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December
8, 2004
Dear Friends,
It
has been so COOL seeing so many of you during my Stateside Assignment
these past 5 months. God is so good! And our International Mission
Board
is always gracious-- they "give" you 6 months to catch
up with friends and
share in churches, when you're on the field 3 years. What you don't
use,
accrues-- in my case, I'd been away for 2 years, but had "time
coming" leftover from before. I have just 1
month to go, and then fly out January
2nd. That will give me still 5 more weeks of our university winter semester
(our fall/winter begins in October in Germany). Thanks for praying
for my trip to Texas last month. It was really
blessed
and I had such fun visits with my aunt and uncle who live on Toledo
Bend
lake... 2 aunts & an uncle in Tyler and Ft. Worth... and many
special friends and churches in different cities. I so appreciate
your
lifting up
these prayer needs (maybe God will lay 1 on your heart to pray
for each day)!
- VISION
-- pray that the Lord lays on my heart HIS special
will for this Connexxion ministry, as we seek to expand onto
other
campuses and
cities to reach 2.2 million collegians in Germany, Switzerland
and
Austria. Pray that our students would see the "big picture." I
had a great visit 3 weeks ago with a young couple from the
Atlanta area who is
starting the process to serve 2 years in Jena!! Yippee!! The
2-year
program is called "International Service Corps."
- Future-- Julie
(our Journeyman staffer) is making important decisions about
her future job in the US when she finishes
her term with
us in February. Also, Anja is looking at long-term options
for her
training & ministry. In the spring, it will have been 2 years
that both
have served with us.
- PRAISE
for the RETREAT-- 22
persons came & were
challenged to share their faith. They said it went "great." So
far I've heard of at least 5 different encounters that students & staff
had the next week, to give a Gospel presentation to friends.
Pray for those 'seekers' who have
recently heard the Good News, to respond to Jesus-- Steffi
(was in my
English course at the university), Susi, Emi, Peggy & Peter
(who hosted a
volunteer this summer).
- Praise
for growth steps: Dawn,
a student from England who is in our discipleship group on
Thursdays, just got baptized
this Sunday!
- Once
a month on Thursday nights is "Extra
Cross" -- a worship
time that we do on campus. This is special, because
in order to get
permission we have to send a letter to the university
president's office.
Our next event will be Thursday, Dec. 9th, w/ our
pastor Stefan Keil
speaking about dating & moral purity.
- We
are averaging a total of about 30 students each week in 4
different outreach Bible studies. Every Monday, Tues.
and Wed. you can
pray at 2 p.m. (EST) and 1 or more groups are coming
together at 8 p.m.
Germany time! TONIGHT the Weimar group, led by
a busy architecture student Sebastian M., will
be showing the "Passion of the Christ" on
DVD in an apartment. The other 3 groups showed it
last week-- pray for hearts to be
touched and 'seekers' to come in DROVES!
Bless ya! Your friend,
Martha
P.S.
Check out our (German-language) website: www.goconnexxion.com (see “Fotos”). |
