NEWSLETTER
December 2020
Thank you very much for your commitment to pray for us regularly! Our Almighty God bless you and a loved one for it! Here is a brief overview of the last few weeks:
After we lost our unborn child in August, we agreed that we wanted to have a farewell ceremony. We had a prophet sitting with us in the living room who let us know through the Holy Spirit that it was a boy. Anita already had this thought, which is why she named our son Lemuel. The prophet promised us that we would have another son and that we should then baptize Samuel.
On a Friday morning I, Andreas, took a little more time with God again.
It was such a blessed time because there was so much clarity in my head and I also asked the Holy Spirit a few things. I got the answer right away that we should say goodbye to our prodigal son Lemuel that day.
In the afternoon we were in Karlstetten in Lower Austria on a small hill to do the farewell ceremony. When we drove there in the car, I saw a man walking halfway, then when we started, the man was already at the entrance to the forest and looked down at us with his stick. Then when we got to the top, the man was sitting on a bench next to the place where we had put the decorative stones. He had closed his eyes and was sitting motionless. In the evening in bed I had the impression that the man was our father in heaven, like in the film "The Hut", and he was with us when we said goodbye to Lemuel. We then lit a candle, played a song, celebrated communion and prayed, and then we went back to the car with Tatjana.
It was a solemn farewell, with the hope of seeing you again in heaven!
Yes, we don't understand so much, but we trust that God will make something good out of this too.
Good news from Hochimst in Tyrol: The "Haus des Lebens" seminar center has set an appointment for us in winter 2021 to hold a seminar on the subject of vocations. At this point we want to thank you for your prayers. We are aware that this is an unequivocal answer to prayer. In any case, we look forward to helping some people to discover their calling next year. Together we see our task in helping people to come into their God-given calling. With various practical exercises and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we try to get the participants from A to B. We will love to help people with our enthusiasm to dream big and trust our father to keep his promises. Here is the link to register if you know someone who would like to discover more what God put him in the world for:
Link: Seminar: Follow your destiny, November 5th - 7th, 2021, Hochimst / Tyrol
Unfortunately we both got Corona in mid-November and unfortunately both had all common COVID-19 symptoms except fever.
We had severe body aches and pains, as well as many other ailments, but the chest area hurt the most from coughing ... nevertheless ... it was worse in between with chills and shortness of breath. In this situation we could only trust that our heavenly Father would carry us through and that we would get well again .. Thank God our daughter Tatjana had no serious complaints except a little diarrhea and a lot of boredom ;-)
We are now almost 100% back, still a bit tired and weak and itchy throat, but it will. After our families as well as some from the community were health affected by Corona, everyone is now healthy again. Praise and thanks be to God!
I, Andrew, even got a county office criminal case for being at a meeting with other Christians during the lock down. But the proceedings have since been discontinued after a phone call with the police. I was able to make it clear that it was a prayer meeting, which is exempt from the regulations and restrictions. God is good!
We usually organize a Christmas party every December in a house for the homeless at the "Emmaus" facility in Sankt Pölten in Lower Austria.
Most of the time we sang a few worship songs together, including Christmas carols. In between reading from the Bible and specially written Christmas poems were recited. We also had several kilos of cookies baked and taken with us. It was a really blessed time. We then all sat together on a table and had a very good chat. We also offered to pray for them or to be given a Bible if someone wanted to. In the community, after an impression during prayer, it was decided to give the institution 500 € for the homeless. The leader and also the supervisors who had taken care of the celebration were very grateful.
Due to the Corona there is no celebration this year, but we still wanted to invest in the homeless and present them with Jesus as hope. A dear sister from our community has designed a little booklet for her family with pretty pictures in it. It is clearly about the message of Jesus Christ. Every homeless person gets a little booklet for Christmas this year, plus something to snack on, a little creative thing (painted stones) and a 10 euro note with a Bible verse.
For the coming year we are planning a few days of reconciliation and releasing the relationship between the people of God and the body of Christ in Austria in association with various congregations and houses of prayer. Racism and above all anti-Semitism are always an important topic that should not be kept silent!
Anita experienced herself a few years ago (in Israel) how she was freed from this spirit of racism and only then did she have a heart for Israel. Yes, Christians can also be affected. Maybe even without being aware of it. This can be carried along for generations. We just know that the time is now and that God cares very much.
It is therefore important to do something about it!
The date on May 21 and 22, 2021 has already been fixed and we have already received a very great and well-known worshiper from Israel - Joshua Aaron.
After the booking request, it turned out that he himself is very happy to be there, as there are also victims of the Holocaust in his family. This confirmed our plan yet again. The venue was also an answer to prayer.
We are allowed to hold the ecumenical service on this topic in our government district in the Landhaus in Lower Austria.
That means in the "political headquarters" of the largest federal state Austria.
We had a special prayer time in October. A prophet from Israel came as a surprise and confirmed that we should hold this event next year, where it is about reconciliation between Christians and the people of Israel. He talked about the fact that around the 13th century a total of seven Jewish provinces were settled along the Danube from Budapest to Linz. Anita and a sister in prayer, had the impression weeks before that we should go on a boat trip where we should pray along the Danube, give praise and liberate various places from racism and anti-Semitism. The picture was that the Danube should be swept with blood and corpses, from the time the Danube flows into Austria until it leaves the country again.
The prophet said that at this event I should break the covenant that the Austrian people had declared for the 1000-year Reich with Hitler. I then had a picture of how everyone at the event should do a physical act to fix this bond. Just as many at the Hitler Bund did it at the time by raising their hands in the Hitler salute, they should now either raise both hands or put one hand on their hearts or just hold out one hand to God to express this covenant with Jesus to fix.
Nevertheless, there are still so many unanswered questions that we are currently moving before the Lord. What else is there to do? Which political representatives and church officials should we invite?
Here, too, we are very grateful for your prayers, as a small team has already formed, people who have a heart for the cause and are ready to serve.
It is interesting that through this "commission from God" some brothers and sisters have already been convicted by the Holy Spirit himself that there is still a problem in their hearts on this subject. We are of course very happy when there are such great "side effects" in this project that only God can do. Alleluia!
Here is the link to more information about the Danube project ;-)
Our PRAYER MATTERS:
Even more intimacy with our Lord Jesus and immerse yourself in God's fatherly love
Wisdom what priority should be in our life and how we organize our time.
Longing of the heart for time in the presence of God - for the people of the community!
That Anita's father-in-law and her grandmother both entrust their lives to Jesus Christ.
Furthermore for our dear sister in the Lord (Dörthe) who is tormented by illness.
Reconciliation event 2021 Austrians - Jews, that we get clarity which church leaders and political representatives should be present at the event and other practical things about the organization.
We wish you a Merry Christmas, good health,
but above all God's blessing for the year 2021. Thank you for your prayer!
NEUE TÜREN ÖFFNEN SICH
Vielen dank, dass du dir Zeit nimmst um unseren Newsletter zu lesen, der diesmal unter dem Motto steht: Gott öffnet neue Türen. Nach einer längeren Phase der Planlosigkeit und der Ruhe (die wir vielleicht auch mehr als gebraucht haben 😅) spüren wir eine neue Freiheit. Wir sind Anfang des Jahres rausgegangen aus der Gemeinde, wo wir uns davor über ein Jahr investiert hatten. Es war keine leichte Entscheidung und es hat uns auch einiges an Kraft gekostet. Immerhin gab es auch eine prophetische Bestätigung für unseren Dienst in dieser Gemeinde (wie im letzten Newsletter berichtet). Besonders die Frage nach einer geistlichen Familie und wo wir uns weiterhin investieren war für uns wichtig. Wir sind sehr dankbar für Gespräche mit Juliane Bosma die uns versichert hat, dass sie unsere geistliche Abdeckung ist und dass wir uns gar nicht so damit stressen sollen. Zwei Tage im Haus David haben uns sehr geholfen aus dem getriebenen Stresslevel auszubrechen und wieder fokussiert in die Ruhe Gottes zu kommen. Und auch dem Stefan Driess sind wir verbunden, der uns abermals versichert hat, dass er ein Auge auf unsere geistliche Entwicklung hat. Wir sind Gott dankbar für diese jahrelangen Verbindungen in unserem geistlichen Leben. Durch diese Ratschläge, uns doch einfach wieder selber mit Leuten zu treffen, haben wir neuen Mut gefunden unsere Türen wieder für ein geistliche Gemeinschaft zu öffnen. Ein paar Interessierte vom Ort sind schon mal dabei bei unseren Gebetstreffen, die wir bald wieder regelmäßiger machen werden 😉 Und wie sagen wir unter uns Christen: wenn Gott eine Türe zugehen lässt, dann macht er auch eine andere Türe auf. Und so dürfen wir dir hier einige unserer neuen Projekte präsentieren.
EVANGELISATIONSEVENT FÜR JUGENDLICHE (ALLE 2 WOCHEN)
Durch eine Kreativ-Treffen in unserer Gemeinde bekam ich die Möglichkeit bei einer dreitägigen öffentlichen Veranstaltung (Kino Open Air vom Cinema Paradiso St. Pölten) zu singen - dadurch entstand auch der Kontakt zu unserem Bürgermeister.
Beim Gespräch in der Gemeinde Karlstetten, war mir nicht klar, was Gott hier eigentlich vorhatte, aber ich erzählte einfach auch über meinen Mann Andreas und was wir sonst so machen, das Singen war für mich an dieser Stelle eher nebensächlich. Und siehe da, Gott hatte da schon etwas vorbereitet. Wie ja schon ein altes Sprichwort sagt... "Durchs Reden kommen die Leute zusammen!" Denn seine Frau hat es schon lange am Herzen den Jugendlichen in der Region den Glauben näher zu bringen, aber es hatte sich eben bisher noch nichts aufgetan.
Wir haben beim ersten Gespräch mit dem Bürgermeister und seiner Frau ganz klar festgehalten, dass bei allem was wir machen Jesus Christus eine Rolle spielt, weil der Glaube an den lebendigen Gott für uns der Mittelpunkt unseres Lebens ist. Das Bürgermeisterehepaar hatte keine Einwände, ganz im Gegenteil, sie waren erfreut darüber. Und weil wir uns in den Räumlichkeiten der Pfarre treffen, mussten wir auch klarstellen das wir keine Mitglieder der katholischen Kirche sind. Auch das sei überhaupt kein Problem versicherten sie uns ;-) Sogar die Finanzen für das Projekt werden uns zur Verfügung gestellt und zudem hat auch sofort jemand 1000,- Euro gesponsert 👍.
Nun der Plan ist: alle zwei Wochen mit den Teenagern gemeinsam einen Abend zu verbringen. Zum einen soll es eine Zeit mit Gesprächen sein, aber auch eine Zeit den Glauben auf eine neue Art zu transportieren. Es wird unter anderem auch um Themen wie Berufung, Identität, Zeitgeist usw. gehen, vor allem aber um die Beziehung zu Gott unserem Vater.🙏
Wir durften auch Flyer und Werbeplakate frei gestalten, die bereits in der Region fleißig aufgehängt und aufgelegt wurden.
Der Bürgermeister hat uns angeboten, gemeinsam mit uns, in die Schule in Karlstetten zu gehen, um den Schülern der 4. Klasse neue Mittelschule das Jugendtreff vorzustellen.
Wir glauben, dass Gott hier eine Türe geöffnet hat und es auch dran ist, dass wir das machen. Wir sind im Gebet, dass uns der Herr Ideen und seine Gnade gibt, damit wir die Herzen der Teenager erreichen - und wie ihre euch vielleicht schon denken könnt... die Ideen sprudeln bereits ;-)
Aber natürlich brauchen wir auch Gebetsunterstützung für die Jugendlichen, die Entscheidungen die zu treffen sind und vieles mehr.
TEILNAHME AM KREATIV-TAG MIT WORKSHOPS ZUM THEMA BERUFUNG UND MEHR!
Anfang Oktober nehmen wir bei einem "Kreativ-Tag der offenen Tür" der Gemeinde teil,
dort haben wir die Möglichkeit uns als Paar mit Mini-Workshops zum Thema Berufung usw. vorzustellen. 🤩 Ein ganzes Klassenzimmer ist in der Neuen Mittelschule für uns reserviert, dort haben wir auch die Möglichkeit über die elektronischen Tafeln die PowerPoint Präsentationen vom Berufungsworshop herzuzeigen. Es werden rund 1000 Besucher an dem Tag erwartet, so hoffen wir, dass wir viele Interessierte erreichen, für einen möglichen Berufungsworkshop in nächster Zukunft. 👍
Auch hier freuen wir uns über Gebet!
Ich, Anita werde das erste Mal, nach meiner im Frühjahr abgeschlossener Ausbildung zum "Zertifizierten Ordnungs-Coach" wie auch "Interior Designer - Raumdesign, meine Fühler ausstrecken und einen Workshop zum Thema "Stressfrei durch Minimalismus" anbieten. Ich durfte selber sehr viel Veränderung und Freiheit durch Minimalisieren der "weltlichen Güter" erleben und möchte gerne auch anderen Menschen dadurch helfen "freier" zu werden...
Es ist ein neues Feld für mich, vielleicht auch beruflich - ich gehe Schritte und versuche mich in dieser Sache von Gott führen zu lassen.
PROJEKT "DAS GLASHAUS"
Wie schon mal ausführlicher berichtet hatte ich im April 2022 einen klaren Eindruck in meiner Bibellesezeit:
"Lieber Andreas, beginne am 02. Mai mit dem Bau, ich sage dir genau was du tun sollst. Sei von Herzen aufrichtig, dann darfst du stolz und glücklich sein. Vertraue mir in allem das du tust, dann zeige ich dir den richtigen Weg. Mit 40 Jahren hast du den Entschluss gefasst, dich nach deinen Brüdern und Schwestern umzusehen."
Es war für mich nicht klar "WAS" ich bauen sollte, aber ich wusste das es wichtig sein würde.
Und dann hatten wir die Idee YouTube-Videos zu machen. Wir haben auch insgesamt schon 5 youtube Videos gefilmt, aber es scheitert am Schneiden der Videos, dass ist so zeitintensiv und langwierig. 😬 Zudem hatten wir uns leider sehr ablenken und entmutigen lassen von den technischen Herausforderungen, damit der Sound und das Bild gut ist und all diese typischen Multimedia Dingen... Dann kam eine wichtige Erkenntnis:
Wir wollten die Botschaft mit einer Technologie bringen, die erst seit rund 70 Jahren auf dieser Welt ist (Botschaft mit Bild) und noch dazu über ein Medium, dass es erst seit circa 18 Jahren gibt. (Youtube). - Woran ja grundsätzlich nichts falsch ist... 😉
Jedoch bei einer Botschaft, die bereits seit über 2000 Jahren bestand hat, noch dazu von jemandem den es seit Anbeginn der Zeit gibt ;-) --- ist das nicht unbedingt notwendig, da die Botschaft unseres Gottes an sich schon genug Kraft hat diese Welt zu erreichen. Das soll jetzt keine Ausrede sein, aber es brachte bei uns einen unglaublichen Druck, weil die Online Welt sehr viel darüber spricht, wie es präsentiert werden muss, damit der Zuschauer aufmerksam dabei bleibt. Dabei geht es doch um eine Botschaft von Leben und Tod, bei der es reichen sollte, wenn sie gehört wird. (der Glaube kommt vom Hören der Botschaft)
Darum haben wir uns entschlossen statt den Videos einen Podcast zu machen. Also die Dinge die Gott uns aufs Herz legt, aufzunehmen und dann zum anhören zur Verfügung zu stellen. Mittlerweile hören schon viele Menschen auf dem Handy so Podcasts (so was wie Radiosendungen).
Also danke für euer Gebet, und wir bitten um euer Verständnis, dass ihr solange nichts gehört habt in der Sache.
Hier nun der Link zum ersten Video auf Youtube und zum Podcast 🤩
YOUTUBE VIDEO: www.youtube.com/@das-glashaus >>klick<<
PODCAST auf YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/qOm1XDRRo64 >>klick<<
PODCAST auf PLATTFORMEN: www.podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dasglashaus >>klick<<
December 2020
Thank you very much for your commitment to pray for us regularly! Our Almighty God bless you and a loved one for it! Here is a brief overview of the last few weeks:
After we lost our unborn child in August, we agreed that we wanted to have a farewell ceremony. We had a prophet sitting with us in the living room who let us know through the Holy Spirit that it was a boy. Anita already had this thought, which is why she named our son Lemuel. The prophet promised us that we would have another son and that we should then baptize Samuel.
On a Friday morning I, Andreas, took a little more time with God again.
It was such a blessed time because there was so much clarity in my head and I also asked the Holy Spirit a few things. I got the answer right away that we should say goodbye to our prodigal son Lemuel that day.
In the afternoon we were in Karlstetten in Lower Austria on a small hill to do the farewell ceremony. When we drove there in the car, I saw a man walking halfway, then when we started, the man was already at the entrance to the forest and looked down at us with his stick. Then when we got to the top, the man was sitting on a bench next to the place where we had put the decorative stones. He had closed his eyes and was sitting motionless. In the evening in bed I had the impression that the man was our father in heaven, like in the film "The Hut", and he was with us when we said goodbye to Lemuel. We then lit a candle, played a song, celebrated communion and prayed, and then we went back to the car with Tatjana.
It was a solemn farewell, with the hope of seeing you again in heaven!
Yes, we don't understand so much, but we trust that God will make something good out of this too.
Good news from Hochimst in Tyrol: The "Haus des Lebens" seminar center has set an appointment for us in winter 2021 to hold a seminar on the subject of vocations. At this point we want to thank you for your prayers. We are aware that this is an unequivocal answer to prayer. In any case, we look forward to helping some people to discover their calling next year. Together we see our task in helping people to come into their God-given calling. With various practical exercises and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we try to get the participants from A to B. We will love to help people with our enthusiasm to dream big and trust our father to keep his promises. Here is the link to register if you know someone who would like to discover more what God put him in the world for:
Link: Seminar: Follow your destiny, November 5th - 7th, 2021, Hochimst / Tyrol
Unfortunately we both got Corona in mid-November and unfortunately both had all common COVID-19 symptoms except fever.
We had severe body aches and pains, as well as many other ailments, but the chest area hurt the most from coughing ... nevertheless ... it was worse in between with chills and shortness of breath. In this situation we could only trust that our heavenly Father would carry us through and that we would get well again .. Thank God our daughter Tatjana had no serious complaints except a little diarrhea and a lot of boredom ;-)
We are now almost 100% back, still a bit tired and weak and itchy throat, but it will. After our families as well as some from the community were health affected by Corona, everyone is now healthy again. Praise and thanks be to God!
I, Andrew, even got a county office criminal case for being at a meeting with other Christians during the lock down. But the proceedings have since been discontinued after a phone call with the police. I was able to make it clear that it was a prayer meeting, which is exempt from the regulations and restrictions. God is good!
We usually organize a Christmas party every December in a house for the homeless at the "Emmaus" facility in Sankt Pölten in Lower Austria.
Most of the time we sang a few worship songs together, including Christmas carols. In between reading from the Bible and specially written Christmas poems were recited. We also had several kilos of cookies baked and taken with us. It was a really blessed time. We then all sat together on a table and had a very good chat. We also offered to pray for them or to be given a Bible if someone wanted to. In the community, after an impression during prayer, it was decided to give the institution 500 € for the homeless. The leader and also the supervisors who had taken care of the celebration were very grateful.
Due to the Corona there is no celebration this year, but we still wanted to invest in the homeless and present them with Jesus as hope. A dear sister from our community has designed a little booklet for her family with pretty pictures in it. It is clearly about the message of Jesus Christ. Every homeless person gets a little booklet for Christmas this year, plus something to snack on, a little creative thing (painted stones) and a 10 euro note with a Bible verse.
For the coming year we are planning a few days of reconciliation and releasing the relationship between the people of God and the body of Christ in Austria in association with various congregations and houses of prayer. Racism and above all anti-Semitism are always an important topic that should not be kept silent!
Anita experienced herself a few years ago (in Israel) how she was freed from this spirit of racism and only then did she have a heart for Israel. Yes, Christians can also be affected. Maybe even without being aware of it. This can be carried along for generations. We just know that the time is now and that God cares very much.
It is therefore important to do something about it!
The date on May 21 and 22, 2021 has already been fixed and we have already received a very great and well-known worshiper from Israel - Joshua Aaron.
After the booking request, it turned out that he himself is very happy to be there, as there are also victims of the Holocaust in his family. This confirmed our plan yet again. The venue was also an answer to prayer.
We are allowed to hold the ecumenical service on this topic in our government district in the Landhaus in Lower Austria.
That means in the "political headquarters" of the largest federal state Austria.
We had a special prayer time in October. A prophet from Israel came as a surprise and confirmed that we should hold this event next year, where it is about reconciliation between Christians and the people of Israel. He talked about the fact that around the 13th century a total of seven Jewish provinces were settled along the Danube from Budapest to Linz. Anita and a sister in prayer, had the impression weeks before that we should go on a boat trip where we should pray along the Danube, give praise and liberate various places from racism and anti-Semitism. The picture was that the Danube should be swept with blood and corpses, from the time the Danube flows into Austria until it leaves the country again.
The prophet said that at this event I should break the covenant that the Austrian people had declared for the 1000-year Reich with Hitler. I then had a picture of how everyone at the event should do a physical act to fix this bond. Just as many at the Hitler Bund did it at the time by raising their hands in the Hitler salute, they should now either raise both hands or put one hand on their hearts or just hold out one hand to God to express this covenant with Jesus to fix.
Nevertheless, there are still so many unanswered questions that we are currently moving before the Lord. What else is there to do? Which political representatives and church officials should we invite?
Here, too, we are very grateful for your prayers, as a small team has already formed, people who have a heart for the cause and are ready to serve.
It is interesting that through this "commission from God" some brothers and sisters have already been convicted by the Holy Spirit himself that there is still a problem in their hearts on this subject. We are of course very happy when there are such great "side effects" in this project that only God can do. Alleluia!
Here is the link to more information about the Danube project ;-)
Our PRAYER MATTERS:
Even more intimacy with our Lord Jesus and immerse yourself in God's fatherly love
Wisdom what priority should be in our life and how we organize our time.
Longing of the heart for time in the presence of God - for the people of the community!
That Anita's father-in-law and her grandmother both entrust their lives to Jesus Christ.
Furthermore for our dear sister in the Lord (Dörthe) who is tormented by illness.
Reconciliation event 2021 Austrians - Jews, that we get clarity which church leaders and political representatives should be present at the event and other practical things about the organization.
We wish you a Merry Christmas, good health,
but above all God's blessing for the year 2021. Thank you for your prayer!
December 2020
Thank you very much for your commitment to pray for us regularly! Our Almighty God bless you and a loved one for it! Here is a brief overview of the last few weeks:
After we lost our unborn child in August, we agreed that we wanted to have a farewell ceremony. We had a prophet sitting with us in the living room who let us know through the Holy Spirit that it was a boy. Anita already had this thought, which is why she named our son Lemuel. The prophet promised us that we would have another son and that we should then baptize Samuel.
On a Friday morning I, Andreas, took a little more time with God again.
It was such a blessed time because there was so much clarity in my head and I also asked the Holy Spirit a few things. I got the answer right away that we should say goodbye to our prodigal son Lemuel that day.
In the afternoon we were in Karlstetten in Lower Austria on a small hill to do the farewell ceremony. When we drove there in the car, I saw a man walking halfway, then when we started, the man was already at the entrance to the forest and looked down at us with his stick. Then when we got to the top, the man was sitting on a bench next to the place where we had put the decorative stones. He had closed his eyes and was sitting motionless. In the evening in bed I had the impression that the man was our father in heaven, like in the film "The Hut", and he was with us when we said goodbye to Lemuel. We then lit a candle, played a song, celebrated communion and prayed, and then we went back to the car with Tatjana.
It was a solemn farewell, with the hope of seeing you again in heaven!
Yes, we don't understand so much, but we trust that God will make something good out of this too.
Good news from Hochimst in Tyrol: The "Haus des Lebens" seminar center has set an appointment for us in winter 2021 to hold a seminar on the subject of vocations. At this point we want to thank you for your prayers. We are aware that this is an unequivocal answer to prayer. In any case, we look forward to helping some people to discover their calling next year. Together we see our task in helping people to come into their God-given calling. With various practical exercises and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we try to get the participants from A to B. We will love to help people with our enthusiasm to dream big and trust our father to keep his promises. Here is the link to register if you know someone who would like to discover more what God put him in the world for:
Link: Seminar: Follow your destiny, November 5th - 7th, 2021, Hochimst / Tyrol
Unfortunately we both got Corona in mid-November and unfortunately both had all common COVID-19 symptoms except fever.
We had severe body aches and pains, as well as many other ailments, but the chest area hurt the most from coughing ... nevertheless ... it was worse in between with chills and shortness of breath. In this situation we could only trust that our heavenly Father would carry us through and that we would get well again .. Thank God our daughter Tatjana had no serious complaints except a little diarrhea and a lot of boredom ;-)
We are now almost 100% back, still a bit tired and weak and itchy throat, but it will. After our families as well as some from the community were health affected by Corona, everyone is now healthy again. Praise and thanks be to God!
I, Andrew, even got a county office criminal case for being at a meeting with other Christians during the lock down. But the proceedings have since been discontinued after a phone call with the police. I was able to make it clear that it was a prayer meeting, which is exempt from the regulations and restrictions. God is good!
We usually organize a Christmas party every December in a house for the homeless at the "Emmaus" facility in Sankt Pölten in Lower Austria.
Most of the time we sang a few worship songs together, including Christmas carols. In between reading from the Bible and specially written Christmas poems were recited. We also had several kilos of cookies baked and taken with us. It was a really blessed time. We then all sat together on a table and had a very good chat. We also offered to pray for them or to be given a Bible if someone wanted to. In the community, after an impression during prayer, it was decided to give the institution 500 € for the homeless. The leader and also the supervisors who had taken care of the celebration were very grateful.
Due to the Corona there is no celebration this year, but we still wanted to invest in the homeless and present them with Jesus as hope. A dear sister from our community has designed a little booklet for her family with pretty pictures in it. It is clearly about the message of Jesus Christ. Every homeless person gets a little booklet for Christmas this year, plus something to snack on, a little creative thing (painted stones) and a 10 euro note with a Bible verse.
For the coming year we are planning a few days of reconciliation and releasing the relationship between the people of God and the body of Christ in Austria in association with various congregations and houses of prayer. Racism and above all anti-Semitism are always an important topic that should not be kept silent!
Anita experienced herself a few years ago (in Israel) how she was freed from this spirit of racism and only then did she have a heart for Israel. Yes, Christians can also be affected. Maybe even without being aware of it. This can be carried along for generations. We just know that the time is now and that God cares very much.
It is therefore important to do something about it!
The date on May 21 and 22, 2021 has already been fixed and we have already received a very great and well-known worshiper from Israel - Joshua Aaron.
After the booking request, it turned out that he himself is very happy to be there, as there are also victims of the Holocaust in his family. This confirmed our plan yet again. The venue was also an answer to prayer.
We are allowed to hold the ecumenical service on this topic in our government district in the Landhaus in Lower Austria.
That means in the "political headquarters" of the largest federal state Austria.
We had a special prayer time in October. A prophet from Israel came as a surprise and confirmed that we should hold this event next year, where it is about reconciliation between Christians and the people of Israel. He talked about the fact that around the 13th century a total of seven Jewish provinces were settled along the Danube from Budapest to Linz. Anita and a sister in prayer, had the impression weeks before that we should go on a boat trip where we should pray along the Danube, give praise and liberate various places from racism and anti-Semitism. The picture was that the Danube should be swept with blood and corpses, from the time the Danube flows into Austria until it leaves the country again.
The prophet said that at this event I should break the covenant that the Austrian people had declared for the 1000-year Reich with Hitler. I then had a picture of how everyone at the event should do a physical act to fix this bond. Just as many at the Hitler Bund did it at the time by raising their hands in the Hitler salute, they should now either raise both hands or put one hand on their hearts or just hold out one hand to God to express this covenant with Jesus to fix.
Nevertheless, there are still so many unanswered questions that we are currently moving before the Lord. What else is there to do? Which political representatives and church officials should we invite?
Here, too, we are very grateful for your prayers, as a small team has already formed, people who have a heart for the cause and are ready to serve.
It is interesting that through this "commission from God" some brothers and sisters have already been convicted by the Holy Spirit himself that there is still a problem in their hearts on this subject. We are of course very happy when there are such great "side effects" in this project that only God can do. Alleluia!
Here is the link to more information about the Danube project ;-)
Our PRAYER MATTERS:
Even more intimacy with our Lord Jesus and immerse yourself in God's fatherly love
Wisdom what priority should be in our life and how we organize our time.
Longing of the heart for time in the presence of God - for the people of the community!
That Anita's father-in-law and her grandmother both entrust their lives to Jesus Christ.
Furthermore for our dear sister in the Lord (Dörthe) who is tormented by illness.
Reconciliation event 2021 Austrians - Jews, that we get clarity which church leaders and political representatives should be present at the event and other practical things about the organization.
We wish you a Merry Christmas, good health,
but above all God's blessing for the year 2021. Thank you for your prayer!
December 2020
Thank you very much for your commitment to pray for us regularly! Our Almighty God bless you and a loved one for it! Here is a brief overview of the last few weeks:
After we lost our unborn child in August, we agreed that we wanted to have a farewell ceremony. We had a prophet sitting with us in the living room who let us know through the Holy Spirit that it was a boy. Anita already had this thought, which is why she named our son Lemuel. The prophet promised us that we would have another son and that we should then baptize Samuel.
On a Friday morning I, Andreas, took a little more time with God again.
It was such a blessed time because there was so much clarity in my head and I also asked the Holy Spirit a few things. I got the answer right away that we should say goodbye to our prodigal son Lemuel that day.
In the afternoon we were in Karlstetten in Lower Austria on a small hill to do the farewell ceremony. When we drove there in the car, I saw a man walking halfway, then when we started, the man was already at the entrance to the forest and looked down at us with his stick. Then when we got to the top, the man was sitting on a bench next to the place where we had put the decorative stones. He had closed his eyes and was sitting motionless. In the evening in bed I had the impression that the man was our father in heaven, like in the film "The Hut", and he was with us when we said goodbye to Lemuel. We then lit a candle, played a song, celebrated communion and prayed, and then we went back to the car with Tatjana.
It was a solemn farewell, with the hope of seeing you again in heaven!
Yes, we don't understand so much, but we trust that God will make something good out of this too.
Good news from Hochimst in Tyrol: The "Haus des Lebens" seminar center has set an appointment for us in winter 2021 to hold a seminar on the subject of vocations. At this point we want to thank you for your prayers. We are aware that this is an unequivocal answer to prayer. In any case, we look forward to helping some people to discover their calling next year. Together we see our task in helping people to come into their God-given calling. With various practical exercises and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we try to get the participants from A to B. We will love to help people with our enthusiasm to dream big and trust our father to keep his promises. Here is the link to register if you know someone who would like to discover more what God put him in the world for:
Link: Seminar: Follow your destiny, November 5th - 7th, 2021, Hochimst / Tyrol
Unfortunately we both got Corona in mid-November and unfortunately both had all common COVID-19 symptoms except fever.
We had severe body aches and pains, as well as many other ailments, but the chest area hurt the most from coughing ... nevertheless ... it was worse in between with chills and shortness of breath. In this situation we could only trust that our heavenly Father would carry us through and that we would get well again .. Thank God our daughter Tatjana had no serious complaints except a little diarrhea and a lot of boredom ;-)
We are now almost 100% back, still a bit tired and weak and itchy throat, but it will. After our families as well as some from the community were health affected by Corona, everyone is now healthy again. Praise and thanks be to God!
I, Andrew, even got a county office criminal case for being at a meeting with other Christians during the lock down. But the proceedings have since been discontinued after a phone call with the police. I was able to make it clear that it was a prayer meeting, which is exempt from the regulations and restrictions. God is good!
We usually organize a Christmas party every December in a house for the homeless at the "Emmaus" facility in Sankt Pölten in Lower Austria.
Most of the time we sang a few worship songs together, including Christmas carols. In between reading from the Bible and specially written Christmas poems were recited. We also had several kilos of cookies baked and taken with us. It was a really blessed time. We then all sat together on a table and had a very good chat. We also offered to pray for them or to be given a Bible if someone wanted to. In the community, after an impression during prayer, it was decided to give the institution 500 € for the homeless. The leader and also the supervisors who had taken care of the celebration were very grateful.
Due to the Corona there is no celebration this year, but we still wanted to invest in the homeless and present them with Jesus as hope. A dear sister from our community has designed a little booklet for her family with pretty pictures in it. It is clearly about the message of Jesus Christ. Every homeless person gets a little booklet for Christmas this year, plus something to snack on, a little creative thing (painted stones) and a 10 euro note with a Bible verse.
For the coming year we are planning a few days of reconciliation and releasing the relationship between the people of God and the body of Christ in Austria in association with various congregations and houses of prayer. Racism and above all anti-Semitism are always an important topic that should not be kept silent!
Anita experienced herself a few years ago (in Israel) how she was freed from this spirit of racism and only then did she have a heart for Israel. Yes, Christians can also be affected. Maybe even without being aware of it. This can be carried along for generations. We just know that the time is now and that God cares very much.
It is therefore important to do something about it!
The date on May 21 and 22, 2021 has already been fixed and we have already received a very great and well-known worshiper from Israel - Joshua Aaron.
After the booking request, it turned out that he himself is very happy to be there, as there are also victims of the Holocaust in his family. This confirmed our plan yet again. The venue was also an answer to prayer.
We are allowed to hold the ecumenical service on this topic in our government district in the Landhaus in Lower Austria.
That means in the "political headquarters" of the largest federal state Austria.
We had a special prayer time in October. A prophet from Israel came as a surprise and confirmed that we should hold this event next year, where it is about reconciliation between Christians and the people of Israel. He talked about the fact that around the 13th century a total of seven Jewish provinces were settled along the Danube from Budapest to Linz. Anita and a sister in prayer, had the impression weeks before that we should go on a boat trip where we should pray along the Danube, give praise and liberate various places from racism and anti-Semitism. The picture was that the Danube should be swept with blood and corpses, from the time the Danube flows into Austria until it leaves the country again.
The prophet said that at this event I should break the covenant that the Austrian people had declared for the 1000-year Reich with Hitler. I then had a picture of how everyone at the event should do a physical act to fix this bond. Just as many at the Hitler Bund did it at the time by raising their hands in the Hitler salute, they should now either raise both hands or put one hand on their hearts or just hold out one hand to God to express this covenant with Jesus to fix.
Nevertheless, there are still so many unanswered questions that we are currently moving before the Lord. What else is there to do? Which political representatives and church officials should we invite?
Here, too, we are very grateful for your prayers, as a small team has already formed, people who have a heart for the cause and are ready to serve.
It is interesting that through this "commission from God" some brothers and sisters have already been convicted by the Holy Spirit himself that there is still a problem in their hearts on this subject. We are of course very happy when there are such great "side effects" in this project that only God can do. Alleluia!
Here is the link to more information about the Danube project ;-)
Our PRAYER MATTERS:
Even more intimacy with our Lord Jesus and immerse yourself in God's fatherly love
Wisdom what priority should be in our life and how we organize our time.
Longing of the heart for time in the presence of God - for the people of the community!
That Anita's father-in-law and her grandmother both entrust their lives to Jesus Christ.
Furthermore for our dear sister in the Lord (Dörthe) who is tormented by illness.
Reconciliation event 2021 Austrians - Jews, that we get clarity which church leaders and political representatives should be present at the event and other practical things about the organization.
We wish you a Merry Christmas, good health,
but above all God's blessing for the year 2021. Thank you for your prayer!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and your love!
Be blessed with Eph. 1:17:
"I pray that God - the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father to whom all power and glory belongs - will give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you will get to know him better and better."
Sincerely, YOUR Andreas & Anita