This summer a friend, Karen (middle), was here for a month. She helped lead a group of college students to come during several Januarys for 10 days to Braunschweig. Karen came to support our Connexxion team with various projects. She is a great model to me of faith, being stretched to do something that actually many people could do with their vacation time and "overtime", to make a big difference in another country!
For the first time ever in Connexxion-- this year we had a Bible discussion group in a college residence hall. It was great to be able to enjoy a picnic. We regularly made meals together or brought simple foods to share, & then had our chat about a passage from the Bible. (Kris, on staff, is sitting in the front above).
Sometimes we shared a meal on the 1st floor, or 3rd floor, or even 9th floor kitchen!
Beck is wearing a hat here in front of the dorms, where Mike (left) and Anna lived (middle)-- he and Shawn are from River Church in Norman, Oklahoma, and visited after they helped with a special exchange week with the Connexxion group in Hamburg.
At Connexxion we love theme parties... this was a Mexican night for girls, at Anja's apartment! Here she is with Hülya and Rima.
Jacky made this amazing cheese cake!
Before the semester ended, we were invited to participate as a student club in a university "open house"... where we sponsored a poster display of the "10 Myths of Christianity"...
... and had 3 guest speakers from our church share in a panel discussion about science and faith.
This year it seems like God brought a lot of friends to visit... including Barry, who works for a surfing company called Futures Fins-- he is from a partner church in Huntington Beach, Seabreeze. My friend Christoph (left) invited Kris, Sören, Barry and myself over for a visit.
Lisa (in blue) also donated time this summer to help with Connexxion! She's a nursing student from Michigan, studying in Tennessee.We
We ended the semester with a fun party at Kris'. Pictured here are Warren, from Massachusetts; Janina, from Germany; Thanh, from Vietnam; and Kris, from the land of Texas!
This is the inside of a music / practice room in the dorms, where we met each Tuesday for our Bible discussion group (one of 5 such groups meeting regularly in Braunschweig!).
Janina was drawing an illustration to show the group, called "the Bridge."
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