European Tour with Jubilance Singers & Orchestra, August 2010

Hello, dear Friends,                                                                     August 24, 2010

Would you believe it? The Sunderwalds are presently in Europe! It happened quite suddenly. On Tuesday, August 10, we received a phone call from the Liebenzell Mission in Canada. On Wednesday we drove five hours to Calgary, stayed there overnight with friends and were already in the air - from Calgary to London - on Thursday.

It came about like this: We were in the midst of furnishing our new apartment (from IKEA, Edmonton) in Hinton, Alberta, when the phone call came. The Jubilance Singers and Orchestra (see www.jubilance.ca), a non-profit missionary organization made up of born-again singers & musicians of all ages, were going on a European tour and needed an interpreter for the German speaking part of it (mainly Switzerland and Germany). We joined the group in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday, August 14. Our tour through Switzerland took us to Romanshorn, Winterthur, back to Geneva, to Lucerne and Interlaken; then to Germany: Crailsheim, Bad Liebenzell, Pforzheim, a side trip to Strasbourg in France, then Freudenstadt, Muellheim, Rimbach, Hildesheim and Hamburg.

While Irene joined the choir, Hardy was not only interpreting but also preaching in the open air and giving devotionals. Irene was also asked to put together a program part for the children that would attend the open air performance in Hamburg. She wrote a script about The Prodigal Son for some Jubilance members to act out. Needless to say, it was enjoyed by kids and adults alike!

Presently, we are with our daughter (and her fiancé) in London, England, trying to recuperate after that whirlwind tour. On August 30, we'll fly to Toronto to spend some days with our youngest daughter and family in Ayr, Ontario, before returning to Calgary and the five-hour car drive back to Hinton. There, we hope to set up our apartment and take up a more "normal" life again.

 

You can find 62 pictures related to the Jubilance tour on my Facebook entry (under Hardy Sunderwald).

 

Love and God's blessing to all,

 

Hardy and Irene