Psalm 89:1
1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
Dear Ones,
What a wonderful month and a half we have experienced! As posted in our previous blog, we had the opportunity to visit the UK for three weeks. We started our ‘vacation’ working with our sons, Simeon, and Jonathan, in London, at the IMATS conference. Simeon works for IMATS as a videographer, and we all were able to work alongside of him, and even get paid! It was nice seeing our son in his work environment and meeting many wonderful people.
From there, we headed north to York, staying at the bible college. Our sons loved the historic buildings, forts, and churches so prevalent there. There is so much history in England! Simeon left for home after a few days, but Jonny stayed with us for another 2 weeks.
Our time in York just “happened” to coincide with the UK Pastors conference held there. We ended up leading four worship sessions, and Bruce taught one session at church. Jonny was able to sing with us, as well as minister to others his age. We had a rich time of fellowship and ministry. Teresa experienced a migraine for 2 days in the midst, however. York has a lot of spiritual warfare, and we experienced our share!
After our time in York, we headed up to Inverness, Scotland. We stayed in a‘holiday caravan’ We explored Scotland for 2 days, going over to the West side, and seeing the beautiful country and highlands. It truly is an inspiring place.owned by a lovely couple from the Calvary there. It was a peaceful place on the bay; it never did get completely dark at night. What an experience going so far north!
We left for London again, staying with Eleanor, a sweet woman who hosted us. We had such lovely weather, even hot at times, with no rain. We said goodbye to Jonny, as he headed back to California. It’s always sad to say goodbye to our family. They are so dear to our hearts and we miss them so. Having them come over to this side of the world was a rare treat.
From London, we headed to Exeter, where we stayed with Bob and Jeanne Claycamp in their beautiful home. Teresa had some wonderful girl times, exploring the English countryside with Jeanne and her friend, Barb from Washington. Having hot weather and being on the SW Coast of England was a special time! The beaches looked like Southern California with sunbathers and swimmers everywhere!
Bruce preached on Sunday morning at Calvary Chapel Exeter. The church there is filled with joyful, loving people,
We had a good flight back to Germany, and a long train ride back to Siegen. The train system here is so efficient, we don’t need to drive that often.
God answered many prayers. We were safe in our travels, didn’t get sick once, had wonderful opportunities for ministry and fellowship, and our dog Ice, was well taken care of by a former student, Laura. We came home blessed, to a clean house, happy dog, and sunny weather. (A plus in rainy Siegen.)
We led an afterglow at CCSiegen on Friday night. The church is very open and responsive to growing in worship and learning to operate in the gifts of the Spirit.
We have a busy time ahead of us; here is our schedule for the next couple months.
July 27-28th. Leading worship @ CCKaiserslautern
August 2-4th Worship Seminar @ CC Berlin
August 9th Afterglow @ CCSiegen
August 11th Leading worship @ CC Siegen
August 15-18th Worship Seminar Uzwil, Switzerland
August 19-24th Missions Conference @Schloss Heroldeck, Austria
August 29-Sept.1st Worship Seminar CCMunich
Sept. 13-15th Worship Seminar@ CCMunster
Sept. 28th Wedding in Hannover
Oct. 4-6th Worship Seminar @CCDusseldorf
We are also continuing to work with some young people around the Siegen area, in discipleship and worship. They are eager to learn and embrace everything we can help them with.
Please keep us in your prayers for good health, strength, fruitful ministry, and of course, our dog, Icy. He will miss us a lot, and we need help with managing people to watch him.
God has been faithful to provide all our needs , and we are confident that He will continue to do so.
We are so grateful to you who continue to stand with us in prayer and support. You are not only partners, but also partakers of our ministry. We are very thankful.
“Your Father already knows your needs. He will give you all you need from day to day if you make the Kingdom of God your primary concern.” Luke 12:30-31
