Monthly Archives: June 2021

Stories to think about – Joshua

Todays story is about a man with great trust in God! You can read his story in Joshua 5.13- 6.27!

Hi our friend

How are you?

We are doing well. It is amazing to see how Caleb is growing a lot. I saw a picture of when I held him when he was just born and what a difference there is.

This week again felt a bit more like pre covid times. I had a few meetings with different Pastors outside in person to talk about loving your neighbor. It felt good to have those. We also had a board meeting which was also a good time of conversation. From week to week we also learn more on how to run the online love your neighbor community. There is definitely still a lot to learn in that area and if anyone would like to share their expertise with us we would really appreciate it! We want it to be a place to encourage, inspire and give practical tools to love our neighbors as well as a place to ask questions and connect with others that want to love their neighbor too. Join in! https://love-your-neighbor.mn.co/feed

And don’t forget this week to be inspired by Joshua and his courage and trust in God. Let it be our prayer this week to grow our trust in God!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

A journey through the bible the book of Joshua

One statement that describes Joshua very well is the one he made: As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. He was a man who looked at God for guidance and then out of that lead the Israelites. Let us give you an overview and some inside into the book with this video blog.

Hi our friend

How was your week?

This week was special for me (Markus) since I got to celebrate the first father’s day with Caleb. I just love that little boy so much!! He is such a joy and I love being his Dad!!

Outside of that it was a wonderful week too. Life goes more and more back to normal which is awesome! We love it a lot to connect with people more and more face to face again after long times on the screen last year. Don’t get me wrong it was a blessing to connect with the screens but real life is just better. Make sure to use the opportunities you get to connect with neighbors and be blessed through it!!

Also spend time to read the book of Joshua and let it encourage you, that you can go forward courageous with god!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Here is the Love your neighbor monthly tip – Go outside

Why is it important?

When Jesus called us to love our neighbor, he gave us a task that is possible for each one of us and is also a blessing for each one of us. Many people around us might feel isolated or don’t feel a sense of belonging (maybe including us), and each one of us can bring change to that. You will see how loving your neighbor will change those things and also the relationships but also how it will give you a greater love for the people around you. It will leave a great impact and it builds a strong and lasting community for your neighbors and you as well to just name a few things. When I think back to last year and how the pandemic affected everyone around the world we saw more and more 1. the need of bringing God’s love to our local places and 2. How important it is to be connected with our neighbors. We got reminded of the call from Jesus also because our neighborhoods were the only places we could go to. So let’s all do this together starting today to take Jesus seriously and love our neighbor. We will give you a monthly tip with how to establish that relationship and love your neighbors in a practical way and then we will all put it into action with the neighbors right around us.  And then watch how over time your neighborhood will change! You, me, and all of us can do it so let’s do it!!

Its summertime so the tip for this month is to go outside and Connect with neighbors while doing sports or gardening to name just 2 things! Watch the video with some tips on that!

Hi our friend

How are you?

This part of the year is such a wonderful time in San Francisco. The sun is out but it is not too hot but just right. We love it! Cause of the weather we were able to take Caleb outside on a few walks which he really enjoyed and through that more neighbors could see him. Its amazing seeing how much joy he brings to everyone that sees him.

We also finished up the work to be able to launch the Love Your Neighbor online community before we had the workshop last Friday. We are excited to see how it will help people to connect and exchange ideas with each other and encourage each other to love their neighbor together! If you are interested to join send us an email and we will email you a link to sign up! We have a weekly tip on how and also have a zoom call to connect on that topic for everyone who is interested. The love your neighbor workshop was also wonderful. We had 27 people that joined and felt encouraged. Thank you God. What a great week.

And in the theme of loving your neighbor, don’t forget this month to go outside and connect with a neighbor while gardening, doing sports, or other things!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

A journey through the bible the book of Romans

Today I want to give you a little intro to the book of Romans. I really love how Paul shares his heart with people and really speaks into the life of that community. It’s also interesting how it is as relevant today as it was then.

Hi our friend

We hope you had a fantastic week!!  We hope you got to encourage a fellow believer and be encouraged through that too!!

Over the last while we have been working on many different projects for love your neighbor and now God helped us to bring all of those under one umbrella which is amazing. I am often amazed how God connects things in a way we never can. As an encouragement to you if God calls you to do something and it doesn’t make sense in the moment do it anyway he already knows how it will connect. During the last week we also got to connect with many more neighbors outside on walks and also while doing everyday things like grocery shopping. Its amazing how simple it can be to connect, we just have to be out. We want to encourage you this week to go outside and connect with neighbors.

Also don’t forget to read the book of Romans and let God speak into your life through it!

God bless you

Markus and Jen