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We’ve been preparing a bit for Christmas. We love our little tree! It was only 5 Euro - which is quite a bargain!!!! We received two very special ornaments from Alan and Janel (our brother and sister-in-law) in the mail last week. One of them is a special “2nd Anniversary” ornament. It’s sooooo sweet!
We celebrated our 2nd anniversary on Monday. We had a nice evening in Freiburg. In some ways, 2 years doesn’t seem like a very long time, and in some ways it does. I am so thankful to be married to AVR and I can’t imagine living life without him. Life in Germany wears me out, but I can’t imagine being here with anyone else!
Our ministry had Christmas Teas all over town on Saturday night. Christina, Kirstin, and I hosted a tea party at our house. It was really fun for me to have girls over here. I miss all of the times we invited people over in America. I think we need to have more parties! Plus, when our whole apartment is only lit by candles, you can’t really see the parts of it that are ugly! It looks like a warm, cozey flat - as the Germans call it.
There are always so many funny stories that I think of telling you….I’ll try to be more faithful at posting some of them. Today I had two girls here who wanted me to help them practice reading a story in English. They are studying to be teachers. (They’re so smart they’ll be teaching German kids all of their subjects in English!) It was really fun to teach them to use different intonations and fluxations (however you say that) in English. However, while we were doing this, I realized that I probably am more animated than most Americans when I speak….my pitch and tone goes up and down a lot. As they were trying to imitate me, I just had to laugh. I hope their teacher doesn’t give them a bad grade cuz they sound like cheerleader/sorority girls gone crazy…. 
Next time perhaps AVR should tutor them. He tends to be a bit more relaxed in his communication.
Also, there are these movies from India that we’ve been watching. They’re called “Bollywood” movies…kind of like West Side Story meets Disney’s High School Musical. Hillarious! On Friday night, there were people from Poland, France, Turkey, England, India, Germany and America watching a movie at our Campus office. It’s pretty amazing to be living life with people from all over the globe….please pray we represent Jesus well to students here!
And, I really wish you could visit our church with us. We go to an Anglican Church. It’s part of the Church of England. Our pastor, Robin, is from England and his wife, Joan, is from Ireland. There are people there from all over the world as well! It’s a small community. There are always amusing things that happen….we sometimes try to sing songs in a “round.” I always giggle a lot. Let’s just say it usually ends up that someone from the congregation has to come forward and get us going…Try to picture this at your church: Your pastor is trying to lead the music pretty much by himself, with an overhead projector with transparencies (like the 80s). Then, people yell out from the crowd that they can’t get the tune. Then someone has to jump up and lead us….Oh, I love it! They are a great bunch! They always make us feel so welcome! I even got to do a drama last week where I passed out Monopoly money to everyone! I’m excited for next week’s Christmas Eve service….the kids are acting out the Christmas story. It promises to be a good service!
Oh, and AVR just added that Will, from England, says “Cheerio!” when you leave church…good times here in Western Europe!
You might have to be here to experience the comedy in this stuff…but trust me, it’s funny. Next time I’ll tell you about the street clown that lives in our neighborhood! Let’s just say “See you later, Alligator” was blaring - in English - down our street today…
Missing you!
Sadee
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