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Friday we had our first meeting with our 20+ age group. We met for dinner at our apartment, at 8 30 which ended up being the earliest possible, but really perfect while getting off of work at 6, and needing a little time between. We had only given a late notice to the few at our church who fit this age group, and to our sister church in Kaiserslautern, where Rich made his announcement previously written about. We had belated the visit to the “K-town” church due to schedule detours, and God clearly planned out our ways. We made our announcement just over a week ago now, which happened to be the week our friend now, Anne, was attending for just the second time. She is a student at a local university, and had been searching for a church to call her own. She came Friday and brought her friend Simon, both of whom are originally from Freiburg, Germany. We spent two plus hours over dinner AND speaking mostly German. Granted ours is far from correct, it was so encouraging to spend an evening like that, able to communicate with our minimal language, and able to enjoy it with these girls who are excited to be part of a group and grown in the knowledge of Jesus Christ with those who are likeminded.
We may begin with choppy prayers, and broken “D-English,” but regardless it is encouraging to gather with fellow believers, with like mindedness and age too, as God’s Word exhorts us to “increase and abound in love to one another so He may establish our hearts blameless in holiness before God.” We feel a whole other sense of “our” God here in a country where we often don’t even hear prayers uttered in our own language. God is not English, He is multi-ethnically reigning, and it is powerful to hear prayers offered up, of which all of, He understands.
We are excited to see this group grow, as there are only a few from each church even in our age group. It is a missing piece in the churches, but we are determined to help change that! Thanks for your prayers, we have faith in our God for greater things to come!