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Oberhausen, Final Thought….

This video is a thank you to all who so joyfully went seen and unseen to make safe places in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for people to wrestle with unsafe things.

Home from Oberhausen

I am back home now getting back into the swing of things at work and home. I must admit it is good to be home. As I look back on the past week in Germany I want to remember all the ways that God showed up. I am someone who is always on the go. I guess I am somewhat of an activist. In all my good intentions for action and change in our world, I seem to forget God’s actions so easily once the tasks of everyday life set in. I take for granted all the ways that God works in our lives. I get judgmental, critical, even downright cynical.

Oberhausen Broadcast Video Log

I threw together this quick Video below to capture some of our IP video broadcast effort in Germany last week.

I really want to pass on my love, respect and true appreciation to all or my friends in the Austria, Germany, Swizterland and the U.S. who made made this happen…I felt like through out all the challenges we faced, we were in it together. I look forward to serving together in the future…

Notes from Oberhausen

I am sitting here in a control booth in Oberhausen, Germany…It is 8:17 a.m. and we are in the midst of a rehersal. I have a few moments to write. It has been a crazy, amazing week. Starting about a year ago, WCA Germany asked me to look  for an alternative method to broadcast Germany’s Leadership Summit from Oberhausen, Germany to Linz, Austria and Winterthur, Switzerland. After looking at countless alternatives including, Streambox, Sony, Optibase and several others. All of the products we looked were amazing. However, it became clear to me that we were going to have to come up with a creative solution. Our budget was simply too constrained to afford satellite and every internet based alternative we look at went from $40,000 to $60,000.