Looking back

Preparing for a board meeting on Monday evening, I was asked to ready the main numbers of 2005:

6 transports
2 trips for training
1 trip to Hungary ended in Switzerland when I had an automobile accident (see this blog - September)

2 months in the US - home assignemt

5 mission conferences in Germany and one week as guest lecturer in Austria

Yesterday I was able to put a team together for a mission trip to ROMANIA in March. Now I have to work on an itinerary - as I have more people to see than time to see them (the old challenge!).

Thus far for the new year:
January:
20 - annual mission meeting of Regio Rumaenienhilfe
21 - 28: annual training seminar with friend Thomas Jettel in Romania

February:
1 transport to Romania for two Christan book stores kind of tailored like "Barnes & Noble" = books & café
1 transport for various groups in Romania - we hope this transport will be in the country before we are.

March
2 - 17 : mission trip to Romania

April
one transport to Latvia

May
mission trip to Romania with an evangelism team

June - October
definite plans not in place yet.
Will have my niece Hannah Kaiser as intern as well as young Phillip Thornton (North Carolina) as helper.
We have a lot of cleaning up, fixin and (as the LORD provides funds) - transportation.

We are praying about the option of sending both to fellow missionary Robert & Jody Frye to Romania to help with youth camp work for four weeks.

September
annual German Mission Conference in Bad Salzuflen

October
annual Bible Conference near Nuernberg

November
annual Novembertrip: training seminar in Hungary; training seminar for gypsies and annual German Bible Conference in Sibiu

December
2 transports (Latvia & Romania)

All this: "If still live and the LORD tarries ... "