Hello

We just had what was probably the only day of summer we are going to get this year in Herrnhut. Autumn is creeping slowly around the corner...

This week I start staff training with the Marriage of the Arts  team, we are a staff team of 12, for 120 students, and because it is an arts DTS we do a lot of teaching in various art tracks. We have a group of people from another base in Germany joining us for the week to learn how staff are trained here, which should be interesting.

I am still heavily involved in the Justice DTS and spoke Wednesday night on the issue of commercial sexual exploitation. It was a hard topic to speak about but the night was really powerful as students really got a heart for fighting this injustice and lifting people out of this horror and into a life of dignity and hope. I am still doing a lot of work with Pick a Pocket as the group prepares to send a team to Hamburg to serve long-term. At the moment a 'first-wave' of 7 or so people, is planning to leave in October. There they will invest into the community and develop a venue, of which I will have more details soon.

Personally, I am struggling as things continue to flex and shift again. I found it hard to say good-bye to some close friends over the last month as they move back home and out onto the field. It's also been a rough time of missing family and just wanting some time off and away from here. I need some supernatural energy at the moment.

Hope this finds you well. Lots of love,

Amy