The Snyders in Germany

let me first off apologize for the lack of updates and photos etc.

our laptop screen is almost useless

though currently it hasn't gone out on me in 3 mins 

so i'm gonna make my best attempt to give an update

thank you Lord!

we are currently mid-renovation in our apartment!!!

very very exciting!

i (amy) picked out the kitchen, hallway, and kids bedroom flooring yesterday

those 3 rooms were desperate for new flooring

our church elder's nephew sold us the floor and is going to install it for free

such a blessing! 

we've been surrounded by blessings throughout this whole process.

stressful as it's been, it's also been awesome.

our good friend Benjamin along with a few others,

did all the wall paper in our kitchen.

that may sound like a simple/feasible task

except; in our old apartment the walls aren't straight 

with the floor/each other or the ceiling 

it's all crazy! 

but they measured so that to the naked eye everything appears straight,

and may i add, i think it looks amazing

here are some recent pictures

fyi: my screen is going i'll write more another day, or from another computer

 20 weeks 

wish i could write more, but moving my screen every 3 seconds to see just for it to go away again gets old fast.. we're hoping to get our laptop fixed or buy a new one. pray for that! :) we'll update as soon as we can. keep in mind we're renovating and moving into our apartment in the next few weeks. English Bible study is also beginning so please keep Aaron and the study in your prayers. we love you all so much and thank you again for your faithful prayers and support.

love, the snyders

We have our residency visas, worker's permit, kindergeld (government program in which they pay a stipend to families for every child they have), partial Church salary, state health insurance, other insurances, and an apartment right by the church in the inner city for a super price.  We've been able to acquire not just any used furniture but some really nice stuff that satisfies Amy's desire for a beautiful kitchen and kids room (Amy can tell you all more about that.)  Besides all of this we have received the additional support that is required to close up the gaps and make this all possible.  To those of you who have meet our needs in Jesus name we confidently must say that the verse following verse 18 must be applied to you...

  "And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:19

God's grace is amazing and I just wanted to take a moment to thank him....

Aaron

Thanks everybody for your prayers and to the glory of God I would like to announce that we now have three shiny new residency permits with a worker's permit for the church!  Hooha!

Besides that we just got back from an awesome week at Hamburg.  We were hoping for some rest there but God had better things in store.

Last Wendsday I gave my first devotion in German.  It seemed to go pretty well.  So well in fact that I've been put on the schedule to preach in German in the main service on May 26th.  Oh boy!

Next Sunday I will formally be brought before the church to join staff.  Thus far I have primarily been undertaking smaller tasks such as preparing and operating the music and slides for the worship sessions.  But now it seems that God is leading us to start some sort of an English service in the church.  Currently there are no English Bible Studies or worship services that I know of in the area (70,000 people in the city).  Yet with a high influx of international workers for the Hella Corperation and the doubling effect of the University Construction soon to be completed in addition to the ever present demand for English training in Europe and around the world it seems that God may have led us here for such an opportunity such as this.  Of course my goal is still as always to raise up indigious (German) workers here - especially to focus on discipling the youth to do such things.  However if I can use my native language to attract and train highly educated and influential international workers then I cannot in light of 2 Timothy 2:2 turn down such a great opportunity.  Please pray for us about the when, where and how of this ministry.

Besides that we will be enjoying our white Easter Monday with some deer leftovers and good chocolates :).  There are also a few more weighty matters about how God has been fixing me which I would like to discuss but I'll save that for the next entry.

Grace and Peace to all those in the one Lord and Savior of all - the resurrected messiah Jesus,

Aaron