January 20

January 20, 2013 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

            As I started my column Sunday morning the sun dogs are bright and beautiful. It has finally stopped drifting and it seems that we are clearing snow every day. No wonder the province had those turbines erected in this southern corridor. It must be the windiest spot in Manitoba.

            Monday morning arrived and Border Land School Division was one of the divisions which announced no classes would be held due to the frigid cold. Anyone who still claims we’re having global warming must be smoking wacky-tobacky. And to make an even funnier statement: Toronto issued an extreme cold warning; they were having -9. I was watching Global News and when this report was read, everyone in the studio burst out laughing.

Life on the Farm

            Dave and I have been living on the junge Wolfe’s farm for the past two weeks while they flew to Germany with Amber. Amber has begun her year as au-pair with a family in Bremen which is in northern Germany. We thought it easier to stay at the farm with the other two grandkids and their dog than to move everything to our house. Besides, Tom plays drums and I have no idea where we’d put them in our house. It’s been very interesting living with two teenagers and for the most part calm and quiet other than the one stormy weekend. We had major power surges and blew three power bars; one in the house and two in Mike’s office. The breakers were popping constantly and when the computer power bar gave a loud bang and began to smoke it was actually quite frightening. Thank goodness we were not without power for very long, Manitoba Hydro staff did a good job.

Amber Wolfe’s Journal

            Bremen, Germany has a lot of character.  Many of the offices and apartments are old buildings that have been redone on the inside, and so it makes for some really unique and old-style architecture.  Some of the old churches and buildings downtown are over 1000 years old, and walking downtown through the farmers market or listening to the accordion-playing buskers at the street corners makes you feel like you really have entered another world.  However, German life is also very different.  People park their cars on what looks to be the sidewalk and they eat their hot meal of the day at lunch.  There's is also the obvious language difference (which I hope to resolve in time), however, most of the music on the radio is English and many of the young people also speak it quite well.

            My parents leave to go back to Canada tomorrow, Jan. 22, and I can't believe that it has already been two weeks!  It seems like just yesterday that all three of us arrived here in Bremen; in fact, I still can't believe that I am actually in Germany. The Kautz family has been very welcoming and hospitable, and their two boys are very cute and full of energy. I think that I am really going to enjoy my time here, and although I will definitely miss my family and friends, I am excited to see where this adventure takes me and to find out what God has in store for me here.

Hockey update

            There hasn’t been much activity with the Altona Maroons bantam team other than practices. The Miller Aces are having a rocky season. Grampa spent quality time with Gabby and took her to one of the Aces games on Friday, Jan.18. The Aces lost to Morden 3 – 1 but both fans reported that it had been a good game. Rosenfeld is represented on the team by Zach Schroeder and Matthew Winter.