Hey our friend

A busy but wonderful week went by in like no time. We had coffee shop meetings with a wonderful bible study, great moments with events at the Italian community center, a meeting with a community organizer from the city and a wedding of our good longtime friend Mikel and Tami. Another great thing we did last week was prayer times were many Christians from San Francisco covered all the different intersections of the city. We started inviting Gods presence and the Holy Spirit into those places so that people will be touched by Gods love and hope. We want to encourage you to get the different churches in your town together and to do the same.

Invite them Home

This week we want to talk about how to further your new build friendships. After you had your new friends over at your house for a shorter time like a coffee time where you got to know them better, organize a dinner where you invite all 6 of them together. Make sure to pray before the people come and invite the Holy Spirit to guide the night. People that are coming to a home always feel more special because they are invited in your personal space. When you do that make sure to stir conversation between all the new friends. Its really important to start helping them build relationships between each other. That way they are always connected and things are not totally depending on you. A dinner together at a dining table is a great way to do that. When you look at Jesus and his life you see many times how he used a dinner to connect with people in a deeper way. You will have interactions between different people and you are also able to move a conversation in a certain direction. Make sure to have those dinners as a time of encouragement and hope. If you notice that the conversation is just going in a negative direction move it back to an encouraging and loving conversation. You are the host and the one that can help to make those dinners a place of hope. Pray and think about ways on how to make those nights exciting. Maybe go with a special theme like a Mexican theme with tacos and Mexican music. Be creative. Dinners like that will help you to go into a deeper relationship with your new friends.

Have a blessed week

Markus and Jen