Dave’s Blog

I am trying to get used to the German kezboard. Some of the letters and symbols are different. Please put up with me.

When I came down Robert was working on a special meal for us. He had been to an outdoor barbque with Cornelius and came back to cook for us. We had a white sausage…Weiss Wurst with pretyles and a special Bavarian sweet mustard. It was so nice to have this very special meal from around here.

In the evening we visited and I taught Max Jacob´s Ladder and a couple other things. We then had a glass of a very local wine…Trollinger mit Lenborger. These are things that do not happen if you are rich and staying in the Hilton. I am really having a good time trying all the local things.

Sunday morning we walked to church and I gave the children´s time. Since it is Valentines´day I used the heart and taught the kids to do a heartbeat. We then had a couple more songs and the kids and I went upstairs to their children´s church. There were about 11 children and 6 adults. Many are on holliday this week.

We did some of the simpler things and I tried a couple of new things. They worked and the kids were great. We spent most of the time with strings. We took a couple of song breaks and worked until the end of the service. We then went down and had coffee with the adults.

There were a couple men that were interested in the strings. I take that as a challenge to get them to want to learn something and they picked up the bait. We had a great time laughing and practicing while the others watched. We must have spent one hour after chruch just fellowshiping. Many offered thanks for my being there and said they will pray for me.

We came home and Robert and Brigitta prepared another special meal for me. This time it was kartoffelkloese or potatoe dumpling filled with a little meat, Burenberger Wirevste or small sausages and potatoes fried with bacon and onion. We also had a big salad. We gave Robert 3 stars for this meal. Only three because only 3 of us can make the star out of string.

We were visiting about some of my family recipies and able to trace a couple of the things to Bavaria. My grandmothers´egg riveletts or little dumplings were from here and “riveletts” is an Americanized form of their word for them.

It is still snowing very lightly and so clean and crisp out there. I am glad that I have a nice place to take a nap and enjoy the afternoon. I will go down now and maybe read for a while. This has been a delightful time for me.

Dave