Reaching Out and Being Stretched

The second half of our time in Germany was spent in Hiedelberg, working with the Calvary Chapel church. To say they treated us well, would be a gross understatement. They continually went above and beyond in showing hospitality, and honor in serving, and botherly love, as Romans 12 tells us we should. During worship times the sermon is in english and then translated to german, some songs are sung in german and others in english, but the common bond of Gods goodness and grace is international and knows no bounds.
Our main objective during our stay was to reach out to the community. We did our best to engage people in conversation, in hopes it would turn to spiritual matters. People were invited to church and to a showing of the Passion on Friday night. This was an uncomfortable endeavor for some, but God is good, and when you step out in faith He is always there! When the weather permitted we played football by the river and invited those we played with to church. The MVP of the game was voted to be Becky Pine, who knew?
We hope you will pray for the Calvary Chapel church, that their love for Jesus will change this community one person at a time, and God will bless them so they may Glorify Him even more. What a wonderful group of people, hopefully we were able to encourage them like they did us.
We meet so many wonderful people on this trip, who have a heart for God, and attachments were created in a very short time as we shared our stories and hearts. The team also grew closer daily with new appreciations of each other and the different talents and gifts we each brought to Germany. It is sad as the time draws near to go home, but we hope your prayers will not stop when the trip does. God has us each on this trip for a reason, now it is time to find out how to use what we have learned and to take the next step in serving and living for God. It was a special time of drawing near to God that we want to continue even when we find ourselves back in familiar surroundings once again.
May Gods will be done on earth as it is in heaven, with Him recieving all the glory!!!!