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Love your neighbor – Wieso ist essen so wichtig?

Love your neighbor Wieso ist essen so wichtigWir glauben das du bereits einen großen Unterschied in dieser Welt machst und hoffen das dich der letzte Blog noch mehr inspiriert hat ein Teil von Gottes Antwort für Menschen zu sein die Hilfe brauchen und sie seine Liebe spüren zu lassen! Du machst einen Unterschied in dieser Welt!!

Im Blog von dieser Woche geht es um essen etwas das ich unheimlich gerne mag! Ich erinnere mich an viele Situationen bei denen wir an einem Esstisch zum Brunch, Mittagessen oder Abendessen saßen und das Essen genossen und dabei in ein tiefes Gespräch kamen. Ich möchte eines dieser Abendessen mit euch teilen. Wir sind gerade auf dem Heimweg als wir einen Anruf von Carla (Name geändert) bekamen mit der Frage ob sie vorbeikommen kann. Ganz klar sagten wir ja und fragten sie ob sie mit uns zusammen Abendessen wollte. Sie stimmte freudig zu. Wir halfen alle zusammen um das essen vorzubereiten. Jen und Carla schnitten alles klein und ich kochte es zu zusammen. Nach einiger Zeit saßen wir zusammen am Tisch um das wundervolle essen zusammen zu genießen.  Als wir zusammen aßen  erzählte Carla von ihrem Leben und wie sie sich nicht mehr an das letzte Mal erinnern kann wo sie an einem Esstisch zusammen mit anderen saß. Während des Essens erzählte sie uns auch von Problemen und Dingen die sie gerade beschäftigten und war dann auch offen dafür dass wir für sie beten konnten.

Ein Esstisch gedeckt und mit einem guten Essen kreiert eine entspannte Atmosphäre und eröffnet die Möglichkeit zum Gespräch. Vielleicht hat es mit der intimen Nähe an einem Tisch oder das Gefühl eines sicheren Ortes oder vielleicht auch die Vorfreude darauf vom Essen neu gestärkt zu werden. Wenn wir Jesus und seine Jünger anschauen sehen wir wie er sehr oft mit seinen Jüngern aß und garantiert hatten sie eine großartige Verbindung in dieser Zeit! Wenn du mal daran denkst was Er uns aufgetragen hat zu tun zu seiner Erinnerung stellst du fest das es wieder um essen geht. Als Jesus seinen Jüngern sagte das sie sich an ihn durch ein essen (Abendmahl) erinnern sollten, hatte er sicher tiefgehendere Gründe dafür als das sie nur einen vollen Magen haben. Nein er wusste das Menschen näher zusammen kommen wenn sie zusammen essen. Es baut eine tiefere Beziehung zueinander auf die auch Freude und Gemeinschaft bringt!

Trauriger weise leben wir heute in einer Zeit wo viele Esstische mehr zur Dekoration da sind als das sie benutzt werden um zusammen zu sein. Unser Leben ist so voll und geschäftig das wir diese wichtigen Dinge, wie als Familie zusammen zu essen oder Nachbarn zum Abendessen einzuladen, verpassen.  Wir möchten dich ermutigen deine Nachbarn zum Essen einzuladen so das dein Esstisch genutzt wird!! Dies ist ein Segen für dich als auch für jeden der an diesem Tisch sitzt!!

https://youtu.be/vDuA9OPyp6I

 

Hallo unser Freund/in

Wir hoffen dass du eine super Woche hattest!! Unser war glücklich und traurig. 2 unserer Nachbar Freund verlassen uns am Ende des Monates um wieder nach Griechenland zu ziehen. Es ist immer traurig Freunde gehen zu sehen. Aber wir hatten ein letztes Abendessen mit Ihnen was super war. Bitte betet für einen guten Umzug für sie und einen guten Start in Griechenland speziell dafür dass sie Arbeit finden. Außerhalb von dem war es eine gute und geschäftige Woche. Wir arbeiten gerade extra am Buch um weiter vorwärts zu kommen. Bitte bete weiterhin dafür!!

Wir wünschen dir einen guten Appetit für dein Abendessen mit Nachbarn in dieser Woche!!

Habe eine gesegnete Woche

Markus und Jen

Love your Neighbor – Stand in the Gap!

Love your neighbor stay in the gapWe pray God encouraged you and gave you an even greater grace for you and other people around you through the message of last weeks blog! We need to stay consistent even if we see backward steps! God wants to keep moving in our and the lives of our neighbors and he will not give up! So let us never give up either!!

 

 

20170807_114457This week’s blog is about a dream I had the other day and how God wants to encourage all of us through it!! And this is a picture of me and the neighbor dog I talk about in the video!

Hey our friend

What highlights did you have in this week? Sometimes it is easy to look at the negative first and forget in the process the good things God was doing through the week! Make sure to reflect on all the good things to stir up hope in you!

Our week was wonderful in San Francisco. We had a 3 day Staff Retreat with all the YWAM Bay area staff. It was a time of eating together and learning together and then to spend quality time with each other. We feel it succeeded in all those areas! We also had a great dinner with a neighbor dinner hosted at Bethany’s place which was amazing too! And then Sunday we met up with the members of the class we taught at our church to love our neighbor. It was a very encouraging time! You should exchange monthly ideas with people in your community how you can love on your community and neighbors better.

Remember this week that you are loved!!

Have a blessed week

Markus and Jen

Love your Neighbor – What a country road can teach us

Love your neighbor what a country road can teach usWe hope you got encouraged with last week’s testimonies and hopefully they inspired you to love your neighbors and neighborhood!

This weeks blog is a video blog. Be inspired!

Hey our friend

We hope you had a fantastic week! During the last week, we had many wonderful things going on in SF. We had a barbecue together with a good friend from the local coffee shop and a wonderful brunch on Saturday to catch up with everyone.

We are still working on the book on a weekly base. Please keep us in your prayers with that!

Don’t forget this week to love your neighbor!!

Have a blessed week

Markus and Jen

Love your Neighbor – Testimonies

Love your neighborTestimoniesHow were you able to take care of your neighbors last week? We are sure however you did it you were a blessing!!

This week we just want to share 2 stories with you about how much of a blessing it is to love your neighbor and how much it changes lives. A few days ago I got a free ride from Lyft and I used it to go into the woods to go for a hike. On the way there I encouraged the driver and I found out we live really close to each other. So I invited him to our game night the day after. He was moved by the invite and came. He had a great time getting to know the other neighbors that came and played his first bingo game. Each guest brought a small silly gift as a prize for the bingo game. So when it was his turn to win he picked one of the prices and it included a fortune cookie. He opened it and everyone asked what it said because he seemed really moved. He didn’t want to share first but then he did. It said today you will find what you were looking for. Then he said he was looking for family and he felt like family with all of us and it was something he wanted for a long time. All of us around the table were moved by it too. And it was a simple invite.

For Thanksgiving, we hosted a big meal at our house and invited our neighbor friends. Many people came and our apartment was full. We had friends from all over the neighborhood and all the different places we are connected to. We also had the full age range as well as all different walks of life from rich to poor. During the dinner time, Jen asked everyone to share about what they are thankful for. The common answer was this moment with people, sitting around this table and talking and spending time together. Someone said it was the first meal at a table with a family since home 3 years ago, another said they would have eaten at a restaurant but his mom convinced him to go and he gave us a hug later with tears in his eyes saying thank you so much. And again it was a simple open home.

We hope those 2 stories inspire you to invite your neighbors over and become friends with them. We all need a place to belong so let us create those places!!

Hey our friend

We hope your week was great!! We got back from our writing trip last week on Tuesday and it was a successful time. God really inspired us during the time. When we got back we had a neighborhood watch meeting and also a wonderful brunch. It was awesome!! We feel so blessed by all of our neighbor friends around us and our heart is to inspire others to love their neighbors too. So let’s do it!! This will also be the last week before our DTS Students leave for Outreach. Please keep them in your prayers!!

Thank you for all your prayers. You guys are a blessing to us!!

Have a wonderful week!!

Markus and Jen

Life or death what do you choose?

The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12.18

life or deathA few years ago I got into a random conversation with a stranger, which then ended up being a conversation of hope. I was able to speak hope into the life of this person in a moment of deep despair. 2 Years later I randomly saw this person again and this is what they said: “The words you spoke to me kept going around my mind and encouraged me and helped me to keep moving forward till today and they are still in my memory.” What we say really affects people.

Many times words are said way too easy without thinking of what consequences it would have. But then often words that should be said are not ever said. I think one of the challenges in today’s society is how we talk about others. What words are we using when we talk to and about people in our life? That counts for any person, church, place etc. we talk about or with. One thing that is really key, is for us as Christians to model how we talk with and about others. Are our words uplifting? Are they building the person up that we talk to? Or are they bringing the person down and giving them a wrong perspective of who they truly are?

Let us spend time this week to honestly evaluate our words and see where we need to improve. Let us live like Paul says in Ephesians 4.29: Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Hey our friend

We hope you had a super wonderful week. Last week my brother visited us from Germany which was a huge blessing. It always so good to see family. We were able to go with him to a wedding in Seattle which was a lot of fun. Remember this week your family and reach out to them.

Walk through this week evaluating your words and if needed improve them so they bring life!

May God bless you

Markus and Jen