Berlin!

Hey everyone!

Our last week in Hamburg was great! It included times of prayer and evangelism in a famous red light district, returning to an elementary school for English lessons, and returning to a kids ministry in the mall. It was really nice being able to go to the same ministries a few times. Please pray for Hashad and his sisters Jasmin and Lisa. They are Muslim children who come to the ministry in the mall three times a week. When I asked Hashad about Jesus he just shook his head and said, "we are not that.". Also pray for a man named Asha who I met on the streets. He has been homeless for the last seven years but told us that he likes being homeless. He refuses to recognize that he has any need whatsoever. Please also pray for the ongoing ministries of YWAM and others in the city.

We arrived in Berlin on Sunday evening and the first thing we did was eat delicious doners (pronounced doe-nair) which are a Turkish dish similar to a pita with roasted meat :) they are so good! Other notable things we have done are: prayer walks throughout the city, culture orientation, and making preparations for a mini discipleship training school (dts) here next week. This is a huge prayer request for the team; we are doing all the teaching and everything for the mini dts. I will be teaching on the kingdom of God and missions. Please pray for me in this! We are praying for 20 students to come to this. It will be mon-fri next week (Jan 30-Feb 3).

Other things I am looking forward to are: my friend Kristina is coming tomorrow (Thursday!), the mini dts should be an amazing opportunity to have a role on deepening some youths' relationships with God, and after that I think we are doing some ministry with Muslims, AND then we are going to Turkey! These next few weeks will fly by I am sure. Thank you all SO much for your prayers, love, and support!

For His glory!

Megan

Here's a few pictures: we made waffles with the kids in the mall and i'm not allowed to put pictures of their faces on the internet...so that explains the first picture :)
the next two are at the berlin wall!

Hamburg!!

Hallo friends!!
We arrived safely in Hamburg on Thursday of last week. We hit the ground running with full days Friday and Saturday. We helped teach English to first and second graders, went to a Christian youth center and hung out with the kids there, helped a ministry that gives immigrant children a place to play and learn, saw the city of Hamburg, and went to a house church on Sunday :) on Saturday my friend, Tabea, who I met in Nepal but is from Germany, came and visited till sunday so that was really great to see her!

It has been really eye opening being here--the staff here tell us that Hamburg is less than 2% Christian. Parts of Europe are even worse than that, making many places qualify as unreached. The German people are great but are not super open to talking to eager Americans ;) I am excited though because this week we are going back several times to the places we've already been so we will hopefully see the same people again. This week will also include at least one trip to one of the red light districts here. Please pray for us as we go back to these ministries, that we would connect with people and that we would bring Life wherever we go. Also pray the God would increase the laborers in Europe.

Thank you all SO much for your prayers and support!!

Megan


The pictures are from my phone... Hopefully they are decent... It's a beautiful city!