http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris this month in Geothe Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   [caption id="attachment_219" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="We survived a weekend locked in a room together"][/caption] We set a high precedent this past weekend at our first ever Germany Team Retreat. We traveled to the lovely Schönmünzach with our whole team (including Tyler who is 50% complete with his fundraising) as a chance to get ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=216 When I think of a kitchen, I am brought back to childhood. Isn't everybody? Mom's (or Dad's) cooking up something for the family dinner, kids gathering around trying to get a taste. The aroma of a home cooked meal brings the family flocking to the table to enjoy a meal ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=182 The Cafe. The Concert Hall. The Hang Out Room. The Dining Room. The Everything Room.   [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="333" caption="and the wall fell..."][/caption] This room is the center of our ministry. In this room we will host students in everything from Open Mic Nights to Dinner to Bible Studies to just sitting ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=180   [caption id="attachment_189" align="alignright" width="300" caption="I tried to draw the outline of the new door."][/caption] So here is the entrance to our campus house. Right now its kind of in a ditch, and you walk into the middle of the room. We're doing something about that. Under the patio, there is a ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=178 Here in Globalscope Germany, we are in a "Pause" of sorts. The students have been gone for basically all of December and we have been here, pausing, thinking and dreaming on the ministry and what is to come. A large part of our pausing has been preparing for a work ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=169 [caption id="attachment_163" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Our Little Christmas Tree!"] [/caption] Christmas is such a great time of year. Around this time of year, the whole world is celebrating together the birth of a savior in their own special way. Here in Germany it looks much the same as in America with a few ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=160 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)"][/caption] This past week Stef and I spent some time with one of our friends, Chris (I know, what a great name!). Anyway, we took the train over to his house from Tübingen and met him and his girlfriend Francesca (I think I butchered the ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=143 Even though we've been in our new apartment for about 2 weeks now, it hasn't really felt like home until now. The apartment came furnished, but that didn't include anything to use in our bedroom for clothing storage and only one small bar for hanging clothes. So, Stef and I ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=126 [caption id="attachment_114" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Our apartment in the Alte Stadt"][/caption] Another long pause between blog posts... We now live in Tubingen. Our goal, our drive for the past almost year and a half has been to get here. We finally did it. Though I know it wasn't us who got us here. Through ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=121 [caption id="attachment_106" align="alignright" width="224" caption="You know you're intimidated."][/caption] Tonight was poker night here at the Goethe Institute. There is no better way to get a group of guys together to talk about guy stuff than poker night. Badly lit room, cards, chips that only represent your pride, very manly. It was ... http://www.imkeller.net/blogs/chris/?p=104