TEXAN NIGHT - 20 OCTOBER 2007

David and Tom opening the evening with a skit about Texas

The Girl's - Amanda, Laura, Donna Kay and Tara

Marianne and Ilona (with Johnny in the background)

The food!

Amanda and Kim

We had such a great night together (around 50 people came) and it was a lot of fun for us all, especially finishing up with the line dancing. I just didn't get it at all. Give me bush dancing any day! Still, we all joined in and it was lots of fun. A great hall in Riehen very close to public transport, so easy to find (well, for most people anyway!!).

FeG Youth Camp August 2007

David, Simea & Lia Gut
(Youth Pastor)







View from the Chalet
(peak in the middle
is where we climbed
to - unbelievable!)





Group photo of the
Aussie Night
(all dressed in
costume of course!)





Aussie Bush Dance
(Brown Jug Polka)






Sermon on the Mount
- literally!
Roger spoke from
Matthew 5
(what a climb - 1.5hrs
U P )



We had the most wonderful time at the Youth Camp. What a joy for us both to be amongst young people again. We have returned home tired but very happy.

Moving ahead

Things have been a bit quiet during August with many of the team away due to the summer holidays. We have met though and continue to make progress and move forward. Seven of us met Sunday 12 August to discuss the leadership of Mosaic Basel/Loerrach. At our next meeting on 2 September we hope to be able to appoint a team of leaders which will then free Roger and I up a little. Roger will still be one of the leaders. We also looked at a chart of the Church - Apostolic, Evangelism, Prophetic, Teaching and Pastoral and realizing as Christ followers we all fit in to one of these categories. It was a great meeting. A small group from the team have begun to meet to put together a theological statement of what we believe. Interesting times ahead.

Tomorrow Roger and I go on the Youth Camp of FeG Loerrach for a week. We are really looking forward to getting to know the young people better. The camp is to be held At Schwarzsee which is somewhere near the middle of Switzerland and near the Alps. It will be about a 1.5hr bus drive from Loerrach. We come back on 29 August and the camp goes till 1 September. Please pray for us and for David and Simea our Youth Pastor and wife and for the other leaders of the youth.

Attendance at our first German Wedding

We attended the wedding of Gerd and Brigette Folk at our FeG German Church in Loerrach. The service went for 2 hours and was filled with much celebration. Gerd has been a missionary with OM associated with the Doulos outreach ship.

The newly formed Gospel Choir. Spot Roger!!!!!!

I love the way the couple sit facing their family and friends throughout the ceremony. I think this is a special thing to do.

The Alphorn being played after the Wedding. This is a traditional Swiss music instrument.

Mosaic Picnic

Apologies for the silence. Here is a picture of (l-r) Ilona, Laura and Roger at our Mosaic Picnic in the Dreilander Park. It was a warm day and we had lots of fun playing with the frizbie, talking, bike riding and eating. About 18 people came and went at different times during the afternoon.

NETWORKING and PLATFORMING ! ! !

The things we get up to!!

Centrepoint, the English speaking club we belong to in Basel, is having an Aussie Night in September and Roger and I have volunteered to help out! We had our first meeting last night and I managed to round up 5 people. The lady who is suppose to be organizing the event completely forgot about the evening and I had to remind her it was on! Ah, it's great to be around Aussies!

So, we're looking for 'all things Aussie'! Do you think we thought about this sort of event when we left Australia? NOT AT ALL!!

We've also been invited to go on a Youth Camp for Germany speaking young people at the end of August and will be putting on an Aussie Night there as well. We'd better get cracking with ideas.

Any Aussies out there reading this blog want to help us gather things together! All help would be much appreciated!

MOSAIC PICNIC IN THE PARK

Today has dawned bright and clear with 31degress predicted. We have our Mosaic picnic and we're both really looking forward to it. As usual we have no idea how families will turn up, though we do know our dear friends Bernhard and Lorraine from Basel will be there!

Today is Bastille Day and we've been told a lot of the French will be coming across the border to shop in Germany as the shops will be closed in France!!