Sixth Posting from Germany Trip

Just came back from worship at the Castle Church. All In German but had a bulletin printed (like ours) so we could follow. The photo is Luther's grave. It is directly under the pulpit, but there is much construction going on in preparation for 2017 celebration, so the church is in disarray.

Hearing the Word and taking Communion so close to the bones of the one God so mightily used was a humbling experience.

Also, Melanchthon's grave is about 15 feet away from Luther's.

Luther's grave

Castle Church door (95) theses from the inside.

We have left Lutherland (that was by far my favorite part of the trip) and we are now in Dresden--south Germany. Dresden is the cultural center of southern Germany, and was totally leveled by allied bombing raids in 1945. The city has been rebuilt, actually they are still doing it 68 years later. Visited a rebuilt church earlier and now hope to go to a museum.

It has been raining for days here and there is major flooding. As we traveled to Dresden today we saw many flooded fields. We are scheduled to leave Germany tomorrow and head for Prague in Czechoslavakia but Prague is experiencing even worse flooding and many of the roads into Prague are closed. We're not sure yet what we will do. If we can't make it into Prague we may stay here in Dresden. Anyway we are fine--safe and dry and enjoying seeing so many new places.