Our first full day in Berlin, Germany started with a German breakfast of oatmeal/granola type cereal that came in two flavors: healthy and chocolate. At 8:00, we headed off to church in the Green’s blue bus. The church is on the second story of a building that is big enough to house a bakery, salon, and tire store. We arrived before everyone else and slowly watched everyone come in. The first hour is Sunday School, in which they are going through The Second Coming by John MacArthur. Martin, a friend and colleague of Mr. Green, translated the whole class into English for us. It was a privilege to be able to sit under Mr. Green’s teaching and to worship with the Berlin believers.

In between services we had genuine German coffee and cookies. We were able to get to know some of the church members and here about their lives and where the come from. During the second service, we sang in German and listened to the whole message in German. Due to the language barrier, we struggled to pat attention and follow along, but God is faithful and his name was glorified despite the fact.

After church, we had a potluck in the same room, we just replaced the chairs with tables. The food was great and so was the fellowship. From the potluck, we went home and changed clothes. The other host families met at the Greenhouse and we left from there for Sachsenhausen, the WWII concentration camp.

This camp was history books coming alive. All of the stuff that we had read in school about the persecution and torment of prisoners could now be imagined in the place where it took place. It all came to life within a matter of hours.

Once we arrived home, we received a call saying that we left Josh at the concentration camp. Of course we all laughed, but could not believe that we had actually did that. We waited 20 minutes and received another call saying that there was just a mix up and he was not left behind.

The day ended with a good meal and some relaxed fellowship in the evening.