Mission trip update 2

Day 3 by Rob Wager

Here we are in Berlin for day two of our mission trip.  In case you were wondering, the weather here is pretty stunning!  We’ve certainly been enjoying this somewhat unexpected bonus of life in the German capital.  

So, suncream and trendy sunglasses donned, today we headed to the campus of one of Berlin’s four Universities with the intention of speaking to students (and anyone else we happened to encounter) about Jesus and inviting them to church.  I have to admit I was a little nervous.  With my extremely limited grasp of the German language and the fact that I graduated three long years ago (!), I wondered how it would go; but I was also excited to see what would happen and who we would get to speak to.  

I needn’t have worried!  So many people on the campus spoke fluent English that the language barrier here made little difference.  Chatting with students over lunch in the Mensen (cafeteria), we were able to speak to them about life in Germany, their experience of faith and church, and share our faith in Jesus explain why we were in Berlin.  People were often very open, and really interested to speak to someone from the exotic UK!  We had a lot of very positive conversations with a number of students, from a variety of backgrounds and from a variety of nationalities.  There were many highlights, including a number of people whom God seemed to have really prepared to meet us!

Please pray for the people that we spoke to today.  So many had an interest in church, a sense that God is real, and a family member or friend who is a Christian.  Please pray that the seeds that have been sown will come to fruition; and please also pray for the church plant here as they follow up with the encounters we had, and hopefully see many saved and added to their community.  Pray for this great city to become a place of faith once again, and all divisions healed in Jesus name.  

Now, off to sit in the sun for a while!