nomads

barbara, originally uploaded by staarkidd.

We had planned to have a japanese party at Wolfgang's house last saturday night, but a sudden trip to Germany popped up and he could not make it. He was invited to Freak Fest, a gathering of "Jesus People" across Europe who represented the emerging church. I mentioned that the whole idea really reminded me of my friend Barbara who i met in Angola several years ago. She's a true global nomad and spends most of her time building bridges to the "hippies" of Portugal.

Yesturday, I decided to visit Barbara's blog (which i often solicit... although i'm not quite a voyeur like Kari =) and discovered this picture. Barbara is the girl with Brown hair 3rd from left. Next to her is a man who looks suspiciously like Wolfgang. Come to find out, in a setting of 8000 concert-goers, these two met the first day and at the end of the festival joined a few others in hopping the back of a truck for Berlin.

I have a great deal of admiration for this global community of nomads. Check the adventures of both of these fabulous pilgrims:
http://shantipilgrim.blogspot.com
http://wolfhowler.typepad.com