Weekend in Stuttgart

A few weekends ago Rebecca and I had the chance to spend a weekend together in Stuttgart, Germany. Towards the end of 2010 a good friend of mine, Josiah Hart, had asked if I would be able to teach at a Men's Conference that City Chapel Stuttgart would be putting on in April of 2011. So once I knew that I would be able to go, I decided to make this into a Christmas present for Rebecca. I worked on getting babysitters for the kids and finding a place for us to stay so that Rebecca and I could have a weekend away, without the kids.
What a great opportunity it was for Rebecca and I to get away to spend time with each other, with some great friends of ours, and to visit the city of Stuttgart. It was 10 years ago that Rebecca went with CC Chino Hills on a short term missions trip to Stuttgart.
We were super blessed to spend time with Josiah and Anja Hart before they move back to California. Josiah and Anja have been serving at City Chapel for a few years and now the Lord is calling them to go back to California and they are still praying to see what is next! We love them and are super excited to see what the Lord will do with them!

MENS CONFERENCE
What an honor it was to come to the southern part of Deutschland and be able to encourage the men in the Word of God. The theme of the day was "Jagdfieber." There is not exactly a direct translation into English and so I will sum it up by saying... "What are you pursuing after?" This was a question that we were confronted with throughout the day. I was super stoked to be able to teach alongside with Keith from CC Heidelberg and Roland from City Chapel. There were over 60 men who came out for this conference. There were 6 churches represented there. City Chapel, CC Heidelberg, CC Sinsheim, CC Freiburg, CC Herborn (me - haha), and the only Calvary Chapel in Switzerland made the 3 hour drive to join us for the day as well. Like I have already said, it was such an honor to be a part of this day. God did do a great work of His Spirit in the lives of the men and He really blessed the times of fellowship as well!

** For those of you who might be wondering what Rebecca did when I was at this Men's conference, don't worry, she was able to go shopping for hours in downtown Stuttgart! **