A Bit More About Our Tour in Germany

After the Gulf War, we still had a couple of years of our tour left, and Matt changed jobs to a non-flying job.  It was during this time that we met the Rosenfelds.  Rich Rosenfeld was the chaplain who officiated at the 08:30 Protestant Liturgical service.  He met Matt at a squadron meeting, and found out we were Episcopalian.  He talked Matt into coming to the service, and the rest, is history.
We became regular attendees at the 08:30 service, and became friends with the Rosenfeld family.
They introduced us to ""Allo, 'Allo"  a British sitcom that is a typical farcical sendup of WWII resistance fighters in France.  (We are still trying to find a way to send them the Christmas Puddings, but shipping them could be treacherous...)
I love to hear Stephanie read Patrick McManus stories aloud.  She has to stop often due to uncontrollable fits of giggles!  They shared so much with us, and helped us with so many things.  Truly people who live their faith.
Matt often worked on computer issues for the chapel, and he worked as a funds counselor.  I baked goodies for the fellowship time after the service.  It was the first time in our married life that we really had a "home church" where we felt like we belonged.  That experience is what made us seek a church home here in the OKC metro area. (Once we set foot in St. Paul's, we knew we'd found it! We've been in the choir for 19 years now.)

I don't have any pictures from that time, as we were too busy to think about it for the most part.  Matt was the NCOIC of Current Operations at Rhein-Main, and he was often working long shifts.  I believe I do have a graphic of the certificate Rich gave us when we left Rhein-Main.  It's a classic!

I think the friendships we found while we were over there were the best part of our tour.  We have lost touch with the Knoebel family, but the Ronsenfelds still email us and show up on Facebook.
We treasure their friendship, and cherish our memories of the time we spent together.

Here's a closeup of the certificate Rich gave us, and a picture of it and the Airlift Memorial Window plate that the chapel staff gave us on the wall in our living room.