28 October 2007

Deputation in Northern Germany











Yesterday we made the 10 hour journey to Claudia's parents home in Neumuenster and this morning we shared in Claudia's home church about our ministry and I preached from Matthew 18. We are so thankful for this opportunity and for the warm welcome we received. This evening we will share at a house meeting and during the next 14 days we have more meetings planned. Please pray for safety in travel and that God would lay it on peoples hearts to pray for us.

19 October 2007

Online peer pressure


I have submitted to the pressure and fear of being out of vogue... it's official, I now am a member of Face Book. If you want to be my friend :) click here and sign up!

Also, tonight we had our second JYC meeting and it went really well again. Everybody came back and we had one more new person there.

05 October 2007

First JYC in our new home



Tonight we were delighted that 10 young people turned up for our first JYC! Most of them either go to our church or have some connection to it.
As it was the first night, our priority was just to get to know each other better, so we played a few games, got everyone to introduce themselves and discussed some of the themes we want to look at in the future. Claudia gave a short testimony and then we had some refreshments. The two hours were over quickly.
We felt that all in all the night went very well and that the young people really enjoyed themselves. We will move it around the leaders homes for the next while and hopefully by the new year our church will be into its new building where there is lots of room for us to meet.

03 October 2007

Teaching at a German Bible School




Today was a public holiday in Germany (Reunification Day) so the boys were off school. That meant that I was able to take the family with me for the classes I had at the Bodenseehof Bible School on Lake Constance. Claudia was able to share some of her testimony and the boys behaved themselves. I am so glad that my new role within CEF allows for this type of work. I love sharing with people about the work of CEF and speaking to a large group of young people. We finished the day with a visit to the Rhein Falls, the biggest waterfalls in Europe.

01 October 2007

Following in her sisters footsteps

We spent this weekend as a family at our former Bible College (Bibelschule Brake). It was great to meet with students and teachers again and to sit under the ministry of Dr Erwin Lutzer (Senior Pastor at Moody Church, Chicago).
However the main purpose of our visit was to attend the graduation service for Claudia's (wee) sister Ann-Christin. We praise God for His work in her life and pray for her as she goes now to the University in Flensburg, Germany to study to become a teacher.
It was a special honour for me to be asked to take part in the Saturday evening service by reading the scriptures and opening in prayer.

More photos from the conference

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