Monday - 8am leave home to catch 8.15am train to Basel for our hike.
We both need to catch up on homework and writing in the afternoon.
Tuesday - Roger to Deutsch conversation and Choir
Gaynor will possibly catch up with a friend, clean home, shop and make some phone calls.
Wednesday - Roger to have lunch with a friend here locally. We will do Deutsch homework and other emails, etc. We will do preparation for the evening.
In the evening we will have a Celebration time here beginning with dinner together. This will involve people we have recently met or yet to meet! We are looking forward to this time together.
Thursday - Roger to Deutsch conversation and then to meet a friend possibly in Basel
Gaynor to have her Deutsch lesson
Friday - Into Centrepoint and then possible follow up contacts. We'll see how the week unfolds!
Saturday - we hope to take our new Indian friend Godfrey and also another person we have yet to meet who will be in the area for a week, on a trip on the train within the area. But we haven't organized this yet. It's just in the talking stage.
Sunday - friends will be taking us into Switzerland to see a YWAM Celtic Community
Sunday 24 February 2008
The week that was
Well, we survived the week, and why shouldn't we!! We do enjoy beginning the week with our hike. It seems to blow away the cobweb's and gives us a good start! So, up early and on the train by 8.15am.
Roger has been very busy and much coming and going. There was a large model railway exhibition on a the Christian German School in Stetten and Roger was able to help with some of the detailed work for this. And what a great outreach this was to the community. Seeing people relaxed and wanting to talk did both our hearts good. Of course Roger spent a lot more time there than I did, but good contacts were made, not least of all with a couple who have just moved to Schopfheim and are teachers at the school. We hope to catch up soon.
The Mosaic Team meeting that Derek Webster chaired was a constructive evening and we will in time see the outcome of this.
We have made Deutsch learning a high priority this year, so any free time is spent listening, writing, reading, speaking. We are both very positive about this, but Roger is way ahead of me. I'm not too worried. All of our work is in English but it is still in our interest to persevere. One of the young people at Church laughs at our 'Dinglish', as she calls it!
So, thanks for your prayers. If you're reading this we'd love some feedback ! ! !
Roger has been very busy and much coming and going. There was a large model railway exhibition on a the Christian German School in Stetten and Roger was able to help with some of the detailed work for this. And what a great outreach this was to the community. Seeing people relaxed and wanting to talk did both our hearts good. Of course Roger spent a lot more time there than I did, but good contacts were made, not least of all with a couple who have just moved to Schopfheim and are teachers at the school. We hope to catch up soon.
The Mosaic Team meeting that Derek Webster chaired was a constructive evening and we will in time see the outcome of this.
We have made Deutsch learning a high priority this year, so any free time is spent listening, writing, reading, speaking. We are both very positive about this, but Roger is way ahead of me. I'm not too worried. All of our work is in English but it is still in our interest to persevere. One of the young people at Church laughs at our 'Dinglish', as she calls it!
So, thanks for your prayers. If you're reading this we'd love some feedback ! ! !
Sunday 17 February 2008
WEEK BEGINNING 18 FEBRUARY
Monday - hiking with the Basel hiking group then home to answer emails, etc.
Tuesday - Roger will spend the day in Basel with Deutsch conversation, Choir and then meeting with a friend in the afternoon.
- Gaynor will be meeting with a friend at 9.30am and then will be catching up on Deutsch homework, writing letters and cleaning the house!
Wednesday - We will spend the morning in Meditation and listening to what God has to say to us.
- Rog will have lunch with a friend
- Gaynor to go into Centrepoint, Basel to help with the folding of the monthly Magazine.
- Mosaic special meeting with Derek Webster. Would really value your prayers for this time to be encouraging, constructive and helping us to move forward.
Thursday - Roger into Basel for Deutsch conversation. In the afternoon he will be doing voiceover for a friend.
- Gaynor to catch up with a friend and then have Deutsch conversation and continue with her writing course.
Friday - Both involved with Centrepoint morning tea. Gaynor was to have her Girl's Night but this has had to be postponed because many are not available at this time.
Our doggie friend Woffie will be coming to stay for a week whilst his parents go to Thailand!
Saturday - our darling son Tim will turn 30 and we will be missing out on the happy celebrations!
Tuesday - Roger will spend the day in Basel with Deutsch conversation, Choir and then meeting with a friend in the afternoon.
- Gaynor will be meeting with a friend at 9.30am and then will be catching up on Deutsch homework, writing letters and cleaning the house!
Wednesday - We will spend the morning in Meditation and listening to what God has to say to us.
- Rog will have lunch with a friend
- Gaynor to go into Centrepoint, Basel to help with the folding of the monthly Magazine.
- Mosaic special meeting with Derek Webster. Would really value your prayers for this time to be encouraging, constructive and helping us to move forward.
Thursday - Roger into Basel for Deutsch conversation. In the afternoon he will be doing voiceover for a friend.
- Gaynor to catch up with a friend and then have Deutsch conversation and continue with her writing course.
Friday - Both involved with Centrepoint morning tea. Gaynor was to have her Girl's Night but this has had to be postponed because many are not available at this time.
Our doggie friend Woffie will be coming to stay for a week whilst his parents go to Thailand!
Saturday - our darling son Tim will turn 30 and we will be missing out on the happy celebrations!
The week that was !
We managed to get through the past week, though both of us still feeling rather flat. My Dad dying has really hit us both hard and we continue to feel very separated from our family at this time.
We managed to get quite a lot done throughout the week. Our Heavenly Father is constantly with us and we ask for his strength and wisdom each day.
We have a wonderfully, incredible God. Last Thursday we received a phone call from our German Pastor giving us the details of an Christian man from India who is doing a course in Schopfheim and will be here for 8 weeks. We have met with him and he has been such an encouragement to us. We truly believe God has sent him from India especially for this purpose. We met with him again tonight and read the Bible together, talked and prayed. Why would we be amazed that our amazing God would send someone from India to minister to us at this time?
How very blessed we are to be God's children here in this place.
We managed to get quite a lot done throughout the week. Our Heavenly Father is constantly with us and we ask for his strength and wisdom each day.
We have a wonderfully, incredible God. Last Thursday we received a phone call from our German Pastor giving us the details of an Christian man from India who is doing a course in Schopfheim and will be here for 8 weeks. We have met with him and he has been such an encouragement to us. We truly believe God has sent him from India especially for this purpose. We met with him again tonight and read the Bible together, talked and prayed. Why would we be amazed that our amazing God would send someone from India to minister to us at this time?
How very blessed we are to be God's children here in this place.
Sunday 10 February 2008
Week beginning 11 February
This week in Basel is Carnival (what they call Fasnacht). It is 3 days of celebrations which happen every year. It is school holidays in Basel. Many of the shops close and it seems to be one big party. Roger and I are not feeling like partying. Maybe next year!
So here is a brief description of what we think our week will look like. Roger is still unwell so will try and lie low for the next couple of days. I just hope I don't get sick. It's just not in this week's plans at all.
Monday - Gaynor on the train at 8.15am going to help a friend in need.
- friends coming in the afternoon for a small hike and then dinner together - Roger cooking!
Tuesday - we are really hoping to have this day off together!
Wednesday - administration, phone calls and hoping to catch up with an Aussie friend.
Thursday - both off to Basel for Deutsch learning but in different directions
- Gaynor continues her writing course at Centrepoint in Basel in the evening (6 week course)
Friday - Centrepoint morning tea, visiting contacts and then at the German Youth Group in the evening. We want to have more contact with these gorgeous young people.
Saturday - Roger will be helping a friend at a German Christian School.
Will let you know how it all goes. Do email us if you have any questions. We'd love to hear from you.
Roger and Gaynor
So here is a brief description of what we think our week will look like. Roger is still unwell so will try and lie low for the next couple of days. I just hope I don't get sick. It's just not in this week's plans at all.
Monday - Gaynor on the train at 8.15am going to help a friend in need.
- friends coming in the afternoon for a small hike and then dinner together - Roger cooking!
Tuesday - we are really hoping to have this day off together!
Wednesday - administration, phone calls and hoping to catch up with an Aussie friend.
Thursday - both off to Basel for Deutsch learning but in different directions
- Gaynor continues her writing course at Centrepoint in Basel in the evening (6 week course)
Friday - Centrepoint morning tea, visiting contacts and then at the German Youth Group in the evening. We want to have more contact with these gorgeous young people.
Saturday - Roger will be helping a friend at a German Christian School.
Will let you know how it all goes. Do email us if you have any questions. We'd love to hear from you.
Roger and Gaynor
The week that was
It's good to have a timetable but as we all know, sometimes those timetables just don't work out. This past week has been just like that. I have spent many hours on the phone to my sisters in Perth, I have been looking after Anna, looking after my poor sick husband, and trying to fight off the dreaded lurgie, even as I write this blog!
Thanks for your prayers for us both. We have been very conscious of our loving family and friends this past week. It has been a tough week for us both.
A new week awaits us !
Thanks for your prayers for us both. We have been very conscious of our loving family and friends this past week. It has been a tough week for us both.
A new week awaits us !
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Shocked by Blessing
I read lots of books and most of them are books by authors who are
followers of Christ. A few weeks
ago Shocked by Blessing came in the post.
In this book biblical characters's stories are told in a great perspective. The stories are told with a broad brush giving the reader the gist of the Bible person warts and all. It is amazing to see how ordinary people like Abraham & Isaac and Moses & Joshua are so like us. These stories are creatively interspersed with contemporary people who so like the bible characters are flawed but convey God's blessing nevertheless.
This is the kind of book I can recommend not just because one of the authors is the wife of my cousin Alan, but because the stories are so real.
It is striking to read bible stories (for adults) and the stories of authentic followers of Jesus side by side that resonate within my own life. The sort
of book you can easily loan/give to a thoghtful person whether or not they are a follower of Jesus. (ISBN 978-0-9752422-3-0)
Roger
followers of Christ. A few weeks
ago Shocked by Blessing came in the post.In this book biblical characters's stories are told in a great perspective. The stories are told with a broad brush giving the reader the gist of the Bible person warts and all. It is amazing to see how ordinary people like Abraham & Isaac and Moses & Joshua are so like us. These stories are creatively interspersed with contemporary people who so like the bible characters are flawed but convey God's blessing nevertheless.
This is the kind of book I can recommend not just because one of the authors is the wife of my cousin Alan, but because the stories are so real.
It is striking to read bible stories (for adults) and the stories of authentic followers of Jesus side by side that resonate within my own life. The sort
of book you can easily loan/give to a thoghtful person whether or not they are a follower of Jesus. (ISBN 978-0-9752422-3-0)
Roger
Monday 4 February 2008
OOPS - IT'S MONDAY AND ALREADY CHANGE OF WEEK!
Now, you really will have to read the blog
http://missionsmisunderstood.blogspot.com/
to know what we're doing this week!
We received a phone call from our lovely Swiss friend Fritz Weibel to tell us that Ilona had safely given birth to little Jakob just before midnight last night! In the course of the conversation he asked very politely if it would be possible for us to look after 10 year old Anna for them whilst they both stay at the hospital! Now you have to realise that she speaks little or no English and we speak a little German. But she was very happy to come and stay. So we have visited the hospital in Basel and have brought Anna home with us till Thursday. We will take her into the hospital each day to see her family.
So, just a few little plans to our week, that will include Anna!
http://missionsmisunderstood.blogspot.com/
to know what we're doing this week!
We received a phone call from our lovely Swiss friend Fritz Weibel to tell us that Ilona had safely given birth to little Jakob just before midnight last night! In the course of the conversation he asked very politely if it would be possible for us to look after 10 year old Anna for them whilst they both stay at the hospital! Now you have to realise that she speaks little or no English and we speak a little German. But she was very happy to come and stay. So we have visited the hospital in Basel and have brought Anna home with us till Thursday. We will take her into the hospital each day to see her family.
So, just a few little plans to our week, that will include Anna!
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE !
We'd like you to take a look at this blog
http://missionsmisunderstood.blogspot.com/
We couldn't say it better ourselves. If you really want to know what we are about then take the time to read this blog. He always writes from the heart and in a meaningful and thought provoking way. He's been at it for a little longer than us, but is at least 25 years younger than us. He's working in Barcelona, Spain and sometimes finds the going tough. (Don't we all!).
It would be good to get some feedback on this, especially if you have the time.
http://missionsmisunderstood.blogspot.com/
We couldn't say it better ourselves. If you really want to know what we are about then take the time to read this blog. He always writes from the heart and in a meaningful and thought provoking way. He's been at it for a little longer than us, but is at least 25 years younger than us. He's working in Barcelona, Spain and sometimes finds the going tough. (Don't we all!).
It would be good to get some feedback on this, especially if you have the time.
Sunday 3 February 2008
WEEK BEGINNING 4 FEBRUARY
Here's our week in a bit of a simplified version. It doesn't include our disciplined German learning each day (!!), emails, letters that need to be written or phone calls that need to be made! I'm sure there will be many changes as the week progresses. We are also trying to arrange a catch up with Derek Webster sometime in the next 2 weeks. Hope we can keep you posted!
Monday
- 8am, hiking with the hiking group in Basel
- catching up with our Schopfheim friends Erik, Johanna and Juro (school holidays)
Tuesday
- 9.30-10.30am Roger, German conversation at Centrepoint
- 12.15-1.45pm Roger, Choir practise in Basel
- 9.30 Gaynor to spent time with Aussie friend in Riehen (has new baby)
Wednesday
- 10-12 Gaynor with Eliane
- Roger catching up with either Jamie, Jim or Bernhard (trying to fit these in!)
- Mosaic Leaders meeting (to be confirmed)
Thursday
- 9.30-10.30am Roger, German conversation at Centrepoint
- afternoon, Gaynor into Basel for German conversation with Claudia
- 7.30-9.30pm Gaynor to begin a 6 week writing course
Friday
- 10.30-12.30pm Gaynor hosting morning tea at Centrepoint in Basel
- 6pm German friends Andreas, Constanza and David coming to Dinner
Saturday
- Bernard and Lorraine coming out to spend a LONG time with us both!
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