April

05/04/21 17:39

This Easter weekend was also the annual young people’s retreat. My first one was in 1986 and have been to probably 25 since then. This year it was all on Zoom. The planning committee asked Katy and I if we would have a talk/lecture/sermon on “Driving Hope.” The whole weekend`s theme was “Hope Rope.” There were three talks and we were the second one on Saturday eve but we attended the other two nights and also the closing brunch today, Monday. We knew most of the people on Zoom so it was fun to see so many from all over Germany. We used pictures of my uncle Ralph’s wreck and then refurbished vehicles from the 1930’s as a visual of need for hope as a motor but also how to fuel tank, what the goal is and giving it gas. Several of the young guys loved the car and the analogy.

Randy and Katy Smelser

Americans living in Germany but citizens of heaven

April