Valerie Roth
Germany Team
Letter # 25
May 13, 2007

Hello YES Team Families, Friends, and Supporters!

Sorry that this letter is coming to you a day late. This has been a week unlike any other week, and I just wasn't able to write this on Saturday. Eric and I have good friends, Jason and Danae Wenger, who are missionaries in the Czech Republic and they were able to come visit us for a couple days. Yesterday the four of us went to Berlin. We left early and came home late. We had a great time of reconnecting and encouraging one another in our journeys on being on the mission field.

This week I've been struck by how incredible the family of God really is. From Tuesday until Thursday our team was split up. Shaina and Jen stayed here in Halle and enjoyed spending time with their friends here. Brent went down south to visit some friends of his grandfather, and Janae traveled west to visit a family that her American family had known years ago. Eric and I were able to travel with Miriam (outreach coordinator) and another American, David, to visit friends, Daniel and Irene Kort, near Cologne. The first evening we spent time talking and reminiscing about how we all met. Daniel was my STAT team leader 10 years ago, he was Miriam's YES team leader 8 years ago to Atlanta (where he met David), and he was Eric's assistant director when Eric served on staff at HDC seven years ago. It was really amazing to me how God intertwined all of our lives. Even though we are from different continents, it doesn't matter when we are part of the same family. I have brothers and sisters all over the world. Most I have never met, but we all have one thing in common---Jesus. Jesus is the only reason that we all got together this past week. He is what ties us all together. It's just amazing to think that I'm part of something so big.

Praises:
-being part of the family of God
-safety for all the traveling

Prayer Requests:
-we leave Halle 2 months from today--pray that we will not only finish, but finish well
-Daniel and Irene are planning to leave Germany and move to Sri Lanka as missionaries in January. They have one daughter Jocelyn who is one and they are expecting a son in July. Pray for God's wisdom as they plan to leave and also that their financial needs can be raised.
-Jason and Danae Wenger as they serve in the Czech Republic
-good team relationships

For the Germany Team,
Valerie