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Funk Newsletter March Update |
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Dear Friends!
Yes, I am back home in Austria. Thank you for praying for me as I spent two weeks with my dad in Canada. It sure was the right thing to do! He is home from the hospital now and gaining strength. It was such a blessing for me to spend that time with him. Again I realized what a gift God gave me when he gave me my dad! His steady faith is such an example to us as a family.
Thank you for your prayers as Richard and I spent last week in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany. What a joy to see these two church plants. God is building His church in an area of Eastern Germany where people were told that there is no God. Now people are finding to Jesus. Continue to pray for the Pritzkau’s leading the church in Berlin and the Plochers in Leipzig. Pray that God will continue His work of healing in lives where there has been abuse. Pray also for the work among street kids in Berlin. Guess what? One of these teens came to church on Sunday morning and her name was, Hazel.
This is the first time that I have met “a Hazel” here in Austria or Germany. It was very special for both of us.
Richard leaves for Canada on Friday. He will be in Abbotsford at the MBMSI Leadership Summit from March 24th to the 30th. Pray that the country reps will sense God’s leading as they pray, plan and strategize together.
I will be staying here in Salzburg and looking forward to catching up on some household work and some reading. There are visits to make and some counselling to do.
Praise God with us that we have already found a couple to stay in our apartment here in Salzburg during the time that we will be on MINA in 2008. We will be trading homes during this time.
Snow has arrived in Salzburg these past days. We thought it had missed us. I am sure the ski resorts are very happy! It sure will set back the trees that were already in bloom!
We thank you all for your love and prayers for us here!
Working together to build God’s Kingdom
Hazel & Richard Funk
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