I don’t speak German. Germany is not on my bucket list of places to go. I have relatives in Scandinavia not the Deutschland! Yet………I am going to Germany this March. As a tourist? No! I am going with 9 others, including my wife Deb, on an FBC Missions Trip to Seeheim and Potsdam Germany. We will be working, encouraging, serving at 2 facilities for 10 days. The Giessen School of Theology, south of Frankfurt in Seeheim and Mittendrin Church in Potsdam just outside Berlin.
I have wanted to go on a missions trip for a long time. The timing was never right. God has now chosen this time for His purpose and I am excited to be a part of it. As I am well into the second half of life, I have adopted this verse as my goal.
Acts 20:24 “However, I consider my life worth nothing to me. My only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me. The task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”
I have never been outside of the US and have never experienced any other culture but ours. We have churches everywhere, people speak freely and openly of “God”. Most everyone knows about Jesus Christ and has heard the Gospel message. East Germany is 85% Atheist/Agnostic. I want to run the race and work on the task in that environment. Mittendrin means “In the thick of it” What better place to grow and stretch my faith than that.
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