Germany and all of Europe is locking down. 4599 cases, that is up 1000 from yesterday. I saw a photo from US airports. A sea of travelers escaping while they can. I wonder if they all now must face 14 days of quarantine? Who could have ever dreamed the world would stop? But it is stopping. And once the shock of it is over, I believe we will see a wave of innovation and creativity. I guess we need to first feel secure. I know I needed that. I needed to have the food, and yes the toilet paper in the house first. I needed my family home and safe. Or at least in a safe place. Thomas is in Frankfurt, Nicole in Seattle. Philip finds out on Monday what is going to happen. Then he may come home. But we do not know yet. But Juergen, Jessica, Sarah and I are settling down. We will be here for at least 5 weeks. But that could be extended. When I look at China, I can imagine it will be extended.
We went shopping for paint and boxes. I will try to repaint the kitchen at some point. I picked a pink color. It reminded me of Italy. We still have a reservation in a vacation house in Tuscany for two weeks in August. I wanted to look at a vacation house to buy. I do not know if we would actually buy something. I just wanted to look. I love it there. I hope we do not need to cancel it. My heart breaks as I watch what is happening there. I have watched it very closely. I knew it was the same storm headed towards us. I received so much grief for being panicked. But I only wanted people to prepare. Now I do not need to convince anyone there is a wave coming. Everyone knows.
Today our church is online. I am also starting a prayer group online. It is on Facebook. You will need to ask to be added to the group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/785125815229470/members/?notif_id=1584255602048026¬if_t=groups_invite_more_people
We will pray for known needs. And I hope also to give testimonies of answers. Time is something the church will have in this lockdown. We can try to be creative. Help bring food to those in need. Call each other on the phone. Encourage each other. Not everyone has a good support group at home.
I am praying for Uganda. They do not have Coronavirus yet. They are a young country. But for the many grandparents that are the sole supporters of many families...this could be tragic. So today please pray it does not reach Uganda.
I read Taco Bell will be a drive-through only store. I hope McDonald's stays open. If you know my daughter Jessica, you know she loves her chicken McNuggets. As long as she can have her daily rides and her McDonalds I think we can manage.
Update: In France, cafes and restaurants — central to the country’s soul and social life — were ordered closed along with most other nonessential businesses. So on Monday, we plan to go buy everything we think we may need or want in the coming weeks. Maybe some more paint, books, more garden supplies. I am very sure Germany will follow France on this.
In Germany- all cinemas, theatres, concert halls, and sports facilities, including gyms and fitness studios, along with bars, pubs, casinos, and clubs, until at least April 19.
The border of France and Austria closes Monday. They even think to shut down trains and travel within Germany.
My church met online today. I actually cried just to be connected to my church today. We are not a technical group use to this. But it does not really matter. They did a great job.
https://www.feg-heidelberg.de/events/gottesdienst-jesus-ist
I also read this. It means a country's ability to manage this has something to do with how fast or overrun the hospitals get. Germany has 2 times as many beds as Italy. But we are still worried. We need to slow the virus down so not everyone gets sick at the same time.
We went shopping for paint and boxes. I will try to repaint the kitchen at some point. I picked a pink color. It reminded me of Italy. We still have a reservation in a vacation house in Tuscany for two weeks in August. I wanted to look at a vacation house to buy. I do not know if we would actually buy something. I just wanted to look. I love it there. I hope we do not need to cancel it. My heart breaks as I watch what is happening there. I have watched it very closely. I knew it was the same storm headed towards us. I received so much grief for being panicked. But I only wanted people to prepare. Now I do not need to convince anyone there is a wave coming. Everyone knows.
Today our church is online. I am also starting a prayer group online. It is on Facebook. You will need to ask to be added to the group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/785125815229470/members/?notif_id=1584255602048026¬if_t=groups_invite_more_people
We will pray for known needs. And I hope also to give testimonies of answers. Time is something the church will have in this lockdown. We can try to be creative. Help bring food to those in need. Call each other on the phone. Encourage each other. Not everyone has a good support group at home.
I am praying for Uganda. They do not have Coronavirus yet. They are a young country. But for the many grandparents that are the sole supporters of many families...this could be tragic. So today please pray it does not reach Uganda.
I read Taco Bell will be a drive-through only store. I hope McDonald's stays open. If you know my daughter Jessica, you know she loves her chicken McNuggets. As long as she can have her daily rides and her McDonalds I think we can manage.
Update: In France, cafes and restaurants — central to the country’s soul and social life — were ordered closed along with most other nonessential businesses. So on Monday, we plan to go buy everything we think we may need or want in the coming weeks. Maybe some more paint, books, more garden supplies. I am very sure Germany will follow France on this.
In Germany- all cinemas, theatres, concert halls, and sports facilities, including gyms and fitness studios, along with bars, pubs, casinos, and clubs, until at least April 19.
The border of France and Austria closes Monday. They even think to shut down trains and travel within Germany.
My church met online today. I actually cried just to be connected to my church today. We are not a technical group use to this. But it does not really matter. They did a great job.
https://www.feg-heidelberg.de/events/gottesdienst-jesus-ist
I also read this. It means a country's ability to manage this has something to do with how fast or overrun the hospitals get. Germany has 2 times as many beds as Italy. But we are still worried. We need to slow the virus down so not everyone gets sick at the same time.
In Germany there are about 28,000 beds for intensive care patients. "Compared to Italy, we have two and a half times as many intensive care beds per 1,000 inhabitants," says Reinhard Busse, Professor of Health Care Management at the Technical University of Berlin, adding: "This shows the reserve potential that we have compared to Italy to have."Germany has one of thelargest bed densities in the worldAndreas Gassen sees things similarly. "As far as I know, 28,000 intensive care beds are top worldwide. That is around 30 to 100,000 inhabitants. The United Kingdom, for example, has 6 to 100,000 inhabitants, France 12 to 100,000. We are extremely well positioned there," explains the head of the statutory health insurance Federal association.
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