I’m safely back in the US now after 1 hour on a train, 14 hours in a plane, and 1.5 in a car. I never got why people would complain about jet lag until now. My first European experience was too multifaceted for a detailed chronological explanation. A play-by-play for each hour wouldn‘t be interesting and it would miss the heart of the experiences. Instead, I’ll give you a brief framework so I can write in layers interjected with stories. Christianese: Sound familiar?
Joe and I flew into Stuttgart, Germany via NYC and Dusseldorf on Thursday, May 28. We had the weekend to explore and adjust. Over our time in Germany we stayed with a host family, the Reisers, near the heart of the city. Monday-Friday we were 2 of 4 coaches at a camp a local church was putting on. The other two coaches were Germans from SRS, the German version of Athletes In Action (AIA). In the evenings we had different adventures with different people which are better explained in the layers.
Saturday we flew to Vienna, Austria and met Dave Irby along with 6 other guys. We all stayed at a hostel in the city. Through most of the days Ken, Nathan and John acted as tour guides taking us to our various functions. These three men are missionaries in Germany as a spectator, player and coach of soccer, respectively. Over the week we also saw some of Grant’s friends he met along the way while he played in Austria. We saw some of how the Surge is doing soccer missions in Austria at churches and in the community. We trained under John a day, and had 3 days of tryouts/training with local clubs. We saw sights and shopped. We all flew home Thursday, June 11.
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