Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Visit to Bad Camberg

I am invited to teach at the 2008, Settlement Age Workshop that takes place in Bad Camberg, near Frankfurt, Germany.

I had been here long ago, and returning here now brought back a flood of memories. Here is a quick walk around, capturing a couple of images from my first impressions, and some pictures from my time lecturing there:

Marissa joins Service Task Force (STF)

On August 26, Marissa completed her 3 week training and orientation, and was assigned to her mission area for her year of service.

Marissa decided to take a year off from college, and spend the year involved in service projects both in the United States and internationally.

Our family came up to see her off and say good bye. It was a pretty tearful and emotional time.

Here are a couple of shots from her send off:

Global Peace Festival, August 9, 2008

My family and I attended the August 9, Global Peace Festival in Washington DC. I'm over-dressed because I was on the job working with part of the program on stage. Frone is off and about with friends somewhere. Missed a shot with him.

Here are a few shots of our brief time when most of us were all in one place: