SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Wiesbaden Part 2
There were so many things about Wiesbaden that we enjoyed. We actually loved living “on the economy” and among the German people. They are a generous and loving people. They were kind to us.
The German people were generally kind about our feeble attempts to speak their language, and were appreciative that we made the effort to speak German. We heard of many funny mistakes. For instance, the gentleman who was a Baptist missionary – and friend of ours – told of the time he went into a store, wanting to purchase some grape juice (traubensaft). When he told the store clerk what he wanted, the clerk looked at him, and tried VERY hard not to laugh, but it finally got away from him. Wiping his eyes, he told the missionary that he didn’t have any of that – as he had asked for pigeon juice (taubensaft)!! The words are only one letter different.
The church where we met were “partners” with a German Baptist Church – we shared the space. And later – just as we were leaving Germany to head stateside, the churches jointly built a new building for both congregations to meet. The English-speaking Baptist church there held its 25th anniversary during the time we returned to Germany (1980-1983), and we were able to attend that meeting – in that “new” church building. It was an amazing time.
The “new” church building
Herman Stout speaking – the first American pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church.
All former pastors were in attendance except for the pastor while we were there.
We enjoyed taking short day or half-day trips around the area. One of our favorite places to drive to was Konigstein, and the area from there was the Feldberg (field mountain). Here is a picture of the Feldberg at Easter time, 1969.
On the Feldberg
We enjoyed shopping in the German stores, and just walking in downtown Wiesbaden. One of our favorite department stores was Hertie. As I remember, when our church congregation decided to purchase flatware for the church kitchen, we purchased it from there.
Downtown Wiesbaden – Hertie department store – Christmas 1968
In another post, I mentioned that the American housing where we lived for the final two years we were in Wiesbaden, always had a contest to see who could decorate the best. Here is our apartment’s contribution in Christmas 1968, and Christmas 1969.
Our apartment is top left – 1968
1969
And here is a picture of the apartment building across from ours – the entire one side of the building went together to put together this Christmas “tree” in lights. Fun.
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
Old Things R New 
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