the start of something good...

Yesterday we headed on yet another train ride to a place called Wittenberg. Perhaps you have heard of it? It's a small little town where Martin Luther changed history by nailing the 95 thesis to some church doors in an effort to reform the church. However the church was reluctant to embrace Marty's suggestions and thus the Protestant Reformation was officially begun on October 31, 1517. We've wanted to visit here all summer and it was exciting to finally get there and experience the history that erupted in this small town so many years before our arrival.
The train station sign.
Here is the door, not the original one, but the place where the original door used to be. Does this make sense? The original one burned down, not sure how..sorry.
Tyler and Maggie paid a euro to climb to the top of the church tower, all 1,000 steps that is, and were able to take some beautiful pictures of Wittenberg.
The Dirks with Martin, inside the church.
This is the town square, the area is prone to flooding so those big towers in the background are actually grain elevators to keep the grain dry when the area floods. (Don't quote me on the grain...but some sort of crop).
Saturday also happened to be our 6th year anniversary, and so we enjoyed a private lunch together in the heart of the city. Or...
We would have liked to have that lunch, but we had these two rascals with us. But, thankfully the restaurant had some fun kids toys for the little ones to play with while we waited for our food. But, don't feel sorry for us we plan on having our "anniversary" date this Tuesday at a nice restaurant in the TV tower.
After lunch we visited a Luther museum and saw some Luther stuff, like the original Bible that he translated into German. So, all people could read the Word of God, this was really cool. So thankful for men like Luther that the Lord has used to bring us closer to Him.

And, of course we can't go anywhere in Germany without sampling the local ice cream shops.These are the beautiful flowers my hubby got me for our 6th year celebration. What a good man, and not just because he gets me pretty arrangements. I have married the man I pray for my son to be, a man with a heart like Davids, a man with a heart like Gods. He challenges me and our family each day to grow and become better and more like Christ. He does this through example and word. I see his love for our King and I see his love for me and our children and my heart bursts. He loves so well and so completely those the Lord has given him to lead. July 10th 2004 I made one of the best decisions of my life, I love you babe!