A weekend on FAITH

Well, as I shared in a previous post, I wanted to share with all of you what took place this past weekend. The topic was definitely FAITH. The amazing thing about it is, we didn't really plan it at all, that is just how it worked out. So let me start with Caroline Gass...

Carol has been a really good friend of ours over these past few years. She has been one of our faithful babysitters, and has as well helped us out a few times in a few of our visits to the hospital. She is a registered nurse and used to work at a local hospital. For the past year, she has been attending the Bible College at CC Siegen and is now taking the step of faith towards California. It has been her heart's desire for years to go to the School of Worship at CC Costa Mesa, and it looks as though the door has finally opened. She actually left this past Wednesday for CA and will be spending the next semester there in Costa Mesa. She is praying to be able to stay for the whole year, but one step at a time. It was really encouraging to see her take this step of faith, as she has already made her way to CA and is looking to see what God is going to do. We look forward to all that the Lord wants to do in Carol's life as well. God bless you Carol!


And now we move onto the Nullmeier family...

The Nullmeier family has been serving the Lord in Kenya for the past five years. They are currently serving with a ministry called DIGUNA. They have been sent out by DIGUNA and are also supported through CC Herborn. We have had a few opportunities to speak with the Nullmeier family, but are looking to get to know them a little bit more as they will be spending the next year here in Germany. Rudiger (the father) is now in England, where he will be for the next 6 months going to a seminary there. The kids have already registered into school here and are already connecting with the kids in their classes. We do pray that this next year for them will be a great time of refreshment, encouragement, and so much more! Please do be praying for Karin as she will be taking care of their 4 kids over these next six months.

Lastly, we will share about the youth in Burbach, Germany...

This past Monday I had the opportunity, with Markus Ermert (my translator), to go and minister to a bunch of young men from the YMCA group in Burbach, Germany. The ages of these young men were from about 14-early 20's. One of the leaders of the group, Benny Ginsberg, goes to our church and had asked me if I would be able to share God's Word with these young men!
So Markus and I showed up a little early, to eat dinner with them, to kick the soccer ball around a little bit, and to spend a little time with them before we did the bible study. My mind was constantly thinking and praying about what the LORD would want to share with these young men. I had a few ideas on my mind, but since it took a while to get the fire going, by the time we started it was pretty dark, so we were no longer able to see our bibles. So I believed that the Lord wanted me to challenge these young men in a few areas. One of them was on the topic of FAITH! It is currently an area that I am being challenged to walk in and so I figured I would stay in this topic!
I do pray that the young men were challenged and that they would really consider what the LORD wants to do in their lives! I do ask that you would please pray for this young men's group in Burbach. The Lord is doing a great work there, but they could always use your prayers!

Now, I am looking forward to this weekend! Jon Bauer is going to be here in Sunday Night for a concert! It should be good! If you can, come on out, you won't want to miss it!