chillin’ out on the town January 13, 2007
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I remember one visiting professor back at Bethany College, really a veteran missionary, who told us that the best times of ministry and sharing that he’s ever had have been ’sitting under the bannana tree,’ just talking with people, encouraging them, arguing the scriptures with them, on a one-to-one basis. I’ve also been learning more and more that the kingdom of God is not so much a matter of a new program or another church service. Although these things are good, and I do enjoy the sense of accomplishment from a good day in the church office, most of the best times that I have come when I’m just acting like a Christian wherever I am.
my boss, gerhard
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It is my pleasure to introduce to you Gerhard, my acting internship supervisor for these 8 months. He stand about 6′ 3″ tall, has an impressive build, and tends to be a bit intimidating, but it really is my privildge to work with him. He’s been a leader in the evangelical church movement here in Austra for the past 30 years, back when there were only a handful of people in the movement.
translation work
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81% complete with what has become a monumental translation project of the computer program Excellerate. This is a church organizational database-type program currently is only avaliable in English and Spanish, but hopefully, by the end of January ‘07, will also be open to the German-speaking community as well.
charlie brown christmas
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It says in Psalm 68 that the Lord sets the lonely in families and this Christmas has proved to be no exception. It was just a blessed time with good friends, incredible food, amazing wine, and very heart-filling times of Christian fellowship. Some notable parts of the weekend would be the lutafisck, a type of Scandinavian fish preserved in lard.
They also gave us two Christmas gifts that were very special to me. One, original Swedish house shoes made by Ulla’s mother and two, a copy of a special edition Gospel of Mark in Russian. It was a leather cover with plastic pages and small enough to fit into one’s mouth. It was actually ideal for circulating around Soviet prisons, if a guard suddenly came by, one could pop it in their mouth, their cup of coffee, really anything, and it wouldn’t be damaged because it was plastic and leather. Robert had smuggled several of them into Moscow himself.
LISTEN! to me preach in bosnia January 12, 2007
Posted by jdposthuma2 in : Miscallaneous , add a commentthis mp3 is from one of my first weeks here. we took a missions trip to bosnia and held a youth conference for about 100 kids.
