We have arrived!

After a long journey from Atlanta to Frankfurt (via Dallas, TX) we arrived in Germany bright and early Tuesday morning.  We had some adventures along the way, but we arrived safely.  Some of us started our journey Monday morning at 6:00 a.m.  Here are a few pictures snapped at Hartsfield Jackson Airport while we awaited our flight to Dallas...

Darrell and Annie Jefferson

Annie Jefferson and Will and Anita Worthan

Nita Bullock

After hanging out at the Frankfurt airport and collecting all the members of the group this morning, we boarded a bus for Worms where we toured the beautiful St. Peter's Cathedral, Worms.  Unfortunately, all of the explanatory plaques were in German and none of us speak German well enough to describe accurately all the beautiful sculptures we saw, but the link should give you some great information.  Here are a couple of pictures...

We grabbed a bite to eat and reboarded the bus to take us to the hotel in Kaiserslautern.  After a brief time of rest and rejuvenation, we assembled with our Harmony International tour group and had a wonderful dinner.  We rehearsed for the first time with all the singers (and with our director, Joseph Martin) this evening.  What a wonderful blessing to experience the blending of so many voices in praise to God!  Although we had never practiced together with the folks from the other states, we were amazed at how beautiful this 120+ chorus sounded.  We can hardly wait to share it with those who are coming to our performances along the way.

It is now late Tuesday evening in Germany, and we are ready for bed.  (As a matter of fact, some of us are snoring peacefully already.)  We have a very busy day tomorrow.  We will start the day with a cruise on the Rhine River where we are told we will see some truly beautiful sites.  The cruise will be followed by an intensive rehearsal and then we will have our first concert.  Remember, this is also the concert that will be webcast live at 7:00 p.m. Europe time (1:00 p.m. Georgia time) live from Faith Baptist Church.  Please tune in if you can!  We are expecting a number of military men and women to be a part of the congregatation.

Now that the technology glitches have been figured out, we hope to post more pictures tomorrow.  Thank you all for your support and your prayers.