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Kevin and Carol asked if I would like to go to the Sub District Convent meeting of the pastors that are in the area around Frankfurt. Pastor Hoffman from the church where kevin is the English pastor met us and we drove the 30 K to a very nice village church. It was a nice modern building. There were about 25 pastors there. I knew two of them. We had coffee, rolls and big pretzels and the things to go with them.

They accepted me and the District Superintendant asked one of the men if he would translate for me. He did a good job of summarizing things every little bit. They gave me some time to share and I taught a figure that went with the message that the District Superintendant had given. I then told them that I would be returning next year and hoped for their cooperation. One of them asked for me to reserve one week for their district.

Carol suggested that I had one day in March right before I came home that I could do a workshop for them. They agreed to have it at a conference center about an hourdrive from Frankfurt and will bring the appropiate people to it. It was a good time of connection and I think opened some doors to further work by myself, Kevin or others interested in the strings.

Through the rest of the meeting people were playing with their strings. There is something basic in letting the string go through your hand or binding your hand or fingers and letting them go. The Catholic Rosary and the Buddest Prayer Beads work at that basic level and I think some of the string figures do also. It can be very meditative.

Dave