Bibleschule!!!!

Dear Ones,

We had a good morning. "guten morgen."Bruce and I played worship with a couple students, and it was great!! Bruce led the devotional. (They start their day M,W, and F with devos for 1 1/2 hours. ) Afterwards, we had a meeting with anyone who wanted to be involved in worship. We had a good response. The kids are eager to learn and be used. 6 of them claim to be worship leaders already, and there are other singers, guitar players, keyboardist, and percussionists. We put them on a list with their gifts, and availability. So now we'll be putting together teams for them to play. There are 4 opportunities a week to play. There are 12 weeks left in the semester. One of those weeks is called outreach week. The students pick a place to go with a team to minister in different ways. Some are going to Greece, some Germany, some England or Israel. They have to pay for it as well. They will do things from evangelism to helps ministries in various outreaches and churches.

Tomorrow is Bruce's worship class. We put together a syllabus for the semester. It will be an overview of worship. Both the "heart and art" of worship. It's a 2 1/2 hour class. The first half will be about worship in the scriptures, including examples of men and women of God. It will address the heart of the worshipper, and his attitude and motives.
The second half will focus on the technique and skills of a worship leader, team member, and individual. It will cover everything from playing instruments to creating flow on a worship set, congregational connection, etc.
We'll also be mentoring students in their skill level with guitar, vocals and keyboards.This will be done on an individual as well as class level. We have our work cut out for us!!!

We're adjusting well to Germany. Jet lag is pretty much over, although sometimes around 4 pm we'll get a bit sleepy. We've been walking a lot, and breathing fresh, snowy air! Everything is covered in white. There's a river right across the way from us that's very full. Yesterday we hiked up a hill that overlooked the city. It was very pretty. I hear bird songs here I've never heard before. Still can't see them, but they sure are inspiring!

Tonight there is a class open for the church community, held at CCSiegen .It's David Guzik's weekly class in Hebrews. (he's in brazil right now, but will be back on Sunday).David is the head of the bibleschule(college) and is a tremendous teacher. Tomorrow night there's a class on German offered. Of course, we'll be taking it!. Have to learn this Deutch!
Thursday is Bruce's other class on Church History. It's a 2 1/2 hour class as well.

We're connecting well with the students. They are very welcoming, and are coming up and talking with us. They have a heart for God and for learning. Some are Americans, and others are from all over Europe ; one's from Ethiopia.
The church here is about 800 people. It's a very dynamic church, and is attracting lots of young German families. The Lord is really moving in this church. You can pray for their pastor, Nick Long. He has a slipped disk, and is probably going to need surgery unless God miraculously heals him. (which we pray He will)

We'll keep you updated with more details as we go. We're so grateful to be here, to be available for whatever God would have us do. We are so grateful for you as well. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be here; for your prayers, support, and love.
Maranatha!!
Bruce and Teresa