Hey everyone, well we are now in our third week here at Berlin. Each week we have a theme week that is the focus of our devotionals. The first week was 'our identity in Christ' the second week was 'the Holy Spirit' and now this week is 'multipying our faith'. We will be looking at what it means to make disciples and a good launching pad from scriptures is 2 Timothy 2:2.
Last week, I got to meet a guy named Balduin who is from Germany while sharing on campus. Our conversation ended up lasting for about 2 hours as he gave us a tour all over Humboldt University. We ended up exchanging emails and on Friday we got to play basketball with him. This has been a huge blessing to me as I have been praying for ongoing relationships with German students to be able to show them the Gospel in word and deed. We will hopefully be playing basketball with him again and invite him to church on Sunday as well to get him connected with the long term team here.
And speaking of church, I got to go to a really neat church this past Sunday. Me and a buddy got invited by a German student we met on campus and so we went way out to the east side of Berlin. We ended up in an elementary school classroom where around 40 people were huddled together with a guitar and electric piano. The church was extremely intimate and everyone knew each other very well. They were so welcoming us to and actually gave us a personal translator. What I thought was the coolest thing though was the worship. We sung some english hymns such as Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art. But for the most part, I was not able to understand anything else. This really opened my eyes to the global church - even though I didn't know what these believers were singing, I knew who they were worshipping.
Prayer Requests:
-Ongoing opportunities with Balduin
-That I may be encouraged and encouraging to this church
-Love for my team and for non-believers
Thanks everyone!
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