Left: Me, overlooking the beautiful city of Erfurt in
Eastern Germany
Right: The group with Martin on a beautiful, snowy day in
Dresden, Germany in front of the breathtaking Our Lady Cathedral
Hey y'all!
Last night was the Nordic Choir Spring Concert, and it was wonderful! My RA, Laura, is in the choir and she looked so beautiful on stage. Every song was special and moving-they sang for two hours! I was so excited when they sang their Christmas at Luther pieces again. Even though we were pretty tired of the music by the end of Christmas at Luther week, it was so nice to hear Nordic's songs again. It was especially wonderful to hear the closing song "Wonderful Peace" because I was always so touched by this song during CAL week and I still listen to it regularly now.
I also want to write a little bit more about my trip last week.
You can see from the pictures at the top that we left Decorah in cold weather and arrived in Germany to find...more cold weather. Of course, that was expected, and it gave me an excuse to wear my long underwear one more time this year. Even in the worst of the rain and the snow though, we never stopped having a good time, enjoying the company and reveling in everything Martin Luther! I'm sure it's easy to notice that in the picture in the top right, we are even holding a Luther College banner. Basically, it's because we like to represent. The Looft family/friends are hard core. And, something even more special is that everyone in that picture went to or is currently atteding Luther College. Three generations are in that picture! I just can't get over how awesome it is to share in the Luther experience with so many other people who are in my family and close to me.
It was especially nice to be with them as I learned more about Luther himself; it was great to see the Luther haus, his tombstone, and the famous door in Wittenberg; where he was born and died in Eisleben; where he preached in Eislenach and Erfurt; the Wartburg castle where he translated the Bible into German...obviously I could go on and on!
Overall, it was a great trip that not only extended my historical knowledge, but also helped me put the founder of my denomination of Christianity into perspective.
I hope everyone had a great break and has also recovered from it!
~Anna
"Pray continually." ~I Thessalonians 5:17
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