Guten Morgen aus Berlin! We have been having quite an experience here in this city of contrasts. After a week of the hustle and bustle of European city life, we found our morning at Friedensau a much welcome respite. Amongst the towering pines, gently rolling flowered fields and smiling faces of our hosts, we enjoyed a wonderful Sabbath School and service under a large tent...picture a circus "big top" and you will have an idea of just how big this tent was! The music was beautiful and uplifting and the sermon inspiring. Due to our session with Herr Roland Nickel, Chancellor for Non-Academic Affairs, we had to regretfully miss the church's pot luck supper. We could only imagine the delictable homemade German delights we were missing.
Friendensau is a small school of about 140 students and a goal of reaching 250. Their main focus is theology and social work which draws students from all over the world. We were fascinated to learn that since Freidensau is situated in eastern Germany, there were secret police efforts made to monitor what was being taught there. Fortunately, again, God was ever protective and no harm ever came to the school.
After our visit, we headed back to Berlin, about an hour away from the school, for another rapid fire round of sightseeing. Our focus this day was the Brandenburg Gate and some of the Holocaust memorials. It was sobering to see the pictures and to read the exhibits about man's inhumanity to man. There was a quote at the entrance to one exhibit which read, "Because it happened once, it can happen again." As we stood and read this, we all spoke the same thought...Dafur....Rowanda. If anything is going to spur us on in our studies to be worldclass Christian leaders, surely it was that moment.
We head out for Rome early in the morning on Monday, tomorrow, and will post as soon as we can. Please pray for our safe and speedy travel and for our health. Several of us are beginning to experience sore throats and other minor maladies a traveler tends to get.
Der Herr Kommt!
Lisa Greco
Group Reporter
Sunday, June 29 - Last day in London
Master's and PhD Candidates from Higher Education at Buckingham Palace
2007 PhD Leadership Cohort
2006 PhD Leadership Cohort
June 28, Sabbath at Newbold College
The Beautiful Newbold Campus!!!
Kings College
Serendipidous Meeting of Andrews University President
Our Euro Tour
Gelato....YUM!
Priest-in-training Ted - Our New Friend
La Sapienza University
Robson Receives Gift from La Sapienza
Museums, museums, museums...
Understanding the Sistine Chapel Paintings
Vatican Square
Figuring Out the Rome Transportation System
The Berlin Wall
The Holocaust Memorial
Sabbath at the Adventist University at Friedensau
Berlin - Visit to Humboldt University
Meeting the with Administration from Humboldt University
Sipping Espresso at a Corner Cafe
Afternoon at the Musee de Louvre
Tour to Universite Paris - Diderot - June 18
City Tour in Paris - Tuesday, June 17
Our First Night in Paris!
The 2008 International Study Tour to Europe Begins!
Welcome to our Study Tour 2008!
We have embarked on an unforgettable learning journey! We are in Paris right now. We're on a 15-day journey regarding the higher education world in the attractive cities of Paris, Berlin, Rome, and London. We are already experiencing the different cultures and having a lot of fun! See our photos of our daily advenures below.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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