January and February can be hard months for me, they sure were last year. If it is snowy and clear, that is fine, but mud and muck and endless dreary days wear me out in a way that no amount of work ever could. This new year however has been so pleasantly busy and the weather so mild and lovely and down right balmy that I've been enjoying them very much. This next month and a half will be quite a buzz of activity with meetings and birthdays (four of our family have birthdays in the next 6 weeks) and moving that our trip to the States will be upon us in no time and I look forward to enjoying the spring there.
Ah.
Yes.
The moving.
Well, it turns out we DO have to move after all. We've found a very sweet little solitary apartment in the center of town that will do nicely for us for the time being. I'm a girl who likes to put roots down, so moving often has been hard on me on the one hand, though exciting on the other. I do yearn so for a place for us. A real place, our place. But I am content -well, mostly and trying to be- as we shift from space to space, as I know that this is simply what the Lord has for us for now. Perhaps this upcoming move is a step towards land and a house of our own or perhaps it's a "foxes have holes, birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." sort of thing. (Luke 9: 57-58) Well, I still will follow then, Lord, lead on!
Speaking of following Christ, I would love to share with you about a new Sister in Christ. Hasan has a ministry that I call his "Coffee Shop Ministry." Each day around noon he takes his Bible and sits in a local coffee shop reading for an hour or two and the fruit of this simple act just over the last few months has been astounding. People meet him, get to talking, and pretty soon he's practically got a little Bible Study on his hands. Some days they just talk about life and drink a cappuccino, others they bring friends and relatives to ask questions about our faith and Scripture. One young girl recently accepted Christ and her boyfriend too is very interested. We would love if you would join us in praying for their young hearts, that they would continue on in a path of righteousness and continue hungering and learning and that others too would come to know the Savior.
We are heading into our last week of the Foundations of Christian Faith Study that we've been holding in our home. It has been a really blessed time with a pretty solid group of about fifteen believers. Once finished, Hasan will begin a weekly study of Hebrews and we are planning on beginning a prayer meeting once a week as well, just as soon as we've moved into the new place. Please pray with us over these meetings, that we would all be learning and growing closer to God and in knowledge of His Word.
Grace and Peace to you~
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