Early in the morning, we took a charter bus to Lutherstadt/Wittenberg. The day and the city have been beautiful. We got to tour Martin Luther's church where he preached for 30 years, his home which is now a museum, and the seminary where he taught. We also visited the famous schloß (castle) church where he posted the 95 Thesis (the proclamation or protesting, hence the Protestant or Reformation Movement) against the established Catholic Church. Albrecht, our host pastor treated the group to a delicious mittagessen (lunch) at the Brauhaus zu Wittenberg. We should add that we had the Mayor of Zeitz (former mayor of Wittenberg) as our guide. Guides like him have added to this wonderful trip. We are grateful that people are interested to share about their history and culture. It would be great to maintain good relationship with German and Californian friends.

When we returned to homebase, or camp, we had a cook out of various German meats with salad and many breads. Our worship this evening was short because we have much to do tomorrow and should get a good night's rest.

We will go as a group to worship at Albrecht's kirche (church) in Zeitz. Lisa will speak on behalf for our Western PA Conference of the UM Church. After worship, around 5 pm, the campers will begin arriving. I am not sure how much time we will then have to update this site, but will try to add something as often as we can.

We have included some photos from the day's excursion.

Please pray for us and especially for the campers who are coming for many do not know Christ. Danke.

The top left photo is the Theses Door. The top right photo is the church where Luther preached for all those years. The windmills were seen on our bus ride to Wittenberg.

The bottom two photos were taken at the camp, one outside and one inside.