many different missionaries. At the beginning of the year we started hosting a biweekly small group and a social about once a month for students who live at or near the school. At our social last night we had, what I thought, an incredible mix of people:

• Two Wycliff missionaries (one from Russiaand one from Chad)
• One former missionary from Colombia
• One missionary on furlough from Africa
• One person who is getting ready to leave for Brazil to work with street children
• A nurse who just returned from a 10 year term in Mozambique
• A couple who is getting ready to leave for Costa Rica in a few months
• An MK from Japan getting ready to go to Thailand
• A Swiss couple who just returned from Indonesia.

I am amazed and encouraged to see how the Lord has called each of these people to minister in all different parts of the world and I am blessed to be able to share in and learn about these ministries on all continents. It almost gives me a glimpse of what heaven might be like when we see all the things the Lord has been doing around the world.

I know I am back in Germany when…

• I can walk to the local bakery shop to get fresh rolls for breakfast
• I have to remember to bring my own shopping bags to the grocery store
• The instruction manual on how to recycle is 47 pages long
• I drive 20 mph on the famous Autobahn because of traffic jams
• My washing machine runs for two hours
• I have vast number of choices in the grocery store when it comes to sausages, cheeses and chocolates
• I buy milk in one liter containers (about 40 per month)
• I can often get places faster by train than by car
• I need to air out my house every day (since there is no central heating or air)
• I have not closets in my apartment
• The children can ride their bikes to the local grocery store
• My main means of transportation are my feet
• Applications for just about everything run through the government
• The local church bells tell me the time if I forget my watch
• I pay $8 per gallon for gas