Germany

  • FIRST PERSON: 20 years after the wall

    Posted: Nov 13, 2009

    East Berliners were flowing through Brandenburg Gate, and a news correspondent asked the expectant crowd soon to board a train from East Berlin to West Berlin, “Who is responsible for this new day of freedom?” They began to chant: “Gorby! Gorby!” in honor of the Soviet premier, Mikhail Gorbachev.

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  • A snapshot of the need — and opportunity — in Western Europe

    Posted: Apr 28, 2009

    From England
    Recently, Ellen and her pharmacist had a conversation about his daughter’s upcoming wedding. Ellen told him she would pray for good weather for the event.
    One day after the wedding had taken place, Ellen returned to the pharmacy, and her pharmacist greeted her, saying, “I don’t know what you did, but it worked.” The Lord [...]

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  • Too early for Christmas? Not for the Jett family’s live nativity event

    Posted: Sep 22, 2008

    Summer has only just ended in the United States, but volunteers for Steven and Susan Jett’s live nativity scene in Germany are already making plans for the upcoming Christmas season. What began as the Jetts’ Christmas open house in 1994 in Cloppenburg has become a community–wide holiday event in the town of Amberg several years [...]

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  • Failed driver’s test leads to divine appointment

    Posted: Apr 25, 2008

    Frank Lamca needed to pass his test that day. His ministry depended on it — or so it seemed.
    Frank was taking a test for a license to pull a trailer in Germany, where he and his wife Jan serve with the IMB. The Lamcas had developed a successful marionette ministry that required a trailer, and [...]

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