Hi our friends,
how are you?
Finally we're sending another update-sorry for our long pause!
David is doing very well, he will soon be walking. Once a week he goes with mum to mums & kiddies & generally brings a lot of joy :-).
We are quite booked out with our ministry here & looking after David.
But it is a good balance of Ministry & family life. Just Wednesday it's pushing the limits a bit for me Martin. 3-4lessons in the primary school, one lesson in the orphanage and our (about 4 months old) men's fellowship in the evening.
Silke is leading the ladies bible study for this term & is a blessing through that ( and many other things:-). Some woman are opening up to the Lord more. - Praise the Lord,
- please pray for all of the above.
Last weekend Silke went with Tracy a goof neighbour & friend to Kwekwe for a flower arranging competition and polished off 4 prices !!!She did a course for it in Harare and did very well with it. I'm so glad she found a hobby that she likes doing here in Africa!!!
For David and me it was beans on toast & a glorious mess for two days :-) (Just kidding- at least a bit :-):-) In any case we're so glad to have Silke back!!!
In our "Springvale" house church we've conducted a 4 part series entitled "Coping with difficult circumstances". In that we passed on what we learned ourselves in our debriefing time in France last furlough. It was an very important time here with themes like "forgiveness", "bringing our pain to Jesus" & "Receiving deliverance by Him" (Isaiah 35+61). It's so important to forgive one another and others, no matter what happened. Not brushing it of as if nothing happened but rather saying "yes , it was bad but I choose to forgive..." Only this sets free!!! In the Lord's prayer Jesus makes it clear that forgiveness is not an option but a prerequisite for receiving forgiveness ourselves.
The teaching at the schools continues, it's such a way into society here! At the first and last weekend in July there will be Scripture Union camps here near Marondera with which I Martin will be involved on a day basis.
Thank you for praying for our ministry and us and that the Lord will glorify Himself in us through His Holy Spirit & so bring others to Himself
Please pray for friends of us family N. who are going though difficulties at the moment.
Please continue to pray for Zimbabwe, that forgiveness will become a reality, even there were people think they can not do it, the war here is only 30 years ago...
Please pray for the many people who need help here that God can carry us using us for them in His love.
With Mat 6:12,
God bless you,
Your 3 Waldvogels,
Martin & Silke + David
