Be Ready!

( The Council of Eleven is a German Karneval tradition.)

Please be praying, Carnival is a festival season. It occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February or March. It typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations. This is a nice description of what takes place, These weeks to come here in Europe and as you can see not only in Europe but around the world is a time where the world indulges in all kinds of things imaginable.
Europe: Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Germany and Austria,GreatBritain,Greec,Hungar,Ital,Malt,Netherland,Polan,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Portugal,Russia
Latin America:Bolivia ,Brazil,Caribbean,Trinidad and Tobago,Colombia,FrenchGuiana,Honduras,Nicaragua,Mexico,Panama,Uruguay
Australia, Canada, United States.
We are living in the last days Are we ready to go home to be with Jesus the bible tells us Matthew 24:37 "But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
38 "For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 "and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
This is a very disgusting and sad time, I could imagine this scene " Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart." So the Lord said, " I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both amn and beast, creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that i have made them."
But it does not need to stop there, Yes we are sinfull, Yes we are entering a time where the people are going to be giving them selves over to all kinds of lust and desires but we need not to follow them, We need to be as Noah was and be just in our generation.
We need to tell these around us who are indulging themselves in sin that they need to repent and turn from the wicked ways and into a relationship with Jesus.
For those who know Jesus and live for Him shine these next couple of weeks Give God the Glory in your lives, You carry in you the cure for their sins give it out, and Rest assured, In the days of Noah when they all were giving themselves over to various lust and desires He Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. You too have found grace in the eyes of the LORD, Keep looking up for His Return is Near.

A New Chapter

We are almost done with the first month of 2008, Amazing How fast things are going by these days. This Year is bringing some changes in our lives, And a new chapter in our lives begins. It is bitter/sweet that we bring this news, Bitter because we say see you later to a church that has been home to us for the last 3 years, we say see you later to Heidelberg a beautiful city which we have fallen in love with, but sweet because of the new things that God has opened up for us, Sweet because of the new friends and family that God has given to us in Stuttgart. That is right Anja the boys and I will be moving to Stuttgart where I will take the Assistant Pastor position there and assist Roland Krumm in the work GOD is doing at City Chapel. We ask for your prayers as we are in the process of hunting for a place to live, and also hunting for a school for the boys. We are very excited about the challenges and lessons that we will learn and are waiting to see what God has for us. It is very sad to leave Heidelberg but we know it is not forever for we will have eternity with those who have become so dear to us over the last 3 Years. God gave Anja and I a verse before we ever came on the Mission field and that was Psalm 32:8 "I will instruct you and teach in the way you should go I will guide you with my eye." He continues to show Himself faithful to His word as He in this situation Has done this very thing and we know that He will continue to do so. It is so comforting to know that though things in our lives change He remains the same and True to His Word. Another verse He gave us when we came on the mission field is found in Joshua 1:9 9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." So we hed out excited for this new chapter in our lives knowing that those we leave behind are in Good Hands as they rest in the Fathers Hands and as we step out in faith to that which awaits us we go out remaining strong and of good courage, not afraid nor dismayed For we know who is with us wherever we go. For those who read this in Heidelberg understand this is not a Goodbye for those are forever but simply a See You Later for with Christ and in Christ we have eternity together. It is either Here or There or in the Air.
We love you all and God Bless.