Berlin is going completely crazy with “World Cup fever”. This crowd was gathered at the opening of the new Central Station, finished just in time for the soccer festival!

The sound of hammers (in this case, sledge hammers!) is echoing through “House Nazareth”! Since the approval of the mortgage application, work has begun on the remodeling. The building itself is in good condition, but some major remodeling is necessary for the rental area on the ground floor and the living areas above - this is important because the rental area will provide the financial foundation for the project’s regular costs, such as mortgage payments and upkeep and the living areas will be the framework and place of ministry for the entire community.

Thank you for your prayers for Ann - she arrived safely on Saturday and we’re now together (after way too long a delay!) It is SO good to have her here!

As I mentioned before, we feel a lot like the children of Israel must have felt after their passage through the Red Sea: we’re ecstatically thankful to the Lord for “delivering us”, for your generosity and that of other friends of Philosophia who made the purchase of “House Nazareth” possible through gifts and interest-free loans. But we realize that a major journey still lies ahead!

Right now, a big prayer request is that God will now provide the funds for the remodeling to go forward. (We’ll give details soon in a regular letter with a full financial report on the project.)

Thank you for praying about the resolution of the confusion surrounding our visas. God again did a wonderful miracle: both the local registry and the “Foreigner Office” were more helpful and friendly than we’ve ever experienced in Germany! Everything is straightened out and by the end of next week we’ll all have our full status restored. (Charissa’s visa needed to be transferred to her new passport, so that’s what is taking a bit of time.) THANK YOU for praying!

I’d like to include a special family prayer request, too: Daniel, our son-in-law, will face 5 professors next week. They will test his work and background knowledge in a 3-4 hour oral comprehensive exam. This will determine if he can immediately begin writing his doctoral thesis or whether he’ll have to do another year of lecturing and assistantship at University of California - Irvine. The exam is from 10:00am-1:00pm on next Monday, June 12.

Would you please join us in prayer that he will have wisdom, knowledge and huge recall both as he prepares and as he faces this board of professors. Thanks!