I want to go where everybody knows my name. And where everyone can pronounce it.
If there’s one thing I love, it’s the girl I’m engaged to.
If there’s two things I love, it’s my fiancee and peanut butter (JIF, please send to Wilhelmstrasse 100 c/o Unterwegs, jumbo jars preferred but all sizes accepted).
But if there’s three things I love, it’s Shalynn, JIF, and Mighty Joe Espresso. Yes, almost one year out of the country now (May 6 of last year was my first day on the job), and I have still found no equal to Tucker’s finest caffeine-based community. Here I am on a Sunday afternoon drinking a cup of imported MJE at the Unterwegs house.
Our team of four has been putting forth a super-human effort, burning every end of the candle we can find to build our own community here at the Unterwegs house. That’s why I’m here, sipping liquid electric at 6 in the afternoon. While Beth has spent the last 10 days in the States touring supporting churches and organizations, drumming up support, the Colemans and I have been playing host to a host of activities and events here to get students engaged. I have seen my bed before midnight once in the last week.
This week we host our first official Thursday Night – our flagship event – and we’ll be talking about relationships between girls and guys… or at least opening up the dialogue. As with our Thursday Nights up until now, there will be no scripture, no worship songs, and, at least in the public speaking, no mention of Jesus or God. As the ultra-athletes who run 100-mile races say, when you can’t see the top, walk. Thus, our goal is to reflect Christ in every way that we can without making it an outright Bible Study – and relationships are a great place to do just that.
Pray for us. Wish us luck. Send us peanut butter.