Hey Team,
Summer is approaching fast - tonight is Ramstein's graduation. It's a bittersweet time. Many students are so ready for a break from school work and are looking forward to some rest. The end of the school year means the beginning of the moving season. In the next few weeks we'll say goodbye to lots of students - students heading off to college and students whose families are moving to new bases. Many families will return to the states for the summer to visit their family and friends, and will return in the fall. On a more encouraging note... in the past 2 or 3 weeks, we've had a number of new families moving into community. We've at least 6 new students visit youth group in June. Most of our summer ministry will focus on relational building, as we seek to plug new students in and go deeper with continuing students.
^Here's a picture of most of our graduating seniors... a few couldn't make it on our "Senior Night." We had a fun time sharing funny moments and affirming and encouraging each of the students.
On the first Saturday of each month, there's a HUGE flea market in Homburg. I thought it would be fun to take some of my girls for a day trip as a fun way to end our school year study. We had fun browsing the stands finding all sorts of things - antiques, kitchen gadgets, jewelry, hats, you name it. We each bought a fun coffee mug to remember our time. One of the gals will be moving in a few weeks, so it was a good chance to be together.
^Here's the gals! I started meeting with them in February. Since then we've read through the Case for Christ book together and discussed it each week. It's been fun to watch God knit our group together this past semester. Our Spring Break retreat was a big turning point for our relationships and since then, we've kept on growing.
Thanks so much for praying for our ministry!
