No Man’s Land

// February 3rd, 2009 // Travel

Here I sit on a Hostel Boat (Boat Hostel?) on the Spree river in the middle of Berlin. Looking outside the portal of my room, I can see the remnants of what used to be the Berlin Wall, and the river where I am at now used to be No Man’s Land, where anyone trying to enter from either side would probably have been shot.

The occasion is the European Leadership Forum where regional, national and other leaders from all over Europe have gathered to discuss issues which the mission faces, as well as new things that God is doing in YWAM in Europe. One of the topics which Jeff Fountain, who is the current director, presented this morning is transition of leadership from himself to a new Europe Director. It’s fitting then, that we are positioned here at the old dividing line between East and West, where almost exactly 20 years ago, such amazing transition took place with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

We were also privileged to hear Camille Bishop speak on transition today, too. It was very good teaching to hear in general, but especially in light of the current transition within YWAM European leadership.

This evening, we’re on our own for dinner, so EuroCom will probably have a working dinner to discuss the session we will be leading tomorrow morning on communication.

I think I’m finally used to being on a boat, since yesterday afternoon and evening after we arrived, I kept feeling like I had the flu or something. I just had a strange feeling in my head, which I finally realized was due to the gentle, yet noticeable rocking of the boat.

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