The Four Hart's

Mr. O You Will Be Missed!!!

2011-12-20T19:24:00.001+01:00

Today, My Grandfather at 94, Passed Away! I have so many wonderful memories with Him.We would go to the park, He would play golf, and make us take naps in the park, We got to sit on His lap and drive His truck, We would get fresh white rolls from the super market and He taught us how to pick out the best cucumbers.... He taught me so much. As I sit here, and write this, I can hear him say, " Stand up straight young Man, you're not a Question Mark." Or His famous " Lightning Strike"
94 Years this Man lived and to know that this is only the beginning! For as He closed His eyes and went to rest, He opened them to see Jesus face to face! A few days before I heard that my Grandfather excepted the Lord as His Savior, I read this in Psalm139: 13-18" For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in your book they all were written, The days fashioned from me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me , O God! If i should count them, they would be more in number than the sand, When I awake, I am still with You."
The Lord is Faithful and Never does He give up on us! Though there is sadness in my heart today, there is a joy that I will have eternity with my grandfather, praising Our Lord together.
This Christmas season my grandfather Anthony Orzech received the best Christmas gift He ever got in His entire life, He got Jesus, and Jesus called His Name to come Home!
How about you? I am not sure what your view on God is, But have you ever been afraid of a baby? Have you ever been threatened by a baby?
Jesus Christ came into this world as a baby, lying in a manger, to live, to die, to rise again, so that you may have everlasting life, if you would so chose to surrender your life to Him. Don't wait, Today is the day of Salvation for you.
So with one eye filled with tears, and the other filled with Joy ! I say see you later to my Hero, whom I will dearly miss! knowing that you will be waiting for me to walk through those gates!
Mr. O Thank you for everything!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!!!

One Step at a Time!

2011-12-05T18:52:00.002+01:00

Anja, the Boys, and I, have now been in Cali since June. It has been a roller coaster ride with high moments and low moments, and plenty of culture shock! I knew that the culture shock would be there, we have not been in the United States to live for 6 years, and though not much has changed a lot has, and will take some time to adjust. Thanks for the Prayers!

Many wonder How things are going for us, So I write today to let all know this is where God has us right now. One Step at a Time. The Lord has not shown Anja and I the big picture yet all we see right now is the next step our foot needs to go. Listen to this verse we got the other day.
Psalm 86:13 Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.
What an amazing verse, Yes it speaks of our Lord, how righteousness is going before Him and it prepares the way for his steps. But as a Pastor friend of mine shared how the Lord used this verse in His life in a time of change, it sunk deep into my heart and I knew this is exactly what God is doing in our life. This is where He has us.
We all know what is right and wrong, the question is are we doing what is right? It is amazing as you read through the Bible and see the Men God used, there was wickedness all around them yet those who did what was right, God always prospered, God always showed them the way in which they were to go. It is said of Noah that He was found a just man in His generation, in a generation that wanted nothing to do with God, they were only interested in their own things, and they were wicked. This was all around Him, Yet He did not give in to the temptation but kept his focus upon God and in doing what was right. What took place then, was that it prepared the way for his steps and GOD led him and his family through difficult days. This is what God is calling us the four harts to do. To Trust in Him who is the author and finisher of our faith, who has promised never to leave us nor to forsake us, Who said to us as we were leaving Germany to Fear not He is with Us and When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Let me tell you we are having our shares of passing through waters that are High and through the rivers, But we are not being swept away. He is sustaining us, and helping us take the next step.
We Rest upon Him, and His promises knowing that it is impossible for Him to lie. He is always and will always be True to His Word. When He says He has a plan for our lives and His thoughts toward us are of peace and not of evil, to give us a future and a hope that is exactly then what it is, regardless of the now situation. I am right now barely able to move, I have really bad back spasms, I broke my big toe just before Halloween, Yes I could sit here and ask Why, God don't you see I don't need this right now, well that is what I think. But He knows what I need.
And He is directing my steps. His word tells me in Proverbs That though my heart plans my ways He directs my steps.
He is calling Anja, the Boys and I to walk right now One step at a Time, Doing what we know to be right, staying focused upon Him and that will prepare the path in front of us.
So for you in whatever situation you find yourself in, You know what is right! Don't follow those around you who are seeking the things of this world, Seek the Kingdom first and all these things will be added unto you. Seek righteousness and that will prepare the path you are to be taking.
We don't know the big picture, but we do know, He has called us to take it One Step at Time, doing those things we know to be right, and watching that Prepare the path in front of us.
God is Good! Keep your eyes upon Him, your ear's open to His voice and when He speaks Obey.
As my pastor in Germany always said May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen

Update

2011-10-08T08:10:00.001+02:00

Wow, I am sorry that it has taken me this long to finally write. America, I must say I do enjoy being back, and yes I miss Germany too :) There are always pro's and con's to living there and living here, but having my wife and two boys on my side, we could live anywhere and it would always be HOME!
God continues to teach me to wait upon Him, that I must admit is the hardest thing, but He has given us those promises that He will never leave us nor forsake us, that though it get's hard He is there, and that knowledge alone should bring my life peace and it does.

Since the last blog, somethings have changed, Anja has a part time job, I am working at Calvary Chapel South Bay helping out in their maintenance department, and in the process of trying to get hired on with the LAPD. Levi and Luca are doing great here, and God is protecting them. Just today Levi was on His bike coming home with a friend, Levi looked right,was getting ready to go, His friend goes on before him, Levi looks left as His friend is already in front of him on the street, when Levi sees a car, yells at his friend to stop but it was too late the car hits his friend. This friend of Levi's was ok, was not taken by the ambulance but I am sure that he is sore. God had his hand upon my boy and my prayers go out to this friend of Levi's
Luca is also doing very well, He got an A+ in school and was so excited and kept saying an "A+ my first one in my whole entire life"
We also have found a little house to rent on the same street as my parents, God is so good we were praying for a place to find in the same area as the boys school as to prevent too many changes. God hooked us up and Anja has done a wonderful job making it home.
Thank you so much for all your prayers as things change and God opens doors I will write,
Until then Redeem the Time, For His return is soon :)
Josiah, Anja, Levi and Luca

A New Season in Our Life

2011-08-03T20:01:00.000+02:00

Here we are, back now in the United States. Sunny California :)

Now I was hoping by now to be able to say that we have a place to live, a new job, and that we are settling in just fine. Well we are settling in just fine but I still do not have a job nor do we have a place of our own yet. We find ourselves in a place right now where God has us waiting and trusting. I know that He will come through He always has and just in the perfect timing.
There are job opportunities lined up just waiting back to hear from them. Anja and the boys are doing well, and we are all looking forward to Yosemite this coming Sunday for one whole week. I will make sure to post some pictures. We have been spending a lot of time with each other and catching up on old friendships, this has been such a blessing.
The boys will be starting school here soon, so that is what we will also be concentrating on, making sure that the adjustment for them is as smooth as it can be.

I just wanted to write shortly to give an update, and to thank you all for your prayers, and words of encouragment. May God Bless you all.
As soon as I hear more about a job, and a place of our own I will let you all know.

Staying focussed on His Plan, and His Will

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Jesus in the center

2011-04-20T19:27:00.001+02:00

And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, where the crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.

Luke 19:17-18

Is Jesus Christ in the center of your life? Is Jesus Christ in the center of your marrige? Is Jesus Christ the center of your family? Is Jesus Christ in the center of your job? Is He? that is exactly where He needs to be the center of everything you do. He has called us to the narrow road to follow Him and the only way to remain on that road is to have Him in the center of our sight, To stay strong and encouraged when it get's difficult on that road we need to have Him the center of our sight. To Find the way we need to have Him center in our sight. I am so thankful that on that Day Jesus was in the center. And I am so thankful that He is in the center of my life today! Is He in Yours?

He is the way, the truth, the life no one comes to the Father but through Him!
John 14:6

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.!
John 3:16-17

Choose Him to be the center of your life and Live!

GOING BACK TO CALI

2011-04-19T13:02:00.002+02:00

Anja, the Boys, and I will be calling California Home once agian! For many of you this is new news for some you old news.
With most change in life there comes with this move joy and sadness. I mean picking up the tent pegs once again after six years being in Germany and saying Good Bye is not easy, on the other hand we are as a family very excited to see what God has in store for us in Cali. Many of you might be asking 'what is it that you will be doing?' That is a very good question and one that I can not at this moment answer. The Lord has placed some things on my heart that at the moment I would like to keep there as we prayerfully follow His lead. Some of you reading this know the direction we are going and as the doors keep opening up we will let you know. It is with the Words that the Lord spoke to the Israelites through the prophet Isaiah in Chapter 43 that we move out " But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, For I have redeemed you; I have called you y your name; You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire,you shall not e burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Isreal, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honred, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life. Fear not, for I am with you;..." These verses have brought us so much comfort as we step out in Faith to follow what we feel the Lord has placed on our heart to know that He is with us and has commanded us not to Fear. Levi and Luca are very excited to be going to Cali and they are sad to have to say goodbye to Anja's family as well we all are. Please keep this part of the move in your prayers as I am sure many of you know how it is. I am in my last week of work and that is bittersweet, serving here for the last 3 years has been wonderful and God has used it in so many ways in my life City Chapel has been home and will always be home for us in Germany, We are very excited to see what God is going to do here and is doing as we move on, New people stepping up to fill in the gaps, New direction for certain ministries Praise God! Roland and City Chapel Thank you for allowing me to serve the King with you it has been an honor.
Just two minutes ago someone came by my office and gave me a peice of Chocalte with a verse attached to it just another WOW moment withGod! I will close with the verse I recieved and will blog again soon! Thank you for your prayers

" Fear Not, For I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10

a poem

2010-12-14T09:36:00.000+01:00

on Nov. 15th at 7:15 am, the day of my heart surgery, the Lord woke me up early (it was actually through a nurse giving me my pre-meds) and laid a poem on my heart. It was inspired through a good friend who told me that "The One above will watch out for me", so it's titled "The ONE above":

The ONE above
The ONE above, He is my shepherd.
The One above, I shall not want.
The One above, He goes before me.
The One above, He calms my heart.

The One above, He knows the valleys.
The One above, He leads me through.
The One above, He lifts my burdens.
The One above, He calms my heart.

The One above now holds and heals me.
The One above now fills me up:
with peace that passes understanding.
The One above, He calms my heart.

The One above, He answers prayers,
The One above, He is my rock.
The One above, a mighty fortress,
The One above, He calms my heart.

So Lord please take this day now,
please guide my every breath.
Please fill me with your joy now.
My Lord and Saviour, my One above, YOU calm my heart.

back home

2010-12-13T13:53:00.000+01:00

Hello Hello,

i've been home since Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so nice getting picked up from my men, getting home and being welcomed by the family and good friends, enjoying GOOD food and the wonderful feeling of "arriving home". You guys are the best and i love you all so much. I don't have words to describe what I found at home, a million of Christmas cookies, gifts, cards, mails... only tears (happy tears) can describe that.
The rehab time was very good, i would say i'm at 80% health right now. My blood pressure is still too low, so i get dizzy quite a bit. I try to go on walks to stabilize that, but i have to say that it's getting better already. Today i helped a bit in the house, i'm allowed to lift 10lbs, not more. 2 weeks ago i still had some liquid in the heart sac but it's all gone now. My mitral valve is tight, there is no more insufficiency. God also helped me to process the last 4 weeks, i wrote down everything in my journal so it's out of my mind. When i feel a little better i will try to watch my surgery on DVD, ... interested???
Tomorrow morning i go to the doctors to keep working on my blood count, hopefully i'm done with giving myself the tummy shots (there is no more room on my belly), but we need a better INR (that's the blood thinning rate i have to be on for 3-6 months)
My cardiologist wants to see me too this week to take a look at my "new look". after that i should only have to go once or twice a year. I'm kind of done with doctors and needles. Trust me.

Thank you again for everything!!!! God is so good, He helped us through.

Merry Christmas to all of you. "Jesus is the season for the season"

Love, Anja & 3 very happy boys

Her Voice

2010-11-17T10:18:00.001+01:00


photo by Powerhouse Museum Collection	via PhotoRee

We so often take the simple things in life for granted, I was confronted with this yesterday. It was a Great Day even though the weather outside was rainy,cold,dark the Lord brought Sunshine into my day. I was nervous like I was getting ready for my first date, Got the boys off to school was getting ready and could not wait till 2pm came around, I was going to go visit My wife in the hospital. The nervousness I felt was also because I can't stand hospitals but also nervous because I did not know how I was going to handle seeing my wife laying there in pain hooked up to the monitors and such. I was praying the whole way there "Lord give me the strength to be her support"
I arrive at the hospital met by the friendly faces of all the nurses and doctors on their shift and I ask Where my wife is, they inform me she is upstairs so I take the elevator and arrive on the top floor to face a huge crowd of people all dressed up in suits and dresses mixed within the crowd a lot of doctors someone is speaking threw a microphone welcoming all the guest. The hospital is under construction and the top floor that I was on is the new addition they are having a party. I could not get through the crowd everyone was looking at me I don't fit in so I found a stair case to the back and ended up where I started. Their must be another way to get to my wife, I stop a nurse and ask How can I get to my wife another way I can't get through the crowd she tells me I can go the back way by using the emergency exit, I arrive finally to the floor where my wife was the nurses were waiting for me I knocked on the door and they came wondering why I didn't use the front door so I explained and they laughed knowing exactly what I meant. They led me into the room where my wife laid, her eyes closed hooked up to monitors, It was still in the room just the sound of the monitor monitoring her heart, I got closer to her bed my heart pounding, Anja moved a little open her eyes, she gave me a smile the best that she could and the very thing that I so often take for granted but in that moment was so precious and fulfilling her voice soft and quiet said "Hallo Shatz" translated "Hello Treasure" those words still ring in my head as I write this a Gift from God. I was able to spend the next 2 hours with her talking with her, the nurse informed me that she had not eaten anything yet it was 2pm about half way into my visit she asked if she could have something to eat and ate a yogurt and drank a cup of tee and asked for another: I left shortly after with a huge smile on my face and skip in my step of the faithfulness of Our God who answers prayers. That night God Blessed us again after dinner was over I took the trash out to return to Luca opening the door with a smile from ear to ear Mommy is on the phone, What Mommy is on the phone? walking into the living room to hear Levi and Luca talking with Anja a day after her surgery, her voice which I often to often took for granted hearing stronger then when I was there, listening to her telling the boys how proud she was of them, telling them she was ok and that she loved them, telling them that she had eaten more and was getting ready for bed and told them good night!
I got to thinking what else have I been taking for granted, Have I been taking the Voice of God for granted as well? Have I been taking for granted all that He has done for me and given me. God gave His only begotten Son that whoever would believe on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Have I taken that for granted and am trying to have that and live in the world as well? I read of How when Adam and Eve hid in the garden it says there in Genesis 3:8 "And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,..." Have I taken for granted that He the LORD God wants to spend time with me?
Oh that we all would come back to enjoy the simple things in life, as the voice of a loved one, the smiles on their faces the gentleness of their touch, Oh that we would come back to appreciate and cherish and await with anticipation the times we have with the Lord as He comes to walk with us in the garden in the cool of day He has given everything to have that time with you, He has made it possible through the blood of His Son that He can walk and talk with you forever, He has promised to be with you, to lead and instruct and guide you along your way here in life. Don't take it for granted.

Thank You

2010-11-15T20:36:00.000+01:00

Levi, Anja, Luca

Anja & Josiah

Levi and Luca would like to thank all of you for your prayers and support and are thankful that Mommy is out of surgery. Praise God
I am also very relieved, Today was a hard day of trying to stay occupied and found myself often in prayer that Anja would come through surgery just fine. The verse my Dad gave Anja before her surgery in a mail sparked the thoughts for my blog this morning it is Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. This is exactly what God did the Doctors were able to reconstruct Anja's Heart valve and now begins Her healing process. We wanted to thank you all for your prayers and support and would ask that you do not stop for we need them. The boys and I will sleep better tonight knowing that Anja is doing better. I will keep you all updated

God Bless
Josiah

Holding Your Hand

2010-11-15T11:34:00.004+01:00

Levi & Anja 14.11.10

Luca & Anja 14.11.10

The Four Hart's 14.11.10

Someone

Someone greater than us

Is there

Someone who loves her more than us

Is there

Someone who knows her better than us

Is there

Someone who knows what she needs

Is there

Someone who gave His life for her

Is there

Someone who can hold her hand

Is there

That Someone is Here as well

that Someone is our Savior

Jesus Christ!

josiah 15.11.10

"For I the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not, I will help you."

Isaiah 41:28

"Not Knowing"

2010-10-28T15:22:00.001+02:00

Have you ever been there, I am sure we all have been there or we will be finding ourselves there at one time or another the place of Not knowing what is going to happen, what will the results be? Will it all work out? Recently and even now as I write I find myself there "Not knowing"... what is going to happen, how will it all turn out?
You see my wife has had a Mitral Valve Prolapse her whole life and we knew that eventually if it got worst she would have to under go surgery, One tends to push that thought far away and say sometime in the future that will come hoping that it never has to come to that. Well the news came from the Dr. that we should act and have the surgery done to reconstruct the valve. and So we stand at the "Not knowing"
It was a tuesday I was at work and my wife called me, I could tell by her voice that something was not right and she says "I need to have heart surgery" a million thoughts run through your head at that moment, what do I say, how do I comfort her, I respond the only way I know how God will get us through. We hung up the phone and I began to pray "Not Knowing" what was it going to be like, how dangerous is this surgery, is there a good hospital here in the area who specialize in this kind of heart surgery.
The day before on Monday My boss called and asked if I would be able to swicth teaching days with Him and I said yes no problem well now it's tuesday and the "Not Knowing" has began and I must consentrate on Studing for Sunday "God I need your help" that is a prayer of mine everytime I am preparing to teach but this time it was even more "God help me to consentrate on your word and not on the "Not Knowing"
He had a plan like He always does, We were going thru the book of 2 Samuel looking at the Man after God's own Heart David (just finished last Sunday great book) and I had the privilage of looking and teaching 2 Samuel 22 that Sunday October 3rd.
As I began to read the chapter the Lord spoke loud and clear and comforted me in the "Not Knowing" You see David here is coming to the end of His life and we know from scripture that He had many "Not Knowing" times but here in chapter 22 of Samuel in the first 4 verses He does not dwelll on the "Not Knowing" He does not allow his thoughts to go there but turns his thoughts and His heart to the One He does Know and displays in His Song here a Confidence In Who GOD Is: God is His Rock, His Fortress, His deliverer, His strength in whom he will trust His shield, the horn of his salvation, His Savior who will save him from violence. This Confidence in Who God is gave David the abillity to reflect upon His life and to remeber all that God had done and states many things from verses 4 to 46. This reflecting upon what God had done in His life gave David a Conficence in What God would Do 2Samuel 22:47-51, 23:1-7
The Lord was speaking to us the Four Hart's Who am I? I am your Rock (a firm foundation under your feet) I am your fortresss, I am your Savior, I am your Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,Prince of Peace. Look at what I have done in your life and let this give you a Confidence in what I will Do.
So in the "Not Knowing" we find rest in the "ONE WHO DOES KNOW" For He is the Same Yesterday,Today, and Forever. He began a good work and He will finish it until it's completion. He is there, He has not left for He has Promised never to leave us nor forsake us and It is impossible for Him to lie.
So If you find yourself in the "Not Knowing" Group then come join us in finding rest in the "ONE WHO DOES KNOW" Group.

Saying See you Later.

2009-11-19T21:41:00.005+01:00

I never did like Good bye's because it sounded as though it was forever and so I try to always say See You Later becasue it implies for me that very truth that I will see you later. Well My Grandma went home this week, What a wonderful place that is, the very place that Jesus has gone to prepare for all of us who believe on Him as Lord and Saviour. She was a wonderful women someone I will trully miss. She loved to help others and always went out of her way to make you feel welcomed. She was my connection to home, there was nothing she didn't tell me I knew and was up to date with everything that was going on back with My family in Cali. Where jessica and joyce moved, what my little brother and his family were up too, where my older brother and his family went on vacation, what new project my dad started to do on the house, how much my mom was working. She even kept me uptodate on people I haven't seen since childhood she would write me 6 page letters filled with family issues I loved it and was up to speed on everything. Her writting was not the easiest to read but that was part of the excitment Levi, Luca and Anja loved to hear what she had to write there were more than once I had to fight back tears from being home sick just because she would not leave out one detail and I could picture it all just as if I was sitting there living it with her. I could tell when she would get tired because her writting would get bigger the spaces would grow and she would write "Ok my boy my hand is hurting got to rest I love you my boy!" Those words were the last words I heard my Grandma say to me just a week ago I called her told her that Levi and Luca, Anja and I were praying for her and that we loved her she was able to say to me " I Love You too my Boy"
What wonderful last words to hear from a Women I will always hold dear in my heart, She wrote me a poem a couple of years ago for my birthday and as I read it out loud to my friends I had to cry from just missing her hug and kiss and smile. she wrote:
" I wrote your name in the sky the wind came and blew it away, I wrote your name in the sand where I stand the waves came and washed it away, then I thought and wrote your name in my heart where I know it will stay." Babchi that is exactly what I have done your name will be forever in my heart where I know it will stay. The Bible tells me in Psalm 116:15 "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints" That was my Babchi a saint I know that because my Babchi confessed with her mouth that Jesus Christ was Lord and she believed in her heart that God raised him from the dead she was saved. She is now like I said earlier worshiping at His feet, No more tears, no more pain, no more sin. Babchi I will see you later, For any of you who knew my Babchi and do not yet know our Jesus personally, There is no other way to heaven but throught Jesus Christ and if you want the hope that she had and that I have and that many in my family have to spend eternity with Jesus and go where she is then make things right with Jesus today.
My Babchi is now living the life she was created to live Forever in the Presance of Jesus and I am going there you can too. Say Yes to jesus and experiance the forgiveness of sin.
Babchi I'm coming home can't wait to see you again. Until that day forever you will be in my heart where you will stay.
I love you!

Josiah Hart

Baptism

2009-07-08T15:38:00.000+02:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

No More!

2009-05-15T16:02:00.004+02:00

NO MORE!

Have you found yourself saying,
NO MORE!
But still you go on.
Have you found yourself with the wrong crowd saying,
NO MORE!
But still you go on.
Have you found yourself falling saying,
NO MORE!
Yet still you go on.
Have you found yourself crying, empty, abused, forgotten and tired saying,
NO MORE!
And yet you go on.
Have you found yourself searching for acceptance from family, friends, foe saying,
NO MORE!
But still you go on.
Have you heard the Master calling saying,
KNOW MORE!
This is the way to the NO MORE!
"...behold now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2)
"Come out from among them. And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you. I will be a Father to you And you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." (2 Corinthians 6:17-18)
NO MORE! you say, then KNOW MORE!
and go on, for He is the Way, the Truth, the Life.

josiah hart 05.15.09

How are You being Salt and Light to a Dark Tastless World

2009-03-26T16:05:00.006+01:00

A billboard asking "Would you rather watch porn with your Mum or your sister?", has sparked calls for stricter controls on outdoor advertising.

The billboard in Hamilton's CBD advertises a pre-mixed drink made by DB Breweries.

In response, advocacy group Voice Waikato has put up a sign saying "This is offensive - porn hurts women and children."

Has alcohol advertising become too offensive and tasteless? The answer is the world has become too offensive and tasteless.

I read this artical in a newspaper recently and interesting enough I was reading in Matthew Chapter 5:13-16 " You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. You are the ligth of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it udner a basket, but on a lampstand and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Jesus here is not asking if you want to be or that you will be He is stating a fact and that is that you are the salt and that you are the light, What is it that is keeping you from being Salt to this tasteless world, What is it that is keeping you from shining your Light in this Dark world. Ask GOD to reveal it to you, And let me encourage you that when He reveals it to you that you throw it at his feet, Leave it there and go out into a Tasteless Dark world and Brighten it up bring a tastefull message out to them That Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. This world needs Jesus and those of you who believe in Him as your Saviour you have the cure for their tastelesness and darkness. Give them Jesus

Hello!

2009-02-11T15:56:00.007+01:00

Well it has been awhile since I have written here, since it seems that the wave of keeping in touch has shifted once agian and everyone is on Facebook. If you are not on thier yet it is a great way to keep in touch with all of your family and friends and Missionaries :)

Anyway The Four Harts are doing well, we have been going, going, and going but that is life isn't it. I was though confronted once agian with the knowledge that I am dependent upon my computer, this last week in preperation for Sunday's service my laptop screen goes black and I started to freak out, Oh no what am I going to do the whole teaching is on their How will I ever finish.

What have I forgotten to sit down pick up a pen and write it out!
It seems as though I have, I can not remeber the last time I sat down and wrote a letter by hand everything now is E-mail or an SMS from a cell phone crazy, what would we all do if we had to write letters agian. I tell you one thing I believe we would all have a lot less stress. Life would slow down and I tell you something that would be nice. With E-mail if you don't respond within seconds of recieving it you have some angry people. But I must say I am happy though that I have the internet and the chance to write such nonsens, Just think the amount of people reading this Iwould be writting for days and then I would have to buy stamps and then send it by

Well all I hope to stay in better contact with you all. Here is a little update on THE FOUR HARTS

I have taken on many new responsabillities in the church. under my care are the areas Worship,Missions,Outreach,Prayer,Connect and then Kommunications.
Now this does not mean that I am leading all of these areas but I am make sure that the leaders themselves have everything they need to do thier minsitry when there are problems I help so this includes a lot of work but it is good. On top of this I am helping out with teaching and this is very fun and I am learning a lot. My prayer is that I would be a Shepherd like God says He will send Israel in Jeremiah 3:15
Anja has started to work again as a Dental Assistant she works two days in a week Monday's and Thursday she loves it.
Levi an Luca are doing good and are full of life, school for them has it's up's and downs but they are doing good, Levi got his report card and it was good, We had to laugh He got an A in English and a C in Germans that is my boy:) German is not easy I know.
Well this is getting long and I need to go so until next time, try writting a letter and send it to someone you know it will make their day it is fun getting mail in your real mailbox not just e-mail
Love you all

Harts 4
josiah,anja,levi&luca

2008-12-24T10:26:00.002+01:00

We Love You all, and Pray that you will all grasp the Heart of Christmas which is Immanuel! "God with us"
And Have a Happy New Year!
The Four Harts

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T11:37:00.003+01:00

" Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting."
1 Chronicles 16:34

How much we have to be thankful for, just look around even though we might be as a nation suffering financially as people we have we still have more than we need. Are you today thankful for the freedom that you have, are you thankful for the clean water you drink, the food in your stomach. Are you thankful for the roof over your head, for the clothes on your back.

Most importantly are you thankful for the Lord, Are you thankful for the blood he shed that you might be set free from the sin that so easily ensnares you. Are you thankful for His grace and His mercy that are new every morning. Are you thankful for the knowledge that Soon and very Soon He will return.

God I want to Thank you for all that you have done for me, I want to thank you for giving me such a wonderful wife for blessing me with two wonderful boys. I want to thank you for giving me such wonderful friends who have remained through the years. I want to thank you for such great support from my family and from my wife's family You are so Good! Lord I want to thank you for such great churches behind us who are praying for us and for the work they are doing Thank you for Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, thank you for Calvary Chapel South Bay Lord Thank you for the Church you have brought us too here in Stuttgart for City Chapel Lord I want to thank you for Calvary Chapel Heidelberg and for the many other Calvary Chapels in Germany and world wide who faithfully are teaching your word. I thank you for the hope you have given us in your Son Jesus Christ.
Today and for Evermore I will Thank you .

" Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name, Make know His deeds among the peoples."
1 Chronicles 16:8

Words to the Wise Salt & Light

2008-11-25T09:49:00.002+01:00

This message is so good I needed to share it with all of you. Do we live this way, My prayer is that I would more and more live like this as salt and light where I am. I pray for you that you to can live as salt and light where you are. the Bible tells us in Matthew 5:31 " You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty again? It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men." In Luke 14:34,35 "Therefore, salt is good;but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile, it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." We all have ears are we hearing what He is saying and being obediant to His words, let us be the salt that God has called us to be. Titus 2:7-8 " in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, sound in speech which is beyond reproach, in order that the oppponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us." Be encouraged my freinds He is our Strength!

In God We Still Trust

2008-11-15T09:45:00.002+01:00

I saw this Video and it is a Must for all to see, This is America, This is what an American stands for This is and needs to be our Foundation.
God Bless America

Know what time it is by the Harts

2008-11-14T10:11:00.002+01:00

Just wanted all of you to know what time it was by us so that you can pray for us as we work, go to school, or stay at home. We want to continue to share the Love of Christ and know our God and worship Him in Spirit and Truth.
We love you all
The Four Hart's

10 Years with the Love of my life!!!

2008-10-23T13:50:00.006+02:00

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Today Anja and I celebrate 10 years being married. It has been great to spend the last 10 years with the girl I love. It is amazing when you Trust and Rest in the Lord when it comes to relationships how He so perfectly sends you the person just for you. Anja has been that very thing in my life. She is my help mate, she completes me and I don't ever want to know what life without her would be like. Last night I wrote her a poem that I would like to share with all of you so that you might also be a part of what She means to me.

It is titled Thank You!

Thank you for your unconditional love
Thank you for your patience
Thank you for your forgivness
That is Love!
Thank you for hoping in all things
Thank you for believing in all things
Thank you for all that you bear
That is Love!
Thank you for suffering long
Thank you for being kind
Thank you for not seeking your own.
That is Love!
That is You!

I also want to thank God for giving me such a wonderful women, You have been true to your word. You see the Lord gave Anja and I a verse in Bible College it was Psalm 37:4 " Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He will give you the desires of your heart."
I pray for all that read this married or not that you would get to experiance the rich blessing God has for you in your relationships.
josiah

Construction City Chapel Stuttgart

2008-10-07T09:22:00.002+02:00

Well it seems like I just can't get away from Construction, but at least it is construction on the house of the Lord something David longed to do but was not allowed to do. I wanted to share some of the pictures with you so that you could see what I have been up too the last few months. I have been cordinating most of this with of course help. We have done most of the things by ourselves but also did hire some companies to come in and help us out. I am suprised that no one got hurt during the ripping down of walls God had his hands upon us many close calls. It now looks really nice on the 3rd floor where our rooms are. Wednesday night the 8th will be our first bible study we are very excited and it could not have been done without the many helping hands from the church. Well got to go very busy day, Language school has started and then it is back on the construction site trying to finish up.
josiah

FREEDOM

2008-09-19T10:04:00.004+02:00

MORNING AND EVENING
Daily Readings
By
CHARLES H. SPURGEON

Sep 19 Morning
“The liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.”
- Galatians 5:1
This “liberty” makes us free to heaven’s charter-the Bible. Here is a choice passage, believer, “When thou passest through the rivers, I will be with thee.” You are free to that. Here is another: “The mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee”; you are free to that. You are a welcome guest at the table of the promises. Scripture is a never-failing treasury filled with boundless stores of grace. It is the bank of heaven; you may draw from it as much as you please, without let or hindrance. Come in faith and you are welcome to all covenant blessings. There is not a promise in the Word which shall be withheld. In the depths of tribulations let this freedom comfort you; amidst waves of distress let it cheer you; when sorrows surround thee let it be thy solace. This is thy Father’s love-token; thou art free to it at all times. Thou art also free to the throne of grace. It is the believer’s privilege to have access at all times to his heavenly Father. Whatever our desires, our difficulties, our wants, we are at liberty to spread all before him. It matters not how much we may have sinned, we may ask and expect pardon. It signifies nothing how poor we are, we may plead his promise that he will provide all things needful. We have permission to approach his throne at all times-in midnight’s darkest hour, or in noontide’s most burning heat. Exercise thy right, O believer, and live up to thy privilege. Thou art free to all that is treasured up in Christ-wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. It matters not what thy need is, for there is fulness of supply in Christ, and it is there for thee. O what a “freedom” is thine! freedom from condemnation, freedom to the promises, freedom to the throne of grace, and at last freedom to enter heaven!

What great words of Wisdom, How many of us today are living in the Freedom we have in Christ, I have been thinking about this a lot lately looking at my life and asking myself am I living that free life, or am I in bondage, What things are holding you back from living in that Freedom. I believe often unbelief hinders us from living in Freedom and keeps us just on the edge looking at what we could have and we seldom come away from that. My prayer for myself and you all out there is that we would really let go and Let God, that we would run from the bondage's that so easily ensnare us and live in the Freedom that Christ brings to us.
If you are His, and you realize that He is Truth and believe in Him then the word tells us it is impossible for Him to lie, and He tells us that the Truth will set us free, then you are Free indeed. Live in that Freedom every second of the day my friend and accomplish big things for the LORD and with the LORD!!!!!!!
WE ARE FREE!!!!
jh

Family

2008-09-16T21:04:00.000+02:00

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Luca's first day in school

2008-09-12T10:05:00.003+02:00

It was a rainy day, but the smile on Luca's face changed it into a beautiful one. He was so excited to have his backpack on the "Schultüte" filled with all kinds of goodies. We first went to the protestant church for a short school service and then headed to the school where about 70 kids where anxious to meet their teachers. More nervous where the 300 adults when the kids went with their teachers into the class room and we had to wait for about an hour, it seemed like a day till they came back, ALL SMILES!! The celebration here at home was very nice too, Oma and Opa came, Katrin and Timo with baby Mia, and Claudi came right after work. Now we have 2 kids in school, it's a strange feeling but I know that we will be just fine.

A Message from LUCA

2008-09-09T13:12:00.002+02:00

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luca

2008-08-22T03:59:00.005+02:00

Hello everyone,
sorry that I have not written sooner but we have been going going going. It has been a great time here in cali the getting here was not so fun we had a 40 hour flight that was suppose to only take 11 in a half hours, it will take a whole blog just for that don't worry when I get back I will let you all hear about it. So after the flight and the first week of the family being sick with ear infections and doctor trips we headed off to Yosemite where we had a blast. I was able to hike half dome with my brother the round trip hike normally takes 12 hours We did it in 7 yeah!! it was such an amazing view from the top of half dome. We have spent a lot of time at the beach, the picture of the kids are with their cousins Gavin and Kahlan at an aquarium. Anja and I of course at the beach. We are right now with some friends in Murietta Ca just got back from Big Bear, Someone from Calvary Chapel Chino Hills blessed us with a 4 day 3 night stay in a hotel it was such a blessing, that is what God has been doing this whole trip. I honestly must say though I can't wait to get back HOME!!! THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME. We miss you all and will be seeing you all soon.
Love you all.
The Four Harts

Getting Down with OPI !

2008-07-21T22:55:00.000+02:00

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Kurt Zeck and His Very Talented Daughters!

2008-07-21T22:46:00.000+02:00

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2008-07-16T16:50:00.006+02:00

Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. Yea,though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For you are with me;Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dewll in th house of the Lord Forever.

Sheep are very interesting animals in that they must fully rely upon the shepherd for everything. These are animals that can not simply make it on their own. They do not function well under stress and get afraid very easly. (sound familiar)
We have read this Psalm over and over. It is one we are very familiar with. I am sure you have heard many great teachings on this and I am not going to spend a whole lot of time taking it apart. But there are somethings that I would like to pull out to remind us of our relationship with the LORD.
You see I have had a very busy week, a week that is not over yet and in this week I have seen so many times where I have been wanting? I have felt week, I have felt overwhelmed at times but I relaized one thing and it was this. At those moments I took my eyes off of my Shepherd and more on my surrounding. This action of mine created in me a wanting, this action of mine taking my eyes off of the Lord for a moment created in me a fear, and uneasy feeling, a overwhelming drowning feeling. This is not How God wants me to be, This is not how I should be. Psalm 23 tells me “ The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. I must say something here, because not everyone can say The Lord is my Shepherd. You must first know the Good Shepherd in Psalm 22 who laid down His life for you so that He could become your shepherd. If you do not know Jesus as your shepherd if you can not say I have a relationship with Jesus then I invite you to make that clear. He laid down His life for you that you might have everlasting life and enter into this relationship that I am talking about .
This relationship of knowing the Shepherd and being known by the Shepherd. For Jesus tells us in John 10:14 “ I am the good shepherd;and I know My sheep, and am known by my own.”
Psalm 23 talks of my relationship with the Shepherd it is a He and me Psalm
verse 1: He is my shepherd,
verse 2. He makes me to lie down, He leads me
verse 3. He restores me
verse 4. though I walk in danger I fear not for He is with me He protects me and comforts me
verse 5. He prepares a wonderful table before me, He annoints me, my cup overflows
verse 6. His goodness and mercy they follow me, I dwell with Him in His house forever.

David in this Psalm describes what the Shepherd does for the sheep and how in all that the Shepherd does the sheep are simply enjoying it. Look The sheep do not lack anything verse 1 tells us that I shall not want. Why?
Because the shepherd He makes me to lie down in Green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. A sheep who is by still waters and in green pastures and is laying down shows you what, That the sheep is completley satisfied, Jesus said that He is our sufficiency “ And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst” John 6:35
You see I was reminded this week that He has provided all that I need, I was stressing out for nothing He had it all under controll He was leading me and guiding me He was going to take care of it all, and you want to know something HE DID!
Hey I was reminded of How Good my Shepherd is I hope you realize it too, Learn to enjoy and be satisfied with the green pasture and still waters He has brought you too, Know that no matter where you are or what difficulty you are going thru He is there, remember His goodness and His mercy are with you He is your protector and your comforter. And that soon and very soon you and I will be in His house FOREVER!!!!
JH

True Friends

2008-07-08T20:43:00.005+02:00

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Friends, True Friends don't come too often. You know exactly the kind of friends I am talking about. These friends except you exactly the way you are, when you are together you do not need to talk to understand eachother, you share the same intrest and the time goes by so fast when you are together. God has Blessed Anja and I with such friends here in Germany. Dee and Eva mean so much to us. They have been there for us when we really needed them, We have laughed so much together we have cried together we have encouraged eachother to continue to fight the good fight. I don't know what it would be like not to have Dee and Eva in our lives. They are so special to us.
I pray for you all that you would have such friends in your life, these kind of friends are a gift from God, Take the time to tell these kind of friends in your life how much they mean to you.
For Dee and Eva I would lay down my life.
Dee and Eva Though the distance between us has grown since we have moved to Stuttgart, Every opprotunity we have to see eachother is a blessing from heaven, your many words of encouragment have helped us in our times of low's and your laughter and smiles have given us many of our high's in life. I Thanks God for giving you two to us. Keep up the fight, Stay the straight and narrow this is only the begining of a Friendship for Eternity. ( just a little note to the newspaper the police did not really catch them in the park but they did try to smooch and they didn't really crash a wedding but Dee and I really did walk up to see the fancy car and we all looked at the horse statue in the courtyard)
Harts4

An Encouragement For My Brother

2008-07-04T09:34:00.003+02:00

On This Day in Which we reflect and celebrate our Freedom as Americans. I wanted to take the time to Say Thank you to my Little Brother and all those others that make it possible.

To my Little Brother,

May you never forget from where you get your strength, God is by your side as it says in Joshua 1:5 "No man shall be able to stand before you al the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor forsake you."
Brother "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." Joshua 1:8
It says in the next verse 9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid,nor dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
I know it to be true, It is impossible for God to lie. Brother stay strong, stay grounded and rooted in His word, Keep it up. Thank you for your sacrifice that we might be able to continue to wave our flag high and live in Freedom. and to the others that every day put themselves in harms way for us to have our Freedom Thank you.
God Bless America

"I AM MY BROTHER'S KEEPER"

I turned 6

2008-07-02T07:40:00.002+02:00

Hi family and friends, Something huge took place on June 18 I turned 6.

Wow! my boys are growing up too fast! it feels just like yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital and now Luca is six years old and will be starting school in September. He can't wait for that change. His B-Day was a great day his cousins from Anja's side were there Louisa and Phillip His friend from Kindergarten here in Stuttgart lukas and then a huge joy was when a car of friends from Heidelberg showed up to celebrate His Birthday one mother Heike drove a car full of friends here to Stuttgart Laurence, Tasmine, Anne, Marlene, and Heike's little one Anton. This for Luca was the highlite of the day. Thanks Heike for taking the drive with the kids to make Luca's Birthday a special one.
Luca got a bunch of presents, a Backpack for school and a trolly to pull the backpack so he doesn't have to wear it on His back, Hockeysticks which we just used them on Monday at the park and the boys played streethockey while Anja and I stood in the goals and tried to keep the ball from coming in using only our feet, the boys did a great job. We also made little clay figures in which you place it in the microwave for 10 minutes and it gets hard after that you paint them it was a lot of fun. Well we have another year behind us and a year ahead of us with new things, new challenges with the Lord's help you will acomplish them all.
To everyone that could not be there I hope you enjoy the pic. We love you all and miss you all very much, Thanks for being a part of our lives.
Josiah & Anja, Levi & Luca (THE FOUR HARTS)

Downhill Scooters

2008-06-26T12:08:00.008+02:00

I never heard of this until our Vacation with Anja's Family. It was our last day and we show up at this ski resort the kids wanted to go on the summer bob sled track they had but Timo my brother in law said we had to try something else first, He said it will be a lot of fun. That was an understatement it was the most fun I have had in a long time. We rented these monster scooters and went to the ski lift gave them the scooters and got on to the lift. We went to the top of the mountain it took us 45 minutes to get there. Our scooters were placed on the lift as well and when we got to the top well we road down the hill with our monster scooter on the trail what a rush. There were times I thought I am not going to make it down in one piece. Henrik (Claudia Anja's Sissters Fiance) and I made it out with no big problems, I had a bruise on my leg from a near fall I had, Henrik had some blisters on His hands and Timo well He was not so lucky He fell and cut his thumb it could have been worse but Thank God it was not.
I can't wait to do this again it was such a rush and so much fun, If you ever get the chance to do this you must. Enjoy the pictures and the little film. You could see from the film how Timo's Scooter looked like after going off the trail.

Like Father, Like Son

2008-05-26T12:34:00.004+02:00

Here we Go! If you remember one of my first blogs was me saying I can't wait to kajak with my boys and I placed there a picture of the Boy's in there sand made kajak's well here is Levi on Mother's Day paddiling around a pond at a friends house. He amazed me and I can't wait to get out with Him. We first started off with Him in the kajak with our friend and soon saw that He was able to paddle and handle the boat alone so we tried it and the rest is History, He was paddling around that little pond like it was no big deal like He had beend doing it for ever,I am looking into a class that we can take to learn saftey and the How To's of Kajaking. He keeps asking me to buy him one, What a great sport and one the whole family can do and from the rivers we can see parts of this wonderful world Our GOD has created that many just can't get too. So we will keep you all informed on How this little paddler is doing, Really can't wait to get out on the river with Him. Luca needs some more time to learn to swim but once He has accomplished this task this summer we will all be out on the river tearing it up.
Here is another video of Levi in the Kajak, He thought it was bumper boats :)

Bare Foot Hike

2008-05-18T18:12:00.004+02:00

Hello Everyone
This was a great day, We hiked 2,4km barefoot what an experiance. Anja the boys and I with Anja's sissters Claudia and Katrin, Katrin's Husband Timo Oh yeah can't forget thier baby on the way was also there and Anja's Mom. Walking on the rock's, over glass, in cold,cold water, mud and sand. I liked the sand the most I closed my eyes and really could hear the ocean. If any of you ever come out to see us we are going here this is somehting everyone needs to experiance really at the end of the hike when you wash your feet off with very ice cold water why cold mayby because it cost too much for them to have hot water anyways your feet are very sensitve it is a wierd feeling. The boys had a great time and we even saw a deer as we were hiking it was such a great day. After the hike we drove to a lake and spent the rest of the day relaxing, eating, playing what great memories. And we wanted to share them with you all have fun looking at the pictures.

Get away with Roland and the Elders

2008-05-07T19:33:00.002+02:00

What a great time this was, We were able to get away to Switzerland for two days where we attended a conference. It was my first time in Switzerland and definatly not my last it was so beautifull. On the way in to Switzerland Hajo and Martin were talking about this waterfall that was real close and so on our way to the conference we took a little detour and checked out the Masterpiece our God made "The Rheinfall". WOW! I must say it was loud and amazing to be so close to the water coming down. A must if you are ever in the area. Thanks guys for the great time and the great talks it is such a blessing to be apart of the team. Matthew agian we missed you but staying home with your wife who will be giving birth any moment was wise :)

First Family Fun

2008-05-05T12:08:00.004+02:00

The last 5 weeks were filled with all kinds of different fun. A lot of our close friends have come to visit us to see where we live and to do some cool things with us. We just had a church hike, a few BBQs, trips to different castles, a Spring type of Oktoberfest (fair), Mama's 55th birthday party,...
Thank you for making the trip to visit us and support us here. we are looking forward to many more special times with you.

The Move and Finished Appartment

2008-05-05T11:36:00.005+02:00

Hello Everyone,
Sorry that it has taken me so long to write, we have been really busy and were without Internet for awhile but now we are up and running and wanted to share what is going on. The move went smoothly. Thanks to the help we recieved from Heidelberg we had the truck filled in 90 Minutes (you guys are the best!) Thanks again HD. And I must say Stuttgart you guys rock too! They helped us unload in only 30 minutes and set the house up as you can see in the pictures. Now that is enough from me I think you all should hear from the love of my life...
Guten Tag, where should i start??? there is so much on my mind and heart and i am still in the process of sorting out and settling in. yes, the move went great and the biggest praise report is that Levi and Luca are doing well. they have found many new friends both in school and the neighborhood and are constantly playing outside. Luca was sick during the move and had to be on cortison for a few weeks but has recovered alright. he does have allergies (like me), so we are going through a lot of tissue and constantly get to hear "God bless you" ("Gesundheit"). We are very thankful for the many blessings God has given us and the grace He has shown us lately.
our new appartment is nice, i got blessed with a brand new kitchen (Thank you City Chapel) and i really like the rest of it too. i was getting tired of screw drivers and we were pretty sore from renovating but after the 4 day week end we just enjoyed we feel refreshed.

"...but one thing i do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things that are ahead." Phil. 3:13

Starting at City Chapel

2008-03-26T23:49:00.000+01:00

Here are some pictures of when the church prayed for Anja and I, as we began the new chapter in our lives at the City Chapel. It was a great message that Roland gave and He spoke directly to me and clearly gave me a challenge. One that I pray with the Lord's Help I will accomplish. It is the same challenge that Paul gave Timothy and that is found in 2 Timothy 4:1-5 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.
5 But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Sledding in March

2008-03-26T16:34:00.006+01:00

You would think that this would be in December but No, Our weather loves to play games with us and we woke up to not a White Christmas but to a White Easter, Well it fits His Blood on the cross has made us white as snow. It was beautiful to see all the nice white snow and of course the boys had to go sledding, We forgot thier snow stuff or I should say the snow gear is packed away in boxes right now so with there jeans and normal shoes we found a hill with some snow left and they had fun. We wanted to share these moments with you enjoy.

The Hart Boys.

Still Underconstruction

2008-03-26T16:20:00.006+01:00

I want to thank all those who have helped, It has been fun and we got a lot done in a short period of time, We could not have done it with out you all.
Well as you could see the work continues, we went by today and the floor is being laid right now, and in the evening we are painting trying to get the house ready for the move on Saturday. Today we signed the contract and got Luca in a Kindergarten for the next three months and walked to Levi's School.
We as a family are getting to know the many people at the city chapel there are a lot of names to remeber. Many from the chapel came and helped with the rennovation it was a great time getting to work with them.
Please keep the boys in prayer as they began school on the 31 of March there are exciting times ahead of us and we are all waiting with excitment to get in to our appartment finally and be able to make it home. When it is all done and you are ever in the area please give us a call and stop by. We love you all.
Your Four Harts

Underconstruction

2008-03-04T13:12:00.007+01:00

>So here you all go, These are the Before Pictures of our appartment. Right now the Appartment is under construction, It will recieve a complete makeover, new windows, doors, floor, Tile in the bathroom and kitchen floor, new bathtub, sinks, toliet. It has 2 basement rooms you can see those in the pic top left corner. I will also post the after pictures so that you might all see what it transformed into being. The boys love the garden and have already made friends with Lucas who is 14 and lives in the house. We move in to the appartment if every things goes well with the construction at the end of this month. We want to thank all of those who have been praying for us during this time of transition and continue to ask for you prayers as we get settled in to all that awaits us. Levi will start his new school on the 31st of March I will post a picture of that as well when I get it.
Until next time May God continue to richly bless you all.

A new place to call Home

2008-02-25T09:32:00.002+01:00

We have found it, Yes the search is over, After some time and prayers God directed us to this place. We called on so many places we couldn't remeber which ones they were anymore when the people would call, On Monday night I recieved a call from one of the appartments Anja was busy working doing a Pampered Chef show and I talked with the owner, I told her that we would be in Stuttgar on Tuesday to look at a place and asked if it was possible to come and look at the apartment. She said it should work and I told her that Anja would call in the morning so we called and she said she had some appointments later on in the day but would fit us in and met us at 11 in the morning at the place this was a God thing allowing us to be the first ones to look at the appartment. God gave us favour with the owner and we got the place she is very interested in calvary chapel as well and is asking a lot of questions I am excited to see what God has planned.
It is a great place with a garden two balconies and it is 100,50qm2.
In the Picture you see the building there are 8 appartments and we have the one on the bottom right. We are very excited about this place it is being newly rennovated with new windows new doors, The tile in the bathrooms are being redone also new toilet and a new bathtub there is a new floor coming in it is so exciting. We will also be very close to Anja's Grandma and Aunts and Uncle this is also very exciting God is so good.
When we get settled in please come by the door is always open for any of our friends and family. Thank you so much for you prayers and support please continue to pray as we call schools for the boys and that they will have a great transition, I start work the first of March in Stuttgart so please also be praying for that as well.

Searching for a Home

2008-02-05T08:28:00.000+01:00

Which one do we choose? That is the question we have been asking ourselves. We are in Stuttgart for one week and are looking for a home.
We have not found anything yet but we know that GOD has something for us so we continue to search the newspapers and the computer to find the right one. Please keep praying for us as we search, search, search.
We take comfort in God's word as He tells us that He will lead us and instruct us in the way we should go He will guide us with His eye Ps 32:8

Be Ready!

2008-01-29T08:19:00.000+01:00

( 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

2008-01-22T09:39:00.000+01:00

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.

A Christmas Greeting from the White House

2007-12-15T16:21:00.000+01:00

What a great Decleration of Our Lord, He alone is the Lord, May our Nation Return to thier foundation that we are "One Nation Under God"
May He remain in your hearts and thoughts the Reason for the Season, Without Him we are nothing, Without the Lord we are not living we are only existing. May we arise and declare to those around us that He alone is the Lord and Worship Him alone.

Frohe Weihnachten – Merry Christmas 2007

2007-12-14T13:09:00.001+01:00

Frohe Weihnachten – Merry Christmas 2007

We would like to wish all of you a beautiful Christmas Season and Holidays. Would we all reflect the reason for Christmas and find peace in this time. May God bless you and protect you, we miss you all yet feel connected with you. Our thoughts and love are with you all.

We are doing well, this year has gone by very fast and we are in awe of what God did in and through us. Excitement and joy fill us as we look ahead into the New Year and we trust in God to lead and guide us.

Levi and Luca are looking forward to setting up the Christmas tree! So far we only have the Advent wreath up. Both of the boys are doing great. Levi is in second grade of elementary school and loves to learn, write and read. He loves swimming and earned his „sea horse“ patch. Luca is a „big boy“now in pre-school, this is his last year there before he goes into first grade. He still plays a lot and enjoys the carefree life of a five year old.

Josiah and I remain busy at church and several „side jobs“like baby sitting, cleaning and kitchen shows. We had a good year where we grew closer together in our love. Through the trials we stuck together and knitted ourselves tight with the Lord.

We are worshipping and praising God for everything! THANK YOU for your prayers and support.

Much Love & Greetings, The Four Harts: Josiah, Anja, Levi & Luca

Frohe Weihnachten – Merry Christmas 2007

Wir möchten Euch allen eine wunderschöne Advents- und Weihnachtszeit wünschen in welcher Ihr alle neu reflektieren und besinnen könnt.

Möge Gott Euch segnen und beschützen, wir denken an Euch und fühlen uns mit Euch allen verbunden.

Es geht uns gut, dieses Jahr ging sehr schnell vorbei und wir staunen über alles was Gott in uns und mit uns gemacht hat. Voller Spannung und Erwartung schauen wir in das Neue Jahr und vertrauen Gott dass Er uns führt und leitet.

Levi und Luca freuen sich auf den Weihnachtsbaum! Es geht beiden sehr gut. Levi ist in der zweiten Klasse und genießt es zu lernen, schreiben und rechnen. Er hat sein Seepferdchen-Abzeichen gemacht und liebt es zu schwimmen. Luca ist nun ein Großer im Kindergarten und genießt seine Freiheit um viel zu spielen, er wird dann im Sommer eingeschult.

Josiah und ich sind weiterhin viel in der Gemeinde beschäftigt und mit diversen Nebenjobs (Babysitten, Putzen, Koch-Shows…). Wir haben ein sehr gutes Jahr hinter uns, sind enger zueinander gewachsen und haben durch die schwierigen Zeiten zusammengehalten und uns zusammen an Gott geklammert.

Wir wollen Gott für alles loben und preisen! DANKE für Eure Gebete und Unterstützung.

Alles Liebe und Gute, The Four Harts: Josiah, Anja, Levi & Luca

My Visa

2007-12-03T12:41:00.000+01:00

Well, I wanted quickly to thank all of those praying for my visa status, In October my visa expired and I was trying to recieve my permanent residance status here in Germany, I did not recieve it, I was there at the Goverment office today and found out. The reason, I don't make enough money no worries this does not mean that I have to leave, They can't get rid of me that easy :)
I was given instead with no problem a 3 year extension to my visa so I am fine for another 3 years and if at any time during these 3 years my finacial status changes and I make more money I could return to the office and apply for my permanent residance status.
A very special thanks to all those escpecially Cindy at Calvary Chino Hills who has helped me out so much during this process, it is great having such great people behind us.

Until He Returns

2007-11-27T15:14:00.000+01:00

I read a great verse today that just brought a whole different look at the Bible for me, Now you need to understand I knew this to be true, and I love the Word but this passage once agian just strengthened that love and I have taped a piece of paper to the front of my bible with this verse on it. The picture above just reminds me of all the promises the word of God is filled with for you and I.
But back to that verse that I have taped to the front of my Bible it is found in Deut. 32:47 Moses has just finished singing a song and says to all Isreal in verse 46 "Set you hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe-all the words of this law. and verse 47 jumped off the pages to me for it He says " For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life"
The world around us and many christians today are discounting the Truth of the Bible, They say to you and I that they are meaningless they say what we thought to be truth is no longer truth we need to re-think it. I say No!
No to this way of thinking, No,to the thought that there is no absolute truth, There is absolute Truth. Jesus Christ is the WAY the TRUTH the LIFE, He is my hope, my joy, my all in all
His WORD, is not meaningless THEY ARE MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!

Choices

2007-11-12T12:11:00.001+01:00

There are moments in life when you have to make choices. Sometimes these choices we need to make are easy and we know exactly what track to take. Other times it is hard to know which one to take. I have had these moments more than once in my life and I know that I will have many more. What do we do, How do we make the right choice? Who do I turn to for advice? These are the things that run through our mind, Often we look at the many diffrent tracks ahead of us and say they all seem good to me I could almost take anyone of them and be Blessed. Oh! Choices what would life be without them most likely really boring. But I was reminded recently as I have come yet to another point in my life where some choices need to be made of a verse that takes the fear and confusion away. It is found in Psalm 32 verse 8 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye." It is great to know that we have a loving Father in Heaven who is there to help us along the way, It is also nice to know that He will instruct us and teach us in the way we should go we don't have to try to figure it out on our own He wants to help us but not only that He will guide us with His eye, the wonderful knowledge of his protection that comes with that. Our Great Shepherd teaching us and instructing us and watching over us as we go. So if you today or sometime in the future find yourself in the place I am in right now. Just remind yourself to stay focussed upon Him and follow His lead, He will help you and show you the track you are to be upon.

I was Tagged

2007-11-12T10:28:00.000+01:00

Well, I was tagged. I know that it has taken me some time to get to this but here I go 7 facts about myself:

1. A moment in my life that I like to reflect upon often: Feb 20,1999. I am standing at the front of the stage at Calvary Chapel South Bay My brothers and two really good friends of mine are on my left my soon to be sisster in laws and two other good friends to my right, Pastor Steve behind me and the music begins. (the theme song from Forest Gump when the feather is falling) The doors open up and their being guided by her mother and father the most beautiful women I have laid eyes upon Anja the love of my life.

2. A moment in my life I do not like to reflect upon: I was a little guy mayby 5 years old, not able to say I don't want to go again to the mall with Grandma and Mom. Every weekend it seemed to the same old stores Sears and JC Penney. What is a young boy to do, what has he to look forward to but rows of clothes and jewlery. Oh wait I forgot the candy :) Oh yes the swedish fish.... Oh moments I do not like to reflect upon, yes my Grandma bought me candy and a balloon a goldfish balloon Oh was I so happy. We get home from the day of shopping and right as I was going into the house my balloon flew away my goldfish balloon flew away never to be seen agian, I was so sad :( I am still sad :( my balloon flew away.

3.A moment in my life that I like to reflect upon often: July 18 2000 what a great day this is. It all started early in the morning 2am or so Anja wakes me up with the words it's starting go back to sleep if it gets worse I will let you know, So what do I do go back to sleep. I wake up knowing Today is the day our baby comes into the world, call work tell them I am not coming in and I wait, Anja at this point is in a lot of pain so we decide to go to the hospital, She is all smiles the nurses and doctor don't think she is that far along she is to realxed they say, they give us a room and examine she is 7cm dialated yeah the baby is coming soon. I did not get to watch to much my first child coming into the world, I was more worried about Anja turning the color purple in the pushes. But the moment they held my baby up and say it is a boy. Oh a moment I will never forget a blessing from heaven. Levi Ethan Hart.

4. A moment in my life I do not like to reflect upon: Anja and I were living in Montana expecting our first born Levi she was 6 Months pregnant. We were House sitting for our Pastor and His wife. On this day that I do not like to think about I drove to the Pastors house and my wife was not there, not unusal she has the other car, probably out shopping. Some time goes by and no word from her yet, I try calling our house thinking she is there checking our mail etc but no one is home, I began to worry. The moment I wish I would forget the phone call from a friend, no hello she is right to the point Anja is okay but you need to come we are taking her to the hospital. I hurry to mar car and drive the dirt road that is quicker to this house where Anja was and the second moment of the day i wish I could forget, I am driving on the dirt road and I pass the house where my wife is because I see our car on the ditch on the side of the road standing on the driver side. Praise God Anja and Levi were safe but defenitly not on the top of my list of days to remeber.

5.A moment in my life that I like to reflect upon often: June 18, 2002 Our fridge was getting empty we need some food. So we packed up the car with Levi and made sure that we grabbed everything, It is a miracle if you can fit any groceries in the car after you have filled it with everything you need for your child. We went to Wallmart and walked around and then we went to Town&Country the gorcerie store we went too. I got the cart put Levi in and Anja and I started to the fruit, She started to bag some apples I think when she said Uh Oh! and rushed off to the bathroom a few seconds later she comes to me and says "My water Broke" we left the cart, almost hit a lady in the parking lot, dropped Levi off at friends and went to the hospital again, This time I got to watch, Anja did not turn purple and Luca Enoch Hart came into the world not head first but hand first, I remeber all of us doctor, nurses, myslef saying "there's the head" and then "where did it go" and out came this little hand followed by the head and the rest What a great day. God has blessed me with two wonderful boys.

6.A moment in my life I do not like to reflect upon: I was in Jr.High at Gateway Fellowship it was a private school. We all had to wair uniforms etc. But that is not the moment I want to forget. It was towards the end of the year and we had a talent show. The whole school was there, Why I did this I do not know and wish I never had, but a friend and myslef got mops took them off the sticks and spray painted them black then we got his tape of Milli Vanilli and sang "Blame it on the Rain" I am so glad that there is no pictures out there nor a video to my knowledge out there somewhere but oh the picture in my head scares me everytime I think of it. I want to forget this ever happened.

7.A moment in my life that I like to reflect upon often: Sept. 9 2004 This is the day that Anja, Myself, Levi and Luca landed in Germany. This was and will always be a great day for me, since the age of 13 I have wanted to be a missionary, I have always felt that I would one day be in Europe to fulfill that calling. And on Sept. 9 2004 the journey began. It has been tough and rewarding and all worth it. God has shown me so much these last 3 years about myslef and ministry and I look forward with anticipation the many more years that The Four Hart's will have on the mission field. Thanks for the prayers and support.

I know that I am suppose to tag 7 more people but then I would be tagging all of you guys again so I am not too sure what I ought to do, I will see if I can get 7 other people to tag until then have fun reflecting with me on the good memories and making fun of me on the 6. point that I do not want to relive.

PhamilyNews: Tagged Again

2007-10-31T08:57:00.000+01:00

PhamilyNews: Tagged Again

so I have been tagged, cool I look forward to taking the time to do it, It will be awhile but the job will be done

Pumpking Carving

2007-10-19T10:39:00.001+02:00

( Luca's Pumpkin is on the right, Levi's Pumpking is in the middle with it's tounge out and My pumpkin is on the left.)

I remember when I was a kid and we carved pumkins how much fun we had, So I continue the family tradition with my kids, We had lots of fun especially when we were pulling out the indsides of the pumpkins. Now they light up our Balcony at night. Levi and Luca did a great job.

The Lord Will Return!

2007-10-17T08:12:00.000+02:00

You know we are told in 1 Thessalonians 4:18 to comfort one another with these words. So my friends and family be comforted: " For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord."
What wonderful words to be encouraged with He is coming back for us. Live today as if you knew He was coming back today. For He can come at any moment. Here is a poem I found:
What would He find, should He come just now: A faded leaf, or a fruitless bough; A servant sleeping, an idle plow? What would He find should He come just now?- Anon.

Every Christian should be an expectant uplooker, not a sleepy onlooker!
Keep looking up my friends and family He is coming Back! Maranatha!

2007-10-15T11:21:00.000+02:00

We are back, This was an amazing time in Hungary. I was blessed to lead a team of 14 into Hungary and work along side of Calvary Chapel Debrecen with their ministry with the gypsies. They have started a Calvary Chapel for them and we went to help improve the conditions, as you could see from the pictures we painted it a forest Green it turned out quite nice. We also built them a pavilion to meet under in good weather and in case of rain they could always hang out underneath it. We were with God's help able to complete this in 4 days it is 20 square meters at the base and had a 64 square meter roof it is huge. From the floor to the bottome cross beam in the front is 3 meters the size of Goliath. The team was great and very flexiable and willing to do what it took to get the job done. The days were long but very rewarding in the end and the fellowship we had with the gypsies was wonderful, They encouraged me with their love and passion for the Lord that you could see in thier eyes. They might not have a lot of worldly goods but they sure posses a lot in Christ Jesus. a lot more pictures will be posted on our Churches website soon so keep looking for them. Thanks for the prayers.

2007-10-05T11:02:00.000+02:00

Well, I am off agian to Hungary today. I will be leading a team of 14 in Debrecen in a building project and Kids program, We will be working at a gypsy camp that Calvary Chapel Debrecen works very close with. We are excited and ready for what God has for us to accomplish. Please be praying as we set off to do His work. I will let you know more when we return next Friday the 12 of Oktober.

2007-10-01T12:51:00.000+02:00

I want to thank all of you who where praying for us, This Outreach was one of the greatest I have been on, Team thanks for being such great servants I learned a lot from you all.
This Outreach for me was a suprise, I knew we were having it but I was not planned on leading it, God had other plans and it was a great time. It was Sep 02 was Sunday and we went into the Ukraine, that night for me was an amazing night of worship, we were in His presence and He worked. I did not want to move being there was a taste of how heaven is going to be just it will not end, I can't wait.
It was so amazing to see how God opened doors for us to minister, We played soccer with the kids in the villiges, Were able to proclaim the gospel in the English classes in the University, David Pham the pastor of Calvary Chapel Frieburg came and He gave a great gospel message to the students for 30 minutes it was amazing. We were able to sing worship in the town square and encourge the beleviers there to not be bound to religion but live in the freedom of Christ and have a relationship with Him.
The second Outreach made it back safely, they went to a boarding school and encourged the children and their Teachers. This took place from 19-24 of Sep. Please be praying I will be leading a team to Hungary from October 5-12 we will be working with the gypsy that Calvary Chapel Debrecen minister too. We will be doing building projects as well as kids program will let you all know how it goes. Thanks for the prayers.

Like Father, Like Son

2007-09-24T21:43:00.001+02:00

( My Quiet Times on the Neckar River)

( Boy's in Training)

Last year for my birthday the church gathered money and bought me a Kayak. It is a great time to be alone and talk with the Lord. But as you can see in the next pic. It won't be long till the boys are with me, I can't wait.

Your own Bench

2007-09-21T11:56:00.001+02:00

Have you ever walked in a park,or by the beach and wanted to have your own bench to sit on where no one would be able to kick you off of it, Well these people have found one. Anja, myself and the boys were on vacation in Northern Germany and visited some friends on the Island Nordeney. There at the dock I saw this bench with some older people just sitting enjoying the sun and watching the people get off the ferry's, above them was a sign that said it was reserved for the retired people of Nordeney till 4:00 pm. I couldn't help but take a picture. I think everyone needs their own bench.

Getting Started

2007-09-21T11:32:00.001+02:00

Just wanted to say Hi to all of those out there praying for us and to link you all to our new blog, we will be keeping this updated with what is going on in our lives, so please keep in touch thanks for he prayers