Hey this is going to be a short one, but I just wanted to say that I am so excited that Mark Deal got me back up and running after the changes on the Levy Website. So, I hope that all of you that were reading my posts off the Levy site will continue to follow the link from that site to here and read, comment, and enjoy some of my ramblings. Keep us in your prayers as we are on the 'stretch' for moving. You gotta love moving (not!). Ha, actually in this case we are very excited about moving to Chemnitz! It will be a lot of work, but God has continued to open the doors for us. It is so good to know that you are heading in the right direction. I will try to post a real blog some time later this week. God bless. May His peace rest upon you!
Mark
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Home from Chemnitz
Just wanted to take a few minutes to bring you guys up to date on what is going on in our lives. Today is Tuesday... yea, hard for me to believe too. Karen and I just spent 5 days in Chemnitz. We had an incredible time... and very productive too. We went last Thursday, we were hoping to take our bikes with us so that we would not have to pack them in the truck when we move... but as circumstances would have it, that was not an option. We made the best of it and had a great train ride without the bikes. We make a train change in Leipzig, where much to our surprise we met up with Larry Sullivan. He was in Leipzig to meet with a young Christian brother, Conrad, for his weekly Bible study. So, we stayed in town with Larry and had a great visit with Conrad. Then we rode home to Chemnitz together on the train and had a great dinner together.
On Friday I was able to help Clint Everhart move from his apartment into the Sullivan's house. We were also able to sign the contract on our apartment in Chemnitz and use the keys for the weekend so that we could measure the different rooms in our apartment. The important one is the kitchen, because we have to buy everything for the kitchen.... sink, countertops, refridgerator, stove, cooktop, cabinets.... I think you get the idea. So it was quite helpful that we could chart out the rooms and measure them. Friday we also had a meeting with all those working in Chemnitz with the church there. This is the last group meeting for the Sullivans as they will be moving for one year to the states to teach at Oklahoma Christian and also try and recruit others to come and work with us in Leipzig the following year. We ended the day with a great pizza supper and a time of watching a movie together.
Saturday was a busy day as we spent the morning setting up tents and tables for the 'going away party' put on by the Sullivans at their home. From about 4pm till... we had food fun and fellowship. It was a great time to get to meet a lot of people. Some of them from the church, some just from people that they have come to know and love over the years. It was great for us to be a part of this celebration of such a wonderful Christian family serving our Father here in Germany.
Sunday was especially moving for me. Larry preached his last sermon in Chemnitz before heading to the states. He did a great job of motivating the family to strive for unity and love as they continue to grow in Christ. Karen and I are really excited about moving to Chemnitz and getting the chance to become even closer with the family there. It will be such a great foundation for us once we move to Leipzig in order to plant a church there. We need a Christian family, one that can help us and one that we can encourage and help grow in Christ. Once we move to Leipzig it will be a slow process as the church in that city grows and it will be so good to have a family not so far away to continue to grow with during this church planting process.
Monday we just helped in different ways to help the Sullivans as they took care of last minute things that have to be done before you can leave for an extended period of time. We also spent a couple of hours in the center of Chemnitz exploring the different shops and areas of the city. Then of course we had a nice train ride back to Bremen, about a 5 hour ride. We got home very late, as the train was a little late and we got back to the house about 1 am.
We did even more than I have written, dont have that much space, but know that it was a great trip and so helpful in so many ways, to many people. God continues to work and move and open doors and show us which way to go. Praise be to God! More later....
Mark
On Friday I was able to help Clint Everhart move from his apartment into the Sullivan's house. We were also able to sign the contract on our apartment in Chemnitz and use the keys for the weekend so that we could measure the different rooms in our apartment. The important one is the kitchen, because we have to buy everything for the kitchen.... sink, countertops, refridgerator, stove, cooktop, cabinets.... I think you get the idea. So it was quite helpful that we could chart out the rooms and measure them. Friday we also had a meeting with all those working in Chemnitz with the church there. This is the last group meeting for the Sullivans as they will be moving for one year to the states to teach at Oklahoma Christian and also try and recruit others to come and work with us in Leipzig the following year. We ended the day with a great pizza supper and a time of watching a movie together.
Saturday was a busy day as we spent the morning setting up tents and tables for the 'going away party' put on by the Sullivans at their home. From about 4pm till... we had food fun and fellowship. It was a great time to get to meet a lot of people. Some of them from the church, some just from people that they have come to know and love over the years. It was great for us to be a part of this celebration of such a wonderful Christian family serving our Father here in Germany.
Sunday was especially moving for me. Larry preached his last sermon in Chemnitz before heading to the states. He did a great job of motivating the family to strive for unity and love as they continue to grow in Christ. Karen and I are really excited about moving to Chemnitz and getting the chance to become even closer with the family there. It will be such a great foundation for us once we move to Leipzig in order to plant a church there. We need a Christian family, one that can help us and one that we can encourage and help grow in Christ. Once we move to Leipzig it will be a slow process as the church in that city grows and it will be so good to have a family not so far away to continue to grow with during this church planting process.
Monday we just helped in different ways to help the Sullivans as they took care of last minute things that have to be done before you can leave for an extended period of time. We also spent a couple of hours in the center of Chemnitz exploring the different shops and areas of the city. Then of course we had a nice train ride back to Bremen, about a 5 hour ride. We got home very late, as the train was a little late and we got back to the house about 1 am.
We did even more than I have written, dont have that much space, but know that it was a great trip and so helpful in so many ways, to many people. God continues to work and move and open doors and show us which way to go. Praise be to God! More later....
Mark
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