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Focus your life Wrapping up

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Focus your life wrapping upToday will be the last blog in our series Focus your life and we will wrap it up with a video Blog! Be encouraged and don’t forget to focus your life!!

Set a goal by when you want to focus your life and then work towards it!! Follow the steps from the last 6 weeks and start moving!! You can do it! I can tell you one thing when we let God focus our life and we walk in it, the world will change!!

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How was your week? We hope fantastic. Life in SF is going well. Our work with the different organisations has been a huge blessing. The Kids at the boys and girls are blessed through the time we spend and also through the art Jen makes with them. The elderly at the Italian center see Gods love for them in a new way by how we serve and love on them. Its easy to do and each one of us can do it. Find a spot in your community that you can serve a few hours a week and be a blessing. Jen and I are doing well too. We had a wonderful time this fall in Germany seeing family and friends. It was amazing!

So don’t forget this and the coming weeks to focus your life!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

We might not change the whole world but lets start where we live

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This blog is all about how each one of us can make a difference. Be inspired!

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Wow we are almost at the end of August. How did time go by so fast? But that means our San Francisco summer will arrive soon!! We hope your summer met all your expectations!!

Last week we were able to see the musical Les Miserables which was amazing!! I highly recommend watching it. During the weekend we visited a neighbor who used to live very close to us but had to move because her building was retrofitted for earthquakes. She was so happy that we came. We also had a wonderful time at the boys and girls club and at the Italian Center. On Friday we had half yearly meeting with all the YWAM works in the bay area to evaluate how things are going. It was refreshing and encouraging.  Maybe find a time sometime to evaluate your own life too. It can be super helpful, encouraging and challenging.

We wish you a blessed week!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Weakness = Strength

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Recently I saw a video which showed a view of different people and how they were capable of more then anyone would think they are. It showed some people with a talent in sport even they had a handicap. It was amazing to see how each of them probably believed in who they are and didn’t let themselves be limited by how others said they cant do it.

It reminded me of people we talked about in the last few months like Peter or Paul. Both of them experienced things that seemed impossible, but God used them in power and changed the world through them. When we look at those different men from the bible we notice something different so. They did not necessarily believe in their own ability, but they trusted in God showing up. Paul talks about that when he is weak Christ is strong in him. He admitted openly that it was not by his might, but by Gods power that he did the things he did. So Jesus said that he will be with us till the end of time with that meaning He is with us like with Paul and Peter and he can show up miraculously when we are weak. So when you feel you don’t have the strength or ways to do something greater than you would be able to achieve, welcome to good company. Most people in the bible experienced something like that, but then in there weakness God showed up strong.

We want to encourage you this week to let God be strong in your weakness through your life!

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We had a wonderful Time at our annual Staff Retreat where all the ywam staff form the bay area comes together to learn and encourage each other. It was a refreshing time for everyone that came. Jen had a meeting for the neighborhood watch group which was encouraging for her since she had a big group there! It’s wonderful how the neighborhood watch brought so many people together and gave us so many new relationships.

We wish you a blessed week and remember its ok to feel weak, because in those times god is even stronger through you!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Ruth or putting your full trust in him

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Recently I was reading the book of Ruth. Ruth is an interesting book that teaches us a lot about family and about trust. Enjoy the video blog about it!

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We had a wonderful week here in San Francisco. We had an old friend from Germany come out for a visit which was awesome. We also had our normal things going on which were really fun. On Saturday our friend could experience one of our neighbor brunches which was awesome. It so easy to do, but so much fun to connect with neighbor friends through it. Jen and I had also some really fun dates in this last month. A friend of ours lend us there car and we were able to visit a water park which was awesome. And with that we were able to experience a real summer. We hope you enjoy yours too!

Now have a wonderful week and don’t forget to address the areas in your life where you still have to put your trust in Him!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

The mosaic

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I don’t know if you have ever seen one of those really big and nice mosaic but they are really beautiful. When you look closer you notice that they are put together through little pieces and colors. All of them together create the big picture that you then see.

Lets look at our lives, Days, weeks, months, years sometimes go by so fast and we don’t even remember what we did. We think our week was one of those normal weeks, but when we thought back on it we realized the amount of amazing moments God has given us. Being encouraged in a small group we host, connecting with a neighbor and spending time together, saying hi to a friend and his dog in the morning and bring a smile to the face, going on a date and look each other in the eyes and see how happy we are together. These are just some snippets of one of our weeks and there was a lot more, but those snippets help remember all the little moments God is using to inspire, make us grow and feel encouraged. These little snippets all put together make our life. Its amazing to think about how wonderful that gift of life is God has given us. But sometimes we don’t think about it enough to really appreciate how wonderful it is!

Take a moment to stop and remember the moments you had, the people you met or just little exciting things that happened during your week. Remember those little snippets that create your mosaic. Be inspired by your loving father!

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How are you? Hopefully really well!! Jen and I felt really encouraged after the conference last week. It was a wonderful time to be around a group of people that have a similar heart to love on their direct neighborhoods. We also had a wonderful brunch which was really encouraging too! Our neighborhood art walk was also a fun time since we saw many of four friends form the neighborhood in the neighborhood. Plese keep us in your prayers in this coming season while we have a few things coming up like the writing trip. Thank you!!

Don’t forget this week to look back and remember all those little snippets that made your week!

God bless you

Markus and Jen