We sort of had alarms set today so that we’d be prepared to both eat breakfast and get ready to be out the door on time to go to church today. I am happy to report we were successful :)
With the delicious spread of breakfast today, because it was Sunday, we also had some scrambled eggs mixed with veggies. There was also fresh squeezed juice! I don’t recall everything I saw put into it, but there was definitely apples, peaches, and kiwi. It was the perfect amount of sweet :) As I stated already, Brandon and I were planning to go to church for the first (and maybe not only…TBD) time since we got to Europe. The church we were going to today was an English-speaking congregation that hosts its services in an evangelical church in Bochum. One of the pastors of the congregation is a former pastor from the Kutztown area that Brandon knows because she was part of the board for the ministry house he lived in during our college days. We weren’t sure if she was preaching today, but we figured it would be cool to check out the church nevertheless. Unfortunately, the pastor Brandon knows was not preaching today, but we got to meet the president of the church council. His name is Sebastian, and he was very nice! We also enjoyed the sermon given by the pastor presiding today. He is from the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon. He gave the start of his sermon in German because a congregant had told him that they didn’t always understand his sermons when he only used English. It was unclear if it was because of the language barrier and that person’s English knowledge being in development or if it was due to the pastor’s accent in conjunction with speaking in English. Regardless, Brandon and I both did our best to follow the German portion before he continued in English. After the service, they had a coffee hour that we popped into. The cafe next to the church that is used for this fellowship time was lovely! We left from the Kirchencafe to get some lunch. We found a little Brauhaus nearby and ate inside to try and avoid interactions with bees (I still had one try and fly into my mouth). We both had steak salads, which were very tasty :) We then putzed around Bochum a little bit before heading back to Hattingen. While we had been gone, Alina, Peter, and Alicia had gone for a bike ride. By the time we got back, they had returned. Alina was at the house, but Peter and Alicia had gone out on the river to use the SUP. We chilled for a couple hours, playing cards and watching TV, before enjoying some dinner on the patio downstairs. We had some leftovers from the grill party along with some broccoli. For dessert, we had some yogurt with red currants! Tomorrow, we are on the road again for about a week. Stay tuned to find out where we end up!!
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