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.
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.
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.
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.
