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The importance of Community

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Community is a very essential thing for each one of us. In this blog I talk about it with the example from the movie breakthrough. Be encouraged!

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Happy second June week!! We hope it was a good one for you!! After we got back from PA, we had a wonderful week in SF with the Seniors, the youth and everyone in between. On Saturday we had another meeting with a friend who we help to get involved in his neighborhood and to reach out to that community. God keeps spreading the idea to more and more places and inspires people to take Jesus command to love our neighbor serious. Its exciting!

Jen and I are doing well too!! We got to go on a date together which was awesome!!

We wish you a blessed week and remember both are important to find community and to bring community!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Jesus says I am with you

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This blog is about the promises that Jesus made in Matthew 28.20 that he will be with us!! May it speak to you in whatever season you are in!

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We hope you had a relaxing holiday! We had a wonderful BBQ at our house with our wonderful neighbors. We made some tri Tip and also had lots of sides. Let me tell you it was a blast!! And since everyone brought something we got to taste so many things and it build such a wonderful community since everyone has a part at the BBQ! Later in the week we left for a few days for the East Coast for the wedding of our wonderful cousin Paul and also see more family. We are still there till Tuesday. Its also nice to have a warm summer there!!

We wish you a blessed week and remember whatever season you are in Jesus is with you!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Light needs a power Source

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Last week we talked about how we should let the light of Jesus shine through us. This week we have a video blog on how it’s important to stay connected with the power source!

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We hope you had a wonderful week! Ours was just a normal week here. We are working hard on the book and are excited to see it move forward. God keeps giving us inspiration every week we write. It is definitely a project where you have to think long-term. But we are excited for the day when its done!! Keep us in your prayers!!

Jen and I also had personally a wonderful week! We feel blessed by being part of such a wonderful community here in North Beach and also for having a beautiful summer!!

Have a blessed week and make sure to spend time with the power source Jesus so our light can shine brighter and brighter!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Be a light

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14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5.14-16

Recently we drove back to the city after dark. But even it was dark outside through all the lights in the city you could see perfectly. Jesus gives us an example about that that I really love in Matthew 5.14-16. Jesus compares us to a city on a hill that shines light and through that can’t be hidden.

What does he mean with that? He is talking about that we are the ones who let the light of our faith shine through everything we do. People can see in us the love of Jesus through the way we live and how we treat others and also how we share the good news. Our faith should not be a hidden thing, but it should shine all the time. It should shine in our work in our homes in our neighborhoods in our areas of our hobbies and all other areas of our life. When we shine the light of Jesus through us it attracts people and they want to know more. I saw this many times in my life, when I showed people how special they are how much more they were interested in what I had to say. They saw that I genuinely cared about them and saw through that Jesus shine through.

I believe that is true for you too!! I am sure you are bringing hope to people and shine the light of Jesus! I want to encourage you to be intentional this week to do that with people around you!! Let the light of Jesus shine through you to your neighbors at home, at work and maybe in the sport group.

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We hope you had an awesome week!! We had a normal week here in San Francisco with dinners small groups, meetups and many other. We also went to a workshop of a group who plants little house churches to learn about their approach on sharing the gospel. It was an encouraging time!! Jen and I also had personally a wonderful week since we had a short vaca for our anniversary which was a lot of fun. We are so thankful that God opened the door for that!

We wish you a wonderful new week and let the light of Jesus shine through you to your neighbors!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

Approach

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This weeks video blog is on how we as Christians can approach things in different ways with different results. Be encouraged and challenged.

P.s. Here is a link to the info about the film Unplanned I was talking about. I recommend seeing it, but be aware its not a light topic movie to watch!!

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Jen and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary last weekend!! I can’t believe it’s already 7 years! Time flies. We are so blessed to have each other!

Besides that our week was also good. We had 2 great small groups, time with the kids at the boys and girls club a wonderful encouragement group and just so many wonderful moments connecting with the neighborhood just to name a few. One of our highlights was our potluck for our whole street. It was a wonderful time for all the neighbors and us and it was a joint effort between us and a few neighbors. A wonderful way to build community! My friend also bought me (Markus) a plane ticket to see him up in Seattle for 2 days which was an amazing time too!!

We want to encourage you this week to stand up for the things you believe in but do it with an approach of love not with an approach of being right!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen