KNIEBIS AND SINSHEIM
By rodney | March 10, 2010
28 February was my last time to preach at Crossroads International Church located at the ETS chapel in Kniebis. The Church will be moving to Freudenstadt on 14 March. Then on 7 March I preached again at Sinsheim, where the Church of God is pastored by Eberhard Wirth. It was wonderful to see Andreas Waidler again, a former graduate of ETS, who translated the sermon for me. I appreciate all who are my preaching partners as translators.
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ANOTHER GREAT SECRETARY
By rodney | February 26, 2010
When the Spring semester began on 9 February, I was assigned a new student secretary. I appreciate the faithful and great service that Petra Fridrich gave as secretary during the Fall semester. My new secretary is Yasmin Zeier, a third-year student from Germany. My secretaries must do much work in translation of papers and exams. I appreciate each one who has served as my secretary. Without their help, I could do very little.
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A GREAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
By rodney | February 22, 2010
On 21 February, the worship service began at 3 PM in Word International Ministries Frankfurt. Beforehand, we all met for prayer at 2 PM. This congregation is largely composed of Filipino people, but we had some from Africa, Germany, and the USA. Manny DeLeon is doing a great work serving as pastor and the people are excited about Jesus and His kingdom work. It was a great afternoon together with God’s presence. I preached and the fellowship meal afterwards was wonderful with delicious Filipino food.
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FRANKFURT AM MAIN
By rodney | February 22, 2010
On Valentines’s Day, I preached in Kniebis at Crossroads International Church, but Carol and I were in Frankfurt this weekend. I taught a seminar on evangelism for the Word International Ministries church there, which is pastored by a couple who graduated from our seminary: Manny and Lilly DeLeon. The seminar went from Friday evening through most of the day on Saturday, 19 & 20 February. The people are excited about reaching out evangelistically to the major city of Frankfurt. We share their passion for souls.
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KREHWINKEL VISIT
By rodney | February 7, 2010
On 31 January we ended up the month in our home church in Kniebis, Germany, where I preached. The students at ETS finished up their week of intensive classes (J-Term) on Friday. Today, 7 February, we drove two hours to Krehwinkel, the oldest existing church building of the Church of God in Germany. There I preached, with my translator being another fellow-missionary, Tom Rosson, who is regional education director in eastern Europe. The pastor at Krehwinkel, Frank Wetzel, is a dedicated man and committed to leading the church forward in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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A ROMANIAN SUNDAY IN SPAIN
By rodney | January 28, 2010
On 24 January, I was privileged to preach twice, morning and evening, in the Church of God near Barcelona, where we had spent the weekend ministering. It was great to have my former ETS student, Gabriel Tilea, as my preaching translator. The presence of the Lord was wonderful during the entire day, and Carol sang a Romanian song as they all joined in to help her. We will always love the Romanian people wherever they are found, since our years of living with them in Romania.
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YOUTH SERVICE IN SPAIN
By rodney | January 28, 2010
We attended a youth service on 23 January after an afternoon seminar. I preached to a wonderful group of Romanian youth. These churches are Romanian immigrant churches. It was wonderful to be back in the Romanian language and culture. We lived in Bucharest, Romania, as missionaries from 1990-1992. It is good to be with young people anywhere, and hear them sing, worship, and seek God.
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OFF TO SPAIN
By rodney | January 28, 2010
After finishing up Fall semester classes at ETS last week, we went to Spain on 22 January for a weekend of ministry at Castelldefels, near Barcelona. A graduate of ETS, Gabriel Tilea, and his family hosted us in their home. On Saturday I taught an afternoon seminar about family topics. Several churches came together for a topic about husband-wife relationships, and then one on parents-children relationships. It was a good afternoon where God seemed to encourage people.
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TROSSINGEN
By rodney | January 28, 2010
On Sunday, 17 January, we visited the Church of God in Trossingen, Germany, for the first time. It is pastored by our district overseer, Christian Krumbacher. I preached and we enjoyed great fellowship with all there. Pastor Krumbacher is leading them into a much needed larger building during the next year. I had preached the week before, 10 January, in Kniebis, Germany, at Crossroads International Church. On Saturday, 16 January, I taught the German MIP class a second month in a row on Christian Ethics.
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VAUGHANS
By rodney | January 7, 2010
Our other American missionary colleagues at ETS are Benson and Cathy Vaughan. They have been here 11 years as faculty. Benson teaches music and Christian education courses. Cathy teaches library research, conflict management, English, and other courses. She also is our head librarian. We thank God for their faithful ministry and their friendship as fellow-laborers.
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