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!!

Our tip for this month is to have a simple get together either in the garage or outside! Watch the video with some tips on that!

Hi our friend

First we want you to remember that you are amazing and loved!! Also we really hope you had a wonderful week!!

We had a wonderful week here in San Francisco. We had our first in person meetup of our church small group in the park this week which was wonderful. We all had a picnic together and just spend time encouraging each other. Its awesome how God encourages us through others. I was also working on our love your neighbor social which is more and more coming together. We will host another workshop in just a few weeks and for that one we want to have some more things set up on it.  So keep me in your prayers since I don’t have a tech degree and kind of figure everything out along the way J.

We as a family do well too. Caleb is still working on sleeping a bit more during the night so that his parents get to sleep more too but that will also eventually happen. We love that little boy.

Also along with our love your neighbor blog video of the week don’t forget to have a little get-together with neighbors if it’s possible in your area!!

God bless you

Markus and Jen