Chapter 9, in which I share about ProChrist

The last few weeks have been filled with a lot of work, but also a lot of fun.

We had a prayer week, where every evening there was a prayer gathering at a different church in the city. I really enjoyed the opportunity to gather with other believers and just pray for the city and for persecuted Christians around the world. We also prayed a lot for ProChrist, an event that is currently going on.

ProChrist is an evangelical outreach event to which many nonbelievers and those questioning whether perhaps God is real have been invited to attend. Each evening a band plays music and there is a speaker who speaks on a specific theme. We are meeting in the Fruchthalle, a large music hall in the middle of Kaiserslautern, and it has been packed the last two evenings. This is something that I have been praying a lot about as it approached, and I would appreciate any prayers by the readership of this blog for the success of ProChrist and for those who may come to faith through our efforts.

Our Al Massira course, an Arabic believers course, ended last Friday, but will hopefully begin again with new program participants. I have enjoyed the opportunity to get to know those who have come on a regular basis, and I believe that God is doing great and wonderful things in their lives.

 Two weeks ago we had a huge church service with all of the other churches from the city to close out our prayer week, and afterwards we were invited to lunch at the house of Thomas, the pastor from the Baptist Church. Afterwards, because it was finally sunny for once, we went hiking up to these cool ruins of an old castle.
 Do you have a moment to speak about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?
 We look happy here, and the day was beautiful.
Last Monday for Seminar we went to a bible society in the area. We got to see some really old bible texts and even try our hands at using a printing press and writing with real quill pens. The printing was a success, but there is a reason that no picture has been posted of the attempt to write with a quill.

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