Thursday, July 11

Today we went to Wupperthal to prayer walk with David’s church. It was so pretty– it was a beautiful day and the weather was perfect. Then we came back to Düsseldorf to meet the other 2 teams who had just arrived; then everyone headed over to David’s house for debrief. The Munich team worked closely with a very good friend of Kristen’s (leader Kristen) and one of the “founders” of GS2 named Theresa. Ever since October, Theresa has been battling Colon Cancer. The Munich team said that if Theresa had been in a consentration camp, she would have looked better than she did. All skin and bones. Yet Theresa still got up (weakly) to get them water, talk with them and invest her everything into their lives. I have heard stories upon stories of her godliness. When we were debriefing, Kristen got the call from Theresa’s parents that she had passed away. It was so emotional for everyone, especially the Munich team and Kristen since they knew her. We spent a good 2 hours playing worship songs on Davids guitar, weeping, praying, comforting, and grieving. Within that emotion, I think we were all crying out the stresses we all dealt with the past 3 weeks. It was a hard day, but it was nice to know we were finally coming home. It was nice to be with the other teams and exchange stories, tears, and laughter. I am ready to be home.