Dave’s Blog

Lutz Rochlitzer met me at the train station and drove me to a neighboring town to a small hotel near his home. I will be staying here for 4 days. After I was settled in there we went to the coffee shop for a light meal. i had potato pancakes and applesauce. We visited and went over my schedule while here. We then drove to Falkenstn in the South for an evening program with children and youth workers in that area. They had been taught the Cross by Lutz but that was the only thing they knew. Wow, were they entheused about the possibilities of this ministry.

We went across the street from the church to a bar that served light foods. i had a pot of chicken with cheese melted on top. It was served with toast and was very tasty. A local dish. We then drove back to the Pension or hotel. Lutz left me and said that we would meet at 8:15 in the coffee shop.

We met in the morning and talked about our day then went to his office where i was able to check my email. i was able to do a little work on the Blog but the connection was not good. He then took me to the city center where we saw the old town that was in the center of the wall. We went to the cathedral that was built by the Catholics but is now a Lutheran church.

Each cathedral has it’s special things. One of the things about this was the alter. It was composed of enormous painting on panels that opened to other paintings and then to other paintings. It served all the seasons of the chruch calendar.

We then went to a ratskeller in old town for lunch. We met one woman from Luts’ office and Phillip Weismann, the children and youth worker for a region North of Zwickau. I had pork hocks with potato dumpling and sauerkraut. I love these regional specialties. I will not loose weight on this trip We all had to have the local beer that they brew right there. It is just so normal to have beer or wine with a meal here.

Phillip and I walked to his flat to discuss the two programs that i would be doing later. We had tea and then went by car to Altenburg in the North. We had “mothers club”. Mothers and their school age kids. There were 4 mothers and about 8 kids, all school age. We had coffee, tea and sweets. One mother made a marble cake that was sweeter than most pastries I have had here. We then went into another area and did a string program. After the program we drove back to Zwichau. It was very foggy with misty rain hitting the snow.

We went back to Philips’ appartment and had a light supper and walked to the Methodist complex where the offices of the district supperintendant and all the children and youth workers are. We were in a meeting room in the church and had the workers from this area. We had a good time and Sabrina, Lutz wife was there to take me back to my pension room for the night.

Dave.