It is Wednesday and we are in the middle of our time with the students. The main sessions have been going really well. Brian has been teaching through the Beattitudes from Matthew 5, the students are enjoying our worship times lead by Phill and Dustin, and the leader testimonies have been super! The students are growing more and more precious to us as we learn more about them and the lives they lead. Several are students at Black Forest Academy in Germany where Jen Smith is an RA. Others live all over in places such as England, Afganistan, Turkey and Pakastan. I learned a family from Pakistan now has two family groups living with them after they were displaced by the recent earthquake. It is amazing to listen to these students talk about the things they have experienced. Tonight we will be having a special dinner with the students on the mountain top for fondue. We hope it will be a meaningful and fun meal for them. Only two full days remain of our time with the students. Please pray our time with them would matter for eternity!
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I miss sophie and brina and anna…
i like the chocolate because it is swiss. i like the mountains and the missionaries. rebekah, emmie and emily are some of my new friends and i play with them.
please pray for to a great job teaching the children and the mommys and the daddys and the grandma and the grandad, papa’s and the aunts.
i went on a train, i had piggy-back rides and shoulder rides. i went on a bus too. i had fun.
the mountains are pretty. i like the children’s clothes each day.
Addie and Emma with their new friend Rebekah
Addie plays with friends from all over the world
the Moore family at Hari
Geared up and ready to go!!
Little Swiss Skier!!
More time later today, just a note to say that things are going really well. We had a leaders meeting last night with the youth team to see what the “pulse” is and we are all very encouraged. We value your prayers intensely! God is dealing with our hearts and things in our lives. This morning’s message was “blessed are the meek” – pray for meekness to be built in us all.
Some think meekness is weakness or a deficient spirit, but it is truly great power under control. So as you are praying for meekness, pray for us to live a spirit controlled life. Galatians 5 is a good passage to read and pray for us all.
Pictures later, but Addie learned to ski yesterday in the Swiss Alps!!! she had a blast and woke up this morning asking me if we could go again. I told her “I wish we could, but what a privilege that we got to do it at all for a few hours.” She will have to tell about the face plant that she did in the 4 foot deep (at least) snow!
Emma is looking forward to going sledding on Wednesday with the teens. this isn’t your lancaster county sledding hill…we are talking 1.5 kilometer sledding hill!!!! wow!
Very memorable ministry and fun experiences for our family and the rest of the team.
