:) on anna, germany and other things

Hiya gals,

The holiday was good. Got to rest and slack around and nua, got to eat German bread (wahaha), got to not think about work and most importantly got to visit Anna and Flo in Eppelheim, Heidelberg.

We visited a church called Calvary Chapel. The service was at about 4 in the afternoon. It's English and German. While the worship bit was mostly in German, the sermon was preached in English with a German translator (head pastor's not local...think Australian). He's very anointed! (More about his sermon later) I walked out of the church really happy and at peace that Anna has a great church to attend now. She really liked the church too, so do keep her and Flo in prayers about settling down and anchoring themselves within a christian community that will offer her the help (spiritual, physical and otherwise) that she will need. It's really tough living in a new country on your own. Already, I had such difficulties in UK and there, there wasn't even the problem of language. So, keep Anna in prayers yeah? And for strength and wisdom to keep her eyes on God.

Things are slowly falling into place. The SMD (student mission deutsch) has emailed her and that would be a good contact point for them to be involved in bible study and harvest events. There should be the presence of a good number of international students, so that would be great for Anna! :) She's quite busy with work, so do pray too with regards to time! I've been told (by Clemens...not sure who the contact person in Heidelberg SMD is as yet) that this summer, the SMD is organising a canoe trip on the River Lahn for non-believers...not sure about various events, but let's also just pray for Flo even as he opens his heart to the faith. Oh! (sorry this is so disjointed!) Let's also pray for his final exams and for wisdom and just concentration. He took precious time off from his studies to show Grace and me around and was really a tremendous blessing!

We might not be able to meet due to the distance, but let's make that extra effort to show Anna that we still want to be involved in her life despite the distance because we're her family and we care for her! She's coming back to Singapore on the first July for two weeks so it'll be nice to catch up then! I will keep you all posted yeah?

[ok. i will continue this post later. Shared with fs about what the pastor preached which really administered to Grace and me and she encouraged me to blog about it]