Category Archives: How can Jesus shine through you?

Eyes on God

Today’s blog is all about looking at what God does and not looking at the things the enemy planned. Let God inspire you through it!!

Hi our friend

How was your week?

Our week in San Francisco was great since our air finally got better. We had the opportunity through that to meet up with neighbors outside while exercising and also during a little social distance picnic in the park. What a blessing.

During this week we also meet with YWAM Kona about a new Course we will run together. Its called Commission online and its all about living and sharing your faith in the places where you are and with the people you are connected to including online!! Its goal is also to help you and give you tools to grow closer to Jesus. It’s a 4 week course with a 4 hour weekly commitment which most of those you can do on your own schedule. It starts beginning of October. Jen and I will lead a small group for it. We would love to have you join!! Here is the link to it, also make sure to write ywamsf under code so you are put in the right group with us here in SF! https://commissionthecity.thinkific.com/courses/commission-online-october

Jen and I are also personally doing good and enjoying this extra time we have together this year. It’s a blessing we don’t take for granted!

Also with our blog challenge, start today to switch from looking at the things the enmy does to the things God does.

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Isaiah – what a prophet can teach us

This week we are talking about the old testament prophet Isaiah. Be encouraged by his life!

Hi our friend

Another week went by and we hope yours was awesome!! Even if you don’t have good memories about it, remember the good things that happened, because each week has those too!!

Our week here was full of special moments, one was an even a once in a lifetime moment. Our friend that we meet in our neighborhood got her citizenship after 7 years and we got to go to her special ceremony for that. It was a wonderful moment where 1255 people from 100 nations became citizens. It’s wonderful to walk alongside people so that at one point you get to celebrate with them such a milestone. Also during the week, Jen was prepping words for a video series for a 21-day challenge on loving our neighbor which will start with our church soon. We also had a celebration on Valentine’s Day for neighbors where we celebrated friendship and community. It was a wonderful time for everyone. Through many times of eating together with neighbors and meeting together, we deepened community in a simple way. What a great week!!

Let God guide you like Isaiah and speak His heart to the people around you through His love!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Fasting

This weeks blog is about fasting. Fasting is often seen as hard but often we forget about the blessings of it. Be encouraged and inspired by this video blog!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!! If we would have to put a headline on top of ours, it would be community. On Wednesday we hosted 2 of our church friends for dinner which was a lot of fun. Our church small group also met for the first time this year in our house and then we had our bi-annual review and evaluation meeting with all the ywam leaders. On Saturday one of our neighbors was inspired by us and hosted a lunch and movie time at his house. It was wonderful. At night we had a dinner event with the boys and girls club and on Sunday we hosted a little event at our house to watch the Oscars together. Besides those, we had all our normal weekly things going on. And somewhere in between Jen and I had a date night. What a great week.

Look at your life and see what things have a hold of you and then come up with a plan to fast them and let God help you in it!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Whatever you focus on affects you

Today our blog is about focusing our lives on the right thing and how that brings hope.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!! Our week was busy in a good way. We had our quarterly meeting with other ministry leaders from the bay area and it was encouraging as usual. We also were able to connect in a deeper way with our community here. A very good week. And Jen and went out on a date night together which was really fun.

Remember to look at your thoughts and the things you focus on and make sure to focus on Jesus!

Have a blessed week!!

Markus and Jen

Pelicans or better together

I hope this 2nd blog on Pelicans inspires you and you can learn from their life.

Hi our friend

What a wonderful week. Jen and I got to go on vacation to Tahoe with friends which was so much fun. How did your year start?

Don’t forget this week to find someone that might have lost the connection and start to bring that person back into the community!

Have a blessed week!!

Markus and Jen