The Long Overdue Update

Right I am finally putting down what has been going on in my first week and a bit in Berlin.

Wed 13th: Really chilled, not much went down although Gabe and I went out in the evening to a park to meet a couple of friends, one of which we were able to share a bit with about Jesus and also in hanging around talking prevented them from going to a club and picking up loose women.

Thurs 14th: Meet the YWAM teams from Derby and Sweden, cooked them lunch followed by a session lead by the different Christian group working in Berlin sharing about there hearts for Berlin and what they believe God is wanting to do through their ministries. That evening we went to a concert with Thilo (friend we made on the Artists For Christ mission), he got both me and Gabe in for free as he was working for the headlining band, again Gabe and I were given an opening to share about Jesus with a close friend of Thilo's which we jumped at even if it meant missing the first half of the headlining act.

Fri 15th: Again quite relaxed and we had nothing really on until youth church in the evening at this we met the YWAMers from Homestead, who lead the service through. After the service we were invited to the birthday party of Thilo's cousin which turned out to be another chance to share about Jesus. I had gone outside in the hope of avoiding a dancing game and meet a guy who was doing the same and was able to share with him why I was in Berlin and about Gods love. Following this we went to a pool club with Thilo, both his sisters and a couple of their friends.

Sat 16th: Like Friday was a slow start with our only thing on being a practice for Sunday morning service and a Texas Hold'em match in the evening at the house of one of the guys from youth church. True to the last 3 days God gave another chance to share with some guys.

Sun 17th: Started with a Church service in one of the parks, followed by a garbage pickup, in the evening we went to the youth church building for a service which was the first time all the YWAM teams plus the Berlin DTS (Discipleship Training School) were together and we had an awesome time of worship together.

Mon 18th: We went treasure hunting with the Berlin DTS students, didn't see any mad stuff personally on that day but ended up in a practice studio with 2 of the guys from the park jamming and building relations with them. 1 of them Esau had a leg brace and we were able to pray for him. My evening was spent playing pool with Gabe. 2 rounds American which he won, 2 rounds English which I won and a round of English/American which I won!

Tue 19th: Street evangelism with the Homestead and Sweden YWAMers in Alexander Platz. The day was filled with dramas from the Homestead team and hanging about talking with people. It was a really positive start to the street ministry will be doing in Alexander Platz for the next few weeks. Videos of the dramas will be filmed and put up next week. That evening was spent with the Droptiny massive playing Texas Hold'em.

Wed 20th: Probable the Best day so far. Plan for the day was to go with the Swedish team and a select few of the Homestead team to Boxhagener Platz to chill and talk to people. The awesome thing for me was to meet Esau again, pray with him and then go for a walk round the park without his leg brace! In the evening we again played Texas Hold'em, but at about 1.30ish in the morning myself and Gabe went out to off license, and on the way back we meet a group of punks and had one of the most if not the most intense conversation I have ever had about Jesus. What was even more amazing was that the original punk we meet had good English but lacked the big word he wanted to use so keep grabbing more people to translate for him. All in all we were able to share the Gospel with 8 punks over a period of about 2 hours.

Thurs 21st: (Today) has been really laid back as we have had buckets of rain. Not sure what this evening holds for us but knowing God he has something for us.

Hope all my ramblings made sense, thanks for you prayers they are so valuable to me and I know I could not be doing this without your support.

Peace
Nathanael