Mignon Yang | Germany A video Bible conference in BambergIn Germany, there is one special day in February where everybody, young or old, male or female, has fun like they are "crazy." The way they celebrate this day differs from area to area, but even if the day is not an official holiday, most shops and companies close at noon. On that day, people wear very weird clothes they never wear in their daily lives. People carry liquor bottles under their arms. This day is called "Rosenmontag" and it falls on the first Monday in February. Drinking and dressing scantily is very common for this day. Christians do not join them, nor do they think it is worth to celebrate this day. This year German fellowship decided to use this holiday as an opportunity to have a meeting.A video Bible conference was planned in a small town near by Bamberg at a camp, called "Frankenakademie". The German brothers and sisters of the Munich fellowship were willing to take charge of organizing the conference. In the past, when you hear about a video conference, you just think that you watch the videotapes of Pastor Kwon's sermons titled "The Bible Is True." But this time, the German version of Mr. Yoo's sermon series titled, "I Came From The Light," was shown. German was the main language and contrary to most conferences that took place so far, people could listen to the Korean via radio using headphones. There were also a young brother from Warsaw who recently received salvation and an Australian friend of his came, so Polish and English translation was needed. The simultaneous translation requires intensive attention and it is a very tough job. On weekends, the number of cars on the highways usually increases and sometimes the traffic is very sluggish. But on that weekend, the weather was not good. Driving to the conference demands a lot of patience. A German sister who was about 60-years old invited her son to this conference hoping to evangelize him. It took 10 hours for her to drive to the conference, which usually takes only 4 hours. Some of the brothers and sisters from other areas in Germany  arrived very late due to the bad weather and the heavy traffic.About sixty people came to the conference. Fifteen were from the Munich fellowship, three were the first comers, and the rest came from other cities in Germany such as Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt.     My Life in Germany When I was in elementary school, our family moved to Austria and I grew up as a so-called "1.5 generation" German Korean. When I was 16 years old, I went to high school and there I met a Korean who was a Christian. He showed me the sermons of Pastor Kwon and other preachers an

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