Hello from Hamburg! We have officially reached our 2nd city here in Germany to do ministry for the König von Königs and Herr von Herrs (German for King of Kings & Lord of Lords)!
We arrived Sunday about 1:30pm and three people from the ELIM church were there to greet us at the train station. I was so excited to see them waving a Costan Rican flag and smiling! We continue to receive warm welcomes from the Germans we are partnering with here, and it has blessed me immensely. They prepared a wonderful lunch for us, and then we had time to unpack and rest a bit. We attended their 7pm service with awesome worship in German and English.
I can't rememer what we did Monday morning other than a time of debrief from our time in Berlin. The days seem to go so fast here! A group of us went to do a prostitute minisry later that night. I had never done a ministry like this and actually been able to talk to the girls. We meet girls as young as 20, and talked to older women ( in their late 30's, or older). We had a time of worship and prayer beforehand as a large group, then we split into groups of 3 or 4 men, and 3 or 4 women. The women took chocolate and our group even had hot chocolate to offer. I guess the guys just prayed as they walked the area, and kept an eye on us girls. My group met ladies from Romania, Venezuela, and a few other nations. We offered to pray for them, but none of the ladies accepted our offer. They seemed to be afraid, and might have been being watched by their pimp. We got to encourage 2 older women from Venezuela in Spanish, and told them that God had better plans for them. After we talked to each lady, we walked down the sidewalk a bit, and stopped to pray for them.
Tuesday was a super day as well, as I got to take part in 2 ministries. Half of our group went to a ministry with the ELIM church ( also where we are staying) to serve food and hot drinks to homeless folks and drug addicts. We started out with worship, and then made sandwiches and passed out pastries and drinks. I had a great conversation with a lady from Poland who spoke great English. Later that afternoon, we returned to the church to help the rest of our team distribute food and clothes to folks in the community. This ministry is every week, and is literally translated in English as "Fashionable and Full". A member of our group shared her testimony, and many were moved in the small audience of about 100. Women shared with her afterwards that their story was like hers. Praise God, right! She was able to connect with several people in another culture, what a miracle!
I meat some very friendly people that I look forward to seeing next week. I am excited to see Tina from Singapore, and Meena from Afganistan. Please pray for fruitful spiritual conversations with these ladies. I am continually amazed at how many nations we are impacting here!
Curfew is at 9pm, so I gotta run. I had a great free day today with my new German sister Jasmin. We became friends within about an hour on Sunday. As weird as it sounds, it's like we have known each other our whole lives! What a blessing she is to me! She's 34, single, and affectionate, so we can really relate!
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