Find out in this weeks video what locusts, honey and camel clothing have to do with todays topic. Be inspired and encouraged. You find the bible reference for todays topic in Matthew 3, mark 1:1-13, Luke 3:1-22 and John 1:6-13 and 19-34

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!

Last Sunday I got to see an old friend that I haven’t seen for over 10 years since he lives in another country. I met him many years ago through a friend of his. At the time he came to the Bay Area to study and work as an intern. Going to a new place and culture is never easy and finding a connection in an area that deals with loneliness and isolation in big ways doesn’t make it easier. But through that connection through his friend who knew me and YWAM, he came by and we got to hang out. It was a blessing to me and him to have made a new friend and a blessing to him to be connected to others as well who also lived in a different country. And now 14 years later, we both are married and have children and we got to have dinner together during a layover they had in San Francisco. Friends are a blessing and often times you find them when you invite a stranger into your life who then becomes a friend! Or like the poet William Butler Yeats said: There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t met! Who might be the stranger in your life who is just a step away from being your friend?

Also remember the topci of the video above and let us all ask God to help us that we see people the way he sees them and as well that he will reveal the things in our lives that need repentance.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

This week we are looking at 2 people that were diligent in seeking after God through prayer and fasting and in their relationship with him. And in this video we see a bit more the cost of a certain kind of redemption. Be inspired and encouraged. You find the bible reference for todays theme in Luke 3.21-38

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!! Ours was good here. In this last season I started to help out with emails at the finance office at YWAM here in San Francisco. The team really needed help and i told them that i can help for a few hours a week in whichever way they need help. Even its only in a limited capacity I really enjoy helping out. But what really encourages me too is that God is using a gifting he has given me to help in an area of need. I want to encourage you to ask God to open doors for you to use giftings he gave you to build His Kingdom.

Also Remember to pray for Redemption for people in your life and your nation. Also spend some time to think about the cost of Redemption.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Last week we heard about how the good news came first to the Shepards. This time the news is going to a distant land through a star. Be encouraged and challenged! You find the bible reference for todays theme in Matthew 2.1-12

Hi our friend

We want to wish you a blessed and happy new year. May you experience Gods love, goodness and grace in a new way this year. May it be a year filled with the joy of the Lord which is our strength. A joy that is not based on circumstances. May he bless you in many ways!!

Our week was wonderful! Our Christmas brunch and dinner were so much fun. Everyone who came was encouraged and felt blessed. We also got to connect with family over zoom during Christmas which was a blessing. We are excited for this new year ahead! Jen and I have a tradition to pray and ask God for words for the new year and look back at the ones from the year that passed. Its so encouraging to see things God did during the year. Maybe start that tradition too!! It’s a blessing!

We want to encourage you to have as a new years resolution to grow closer to Jesus in this coming year, no matter the cost.

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

How would you feel if you would be the first one to hear the best news ever? Today we will talk about some people in the Christmas story who that happened to. Be encouraged and challenged! You find the bible reference for todays theme in Luke 2.8-20

Hi our friend

First of all we wish you a blessed and merry Christmas and a good start into 2024. We had and still do, since I wrote this the day before Christmas, a wonderful Christmas time. We got to celebrate with our church last Sunday and Thursday with a wonderful Christmas meal. We also went caroling at the ferry building with a group of friends. It was wonderful to see people sing along and having a smile on their face when they heard us singing some of the classics like joy to the world or hark the herald angel sing. Christmas eve we will have a brunch with neighbor friends. In the evening we will sing Christmas carols at the ywam base and after give out Hot Chocolate to neighbors on the street in the Tenderloin. Christmas day we will cook a Christmas meal and eat together with neighbors. What a wonderful season to bring community and share with others about the best news in the world, the birth of Jesus!!

Also remember that God cares so much about you and wants to bring Redemption in your life too!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb