Nothing earthshaking!

Some mid-summer images from our neck of the woods
The obligatory sunsets taken from our balcony - who needs to go on vacation?

Andi Schurr with two of his three sons, Lukas and Aaron
Andi and Annika, a young couple from our church
They just had their fourth child last Friday, a girl!!
Her name is Judith

and here's Micha

Quilting creations are beginning to proliferate around our house . . . more to come
(click to enlarge and check out the detail)

Matthias and Melina Ezel from Leonberg
They leave August 5 with three small children
for their next term of missionary service in Chad

Special visitor for the day - Anne Manduka
She spent a week in Schwäbisch Gmünd where she grew up and came to church last Sunday
Her last visit to the area before leaving from Basel to start college in Lancaster, PA this fall

Greeting committee as we returned from jogging this morning