I got to go with the family to church today. I loved it! We were able to walk from their house which I liked a lot too. The service was in German, but thankfully Nevena tried to quietly translate as much as she could for me. There were about 50 people in the congregation and afterwards everyone stayed after to talk and have coffee. It was very quaint and different than what I'm used to, but very good different. It was good to meet some of their friends. We had communion all together and it was a humbling experience to not know what the pastor was saying but to understand the purpose and the celebration of the remembrance of what Christ did for us all. It was a comforting thing to know that even though I cannot yet speak this language, we all can gather in fellowship and community to the same, the one and only, All Mighty God. It is fun to hear the Lord's prayer in German; and one of my favorite things is to hear Andrija and Luka praying in German. It is a very sweet reminder of the loving power Christ brought into the whole world and why He gave himself as an offering. Today was a very sweet day.
After church we went on a bike tour as they say; we just took a bike ride over to a near by small lake and played for a bit before it started raining. The temperature dropped literally 8 degrees C in an hour when we were biking. Outings like that are a very popular thing for everyone to do on the weekends. My advice: Americans should do that more - if we could stand to be outside for longer than an hour in Texas. I know in Texas we hang out at the lake sometimes, but not like this. It was just beautiful!
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