Kimberly Ackermann:  

Life Hello Everyone ! Here is a little bit about myself. I was born in Orlando, adopted at two weeks old from the Catholic Church. I was brought up in a family of 4 children, I was the youngest. We moved to Lakeland when I was a toddler. Then, we moved out in the country the summer before my 4th grade. I started playing the Flute in the 6th grade at Mulberry Middle School. I started taking private Flute lessons in the 8th grade and I already knew in the 9th grade that I wanted to study the flute so I transferred schools my Junior year to Lakeland High School, because it had a great Music program. Graduated from Lakeland High in 1985 with honors. I chose to study at Florida State Univ. School of Music, however because my SAT scores were not good, they accepted me as an exception. I had to take placement tests and ended up attaining 3 credits for Math before I even started. That was great! I also received a ¾ scholarship to study the flute. Super! FSU was great, loads of fun and I learned a lot! I married a trumpet player the summer of 1988 before my senior year. And after we graduated in 1989, me with my Bachelors in Music Performance and him with his Masters in Music Performance, we moved to Naples, FL to play and work. In Sept.1991 we moved to Hof, Germany to play in the Symphony Orchestra and he played in the “Rekkenze Brass Quintet”. We had planned on staying for 2 years to collect experience, but GOD had another plan. On New Years Day 1992 my husband asked for a divorce, he said “ You deserve somebody better then me.” At the time I thought my whole world was falling apart. I was living in Germany, couldn’t speak the language, no family and I just had a few friends. However, I decided to stay and continue to play in the Orchestra. At the end of that Sept. I received a phone call from an American who was living in Hof. He invited me to attend the church were he worked , at the time the Pastor was preaching in English and his wife was translating. There, I started to learn a little German. However, it was Bible German and I couldn’t hold a conversation with my new vocabulary. By the way, the name of the church is “Berg Zion” (“Mount Zion”), on the 1st Sunday in December ’92 I gave my Life to JESUS and was changed in an instant! The following week I received a vision from GOD, there I was singing for HIM! Until then I had never sang, never even considered it. So, I started singing the following Easter in their Worship Group, that Easter I sang my first solo. So, the divorce was final in Jan.1993, my ex returned to Florida and I stayed to play in the Orchestra and the Worship Group, I had a new family in Hof. Well, it was March 20th, 1994 when I first met my husband in the church after a evening service. We knew it was GOD’s will, so we got married October 1st , 1994 and moved to Weissenstadt, his town of birth. We are very happy! My husband is a Dipl.Bau Ing. (FH), that is a building or construction Engineer approx. an American Masters degree equivalent. He plays classical guitar, piano and composes. We produced our 1st CD in 1998. However, we have not had any time since then. No time for a new CD, but I’m sure the next one will come and be better than the 1st. By the way, I stopped playing in the Orchestra in ’95...Expand for more