~ Special Münchener Edition ~
Ray und Paula im Ruüühestand
Leave of Absence takes us around the World
Lörrach to Munich in Just 4 months
I wanted to begin our new newsletter with just a brief recap of the past 5 months. Many of you may have wondered if we had dropped out, not to be heard from again . . . NOPE! We have just not been able to get connected. The greatest challenge has been getting connected to the internet - not in far away city of Uijeongbu, Korea, but in the relatively civilized
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Frau O.” in Dallmeyr
Probably the most well known place in Munich to have a delicious cup of coffee or tea and a not so low calorie piece of tort or cheesecake or other fine pastry would have to be in the bistro
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Tote Hose In any Language
Every language has its own special way of say things. One of those that we learned recently
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For by GRACE we have been saved through faith . . . to do the good works which God prepared for us in advance.
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from Lörrach to Munich in Just 4 months
and modern city of Munich in Southern Germany!
In the four months that we were away from the field on our leave of absence, we flew from Germany to France and then on to Korea. We were there for 89 days before we flew from Korea to France to Germany stopping long enough to do our laundry and few other chores before continuing on to Newark, New Jersey and then Tacoma, Washington. After 3 action packed and fun-filled weeks we set out for “home” flying back in Munich via Newark, NJ. By the time we got home, we had flown around the world ONE AND A HALF TIMES!
For a little while, we were not sure we would make it home. It turns out that we needed to have a periodic health assessment before going back to Germany. This was not quiet as easy as it sounds. We did get our physicals, courtesy of the 121 Combat Support Hospital in Yong San, Korea But it was not until the very last morning we were in Korea, we learned that we had our health clearance and could return home.
We had gotten permission to visit our kids at Fort Lewis, Washington if everything went according to plan in Korea. We were blessed and are honored to have been able to be there when our son in law returned from Afghanistan just in time for our granddaughter’s birthday. We continue to praise God for his safe homecoming. We got to visit with one of the churches that supports us in prayer while we were in the Pacific Northwest. The only bump in the trip back to Germany was my misreading the time when our flight left SEA-TAC.
We made the flight, but were the last passengers to board before they closed the door!
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“Frau O” in Dallmeyr
above the Dallmeyr coffee company store about a block from the Marien Platz in downtown Munich. Shortly after we arrived in Munich, we were having our afternoon “Kaffeezeit” at Dallmeyr. A nice older lady sat down at the table next to us. We exchanged greetings. She was interested in why we were in Munich. We explained that as retirees we wanted to live Munich for a few years. The conversation turned several corners, and we wound up talking about marriage and, of course, grandchildren. We were able to share with Frau O. that the only reason that we had stayed married was that Jesus Christ was the center of our marriage. Frau O. shared that she was going to the dentist the next day to have some teeth removed so she could have cold have dental implants . . . and she was scared! We shared with her that God reminds us over 350 times: Fürchte dich nichtt! (FEAR NOT). We prayed with her, and exchanged telephone numbers before she had to leave.
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Tote Hose In any Language
was “tote Hose.” Our teacher explained it this way: if you went to a party and it wasn’t any fun, the party would be tote Hose. The time has now come for us to step down from our exciting, fast paced language learning and go back to GRAMMAR class to learn all of those rules that make German
such an easy language!!
