The book of Ezra starts of with how Ezra (a priest) leaves the land, that held them captive, together with 50000 people from Israel to go back to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. His mission was that, but even more so to bring the people back to God. Be encouraged through this video intro into the book and then afterwards through reading it! May the book of Ezra inspire you to help people find their way back to God!

Hi our friend

We hope you had a wonderful week!! We cant believe its only a few more days till Christmas. Wow time for sure goes fast. We were able to bless and encourage more people with some extra Christmas cards the printers send us. It was wonderful. We also got to celebrate the 87^th birthday of a neighborhood friend. It was wonderful. We are excited for this Christmas weekend to celebrate with Caleb his first Christmas. It will be a lot of fun! We cant have the big Christmas dinner this year with neighbors but we will have one older neighbor for a Christmas meal which will be nice! Jesus always valued the one through his life and so do we!! How can you be a blessing to your neighbors this Christmas week?

We want to wish you a merry Christmas. May this be a Christmas for you where you can experience in a new and deeper way Emmanuel God with us!

God bless you

Markus, Jen and Caleb

Let Paul encourage you through his letters to the Thessalonians.  With this video, we will give you a view into the books. Be encouraged.

Hi our friend

How was your week?

Our family has been fighting a cold for a bit and now it was my turn to get it. But it will pass! Outside of that our week was good. I was able to encourage people online which is so needed in todays time. Jen got to connect with different Parents in the park and online and was able to encourage them. Caleb got to see a little puppy and was so happy. Not sure who was more excited him or the puppy. Babies and puppies are such a great way to get into a conversation!!

Have you thought more about how you can be a blessing to a neighbor during this christmas season? Jen and i will bake brownies and give them to our neighbors along with our christmas card. A simple thing but it brings so much joy to everyone who gets it. This is a great time to bless neighbors and also in return be blessed too!
Dont forget this week to spend time to read through the 2 letters Paul wrote to the Thessalonians!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

When people first come to faith, they need someone to guide them and give them direction, and that is exactly what Paul does in this book. With this video we will give you a view into the book. Be encouraged.

Hi our friend

How was your week?

We had a wonderful week here! We came back into everything with renewed strength after our vacation. It was wonderful to connect with different people this week; it was a real blessing. We also had our bay area meeting which was as usual encouraging.

On Saturday we taught the love your neighbor workshop for the first time on the love your neighbor social network. It was such an encouraging time for us and all the people that came. Its amazing to see how far God brought us over the years, and how he guided us in developing this tool for multiplication and keeping people with a heart for loving their neighbor connected. If you would like to do one of our workshops in the future send us an email and we will email you dates when they happen!!

Also dont forget to spend time this week to read through Colossians and let it be an inspiration and guide for you!

God bless you

Markus and Jen

The story of the tribes of Israel keeps going under the books of Kings and the leadership of different Kings. We hope this video will give you a little bit more inside into the books before you read it yourself. May it inspire and encourage you!

Hi our friend

How was your week?

Jen and I are so excited that we are able to go on a little vaca to our favorite spot lake Tahoe. Its the first time since Caleb was born for us to leave the city besides a day workshop I lead in August. We are super excited for some refreshing time. Before we left on Friday we got to say our Goodbyes to our neighbor and also wrap up a few things that still needed to get done. How was your week? Update us on your life with a short email sometime!!

And fitting to the blog, we pray that God will inspire you in a new way about leadership through the books of Kings!

God bless you

Markus and Jen