A group of 21 Americans, the Grace Brethren "Heritage Tour" made an overnight stop in Aalen. We served them a "Schwäbisch" meal of Maultaschen and Kartoffelsalat and otherwise spent a very pleasant evening with them in our church facility. They were at the 300 year celebration in Schwarzenau the weekend before visiting us and afterwards headed to Switzerland and were to end up in Paris for several days. It was good to see familiar faces!
Pastor Dave and Ginni Plaster of the GBC Columbus/Worthington, OH
Dana and Bill Muncie, also from the GBC Columbus/Worthington
Dana is the sister of missionary Mark Sims from France
On the left is Janice Burkholder from the Epharta, PA Grace Brethren Church
Janice is church secretary and long-time friend
Across from Janice is her daughter Dawn
Wilfried is telling about his plans to go the the Central African Republic
Two Grace Brethren Pastors, Ray Feather and Tod Scoles in animated discussion
It was a special treat for us to reconnect with Margaret Zook
She and her husband, Loren, were on a short-term team that visited Aalen some 11 years ago
Most surprising to me was seeing Peter again
He is Dutch and was the bus driver for a Grace College music team that visited us several years ago
It just so happens that he was driving the bus for this group as well. We were both surprised to see and recognize one another again!
Several from our church joined with us for a pleasant German-American evening
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Thanks for all the updates and pictures...it's fun to see what's going on over there!
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