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Our last week was a week of grief with the funeral of my grandpa. Without a doubt he is with Jesus, but he is still missed here. Please keep us and our family in your prayers in this season. Please also keep praying for the ministry in North beach which is ran from our wonderful Staff while we are gone.

We also have some good news. During the last weeks we saw $417 more in monthly support come in. We are coming closer to the goal to be fully funded by January. Praise God. Pray about to join our monthly supporter team. You can do that with $25, $50, $100 or any other amount you would like. Click on this link then choose under monthly giving the amount, under ministry Staff support and write under comments Markus and Jen. You can also support us through checks; find more info on how under this link. Thank you for partnering with us in Engaging a city with a loving God.

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Markus and Jen

My Opa Heinz, A life lived well

This week I want to remember a man who helped me in many ways to become the man I am today, my grandpa. He was a man who was loved by many people. But why is that? He always gave his best and went the extra mile for anyone. He gave his time, by listening to people and encouraging them. One way he did it was by calling people for their birthdays or by helping them to see hope again. He was never afraid to speak the truth. I remember one situation where a young man wanted to buy cigarettes at the machine across the street and grandpa started to talk to him and told him how bad it was for his health. He also had a very practical side which he used to fix many things in people’s homes. As a young boy I drove with him through Germany and visited many people to as an example help him fix there bathroom. He always had a loving heart for every person that came to him. If someone came to him that had money problems, he would always be the first one to help.

But as important as all those things are, his heart was always to bring true hope through Jesus to people and point them towards him. One of his favourite sentences was: Whatever doesn’t help you after you die was a joke or always think about eternity. Through his loving kindness people could experience a side of Jesus in a practical way. I remember how he always had a huge list of people who he prayed for on a daily base. The thing closest to his heart was to bring people closer to Jesus.

Everyone who knew him lost a significant person. But I can tell you he went to where he wanted to go, to his loving father in heaven.

Grandpa used the giftings God gave him on a daily base. Let us live that way as well. Let us use the giftings God gave us to bring people closer to Him and into the Kingdom. Let us be a friend to the lonely, let us help the ones that need help, let us encourage those that lost hope, let us love people in a way that they get a glimpse of how much they are loved by there father in heaven.

Thank you Opa Heinz for teaching me by living it. You will never be forgotten!!!!