Weather Encouragement and This Weekend's Activities

We hope your week is going well! I know the rainy weather isn’t as cheery as the sunshine, but it too is part of God’s grace for our lives. Read what the Psalmist says:

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make music to our God on the harp.

PS 147:8 He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.

PS 147:9 He provides food for the cattle
and for the young ravens when they call.

PS 147:10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of a man;

PS 147:11 the LORD delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
--Psalm 147: 7-11

While we may think that he supplies this part of Germany with a little more clouds and rain than others, we can and should be thankful for it. It is part of His goodness to us. Sometimes it is more a matter of perspective and looking for God’s goodness in things. I imagine a few of our family and friends downrange would love to have this weather. They would consider it a blessing from God!

We hope to see you this weekend. For Friday night’s Dinner and Study we will enjoy Pizza (and salad if you want to bring some). Please cook your pizza’s at home and then bring them unless you call and talk to Aimee ahead of time. However, she will be baking her pizzas in the oven here so there probably won’t be much extra room! Our study is going to be on John 5:16-30 if you would like to read ahead.

On Saturday we will have a BBQ and games at 5:00pm. The grill will be going around 6:00—please bring your own meat and a side dish to share with everyone. We plan to play outdoor games if it is not rainy but will move inside if that is the case. We hope to see you here.

Not all was lost!

We got rained out last weekend but not all was lost! Bowling was fun and The Princess Bride was "inconceivably" good!

Next weekend (2 May) we are hosting a BBQ and Game Night. If the weather is good we will play some outdoor games such as ladder golf, croquet, and whatever else you want to bring! Bring your own meat and a side dish to share. You're welcome anytime after 5:00 and we'll get the grill going around 6:00! If the weather doesn't cooperate we will just play some inside games! Hope you can join us!

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain...

Which is exactly what it is doing in Nurnberg! The forecast is for it to rain in Nurnberg on and off all afternoon and so we are going to cancel our trip there this afternoon. However, not all is lost…

We have decided to meet at the Graf Bowling Alley at 12:30 for a couple hours of bowling. Feel free to go early and get something to eat or eat while you bowl. Please bring money for shoes and your games.

We are also going to show the movie Princess Bride here at the House at 7:00. (That’s the start time of the movie not the arrival time, mingle-time, get you coffee-time. If you want to do those things come at 6:30!)

We hope to see you at some point today!

Nurnberg Fest

Tomorrow (April 17th) we will be going to a fest in Nurnberg. It sounds like it has a lot of rides for the kids and some booths and shopping for the parents. We will meet at our house at 11:00 and leave at 11:15. The fest doesn't open until 1:00 but bring a sack lunch and we will eat before it opens (and then we might find parking easier!!).

There is suppose to be some light rain so pack an umbrella, rain jacket, stroller, and whatever else will make your time more enjoyable!

Please also check back here in the morning around 9:30 to make sure that we haven't cancelled the trip because of too much rain!

Thanks for Praying

Thanks to everyone who was praying for me this past Sunday as I preached in Chapel. It went very well, I received some great feedback, and most importantly I think that God's message was communicated. I pray that the Holy Spirit continues to work in both my heart and the hearts of those who were there as we consider Jesus this Easter week.