The Snyders in Germany

This week was the evangelical alliance prayer week in Lippstadt.
The goal and hope is that the body of Christ in Lippstadt comes together nightly at a different church every night to pray with one another.
Sunday morning Aaron had the pleasure of bringing a greeting from our church to a Pentecostal church around the corner,it started at 10am.
we arrived early as a family, but it was a very crisp cold morning..
unfortunately the doors were locked so while we were waiting to hopefully be let in we were getting cold. Nobody answered the number we hoped would lead to the doors being opened.
Thankfully just right down the street was the EV FREE church so we went over there to get warm and wait until it got closer to service time. That was pretty cool because Aaron was able to talk to another dad who happened to come from a city where Aaron had gone on outreach to in Kirgizstan. We got warm and returned to the church where Aaron was given the honor of teaching God's word.
Thankfully God's word never returns void, this we are confident. Translation can make a big difference. It is
At this church alone we spoke with people of a Ghanian, a Russian, and people who were Polish, Spanish, and Italian.

We went out to catch the last bit of sunlight before dinner time later this afternoon as a family. We walked through town like we usually do. On the way I was able to invite a mama with twins to the Mommy Playgroup.
We usually let Peyton play on all the toys throughout town as we go,
and we had stopped to play on this big wooden Viking style boat that swings.
Then walked up a Chinese family, with a 20 month old.
Turns out Aaron had met her and her son in the summer time at the park one day!
The meeting could have only been ordained.
To keep it short, they have both studied the Bible, and almost read it all the way through,
they are wonderfully curious about the things of God and Aaron was able to share the gospel with the husband. As I spoke german with the mommy she mentioned how they don't have very many friends(although they've been here 4 years or so) and she was going to send her young son to kindergarten so he would learn german. I invited her to the play group, even though he is supposed to be at kindergarten during the morning time BUT she smiled so big and said, we won't go to kindergarten on Thursdays anymore, we will play with you!! I hope she is as excited as she seemed :)
Please please please pray for this wonderful family, we are hoping that they can be apart of the home group that should be starting up soon! We spent about one hour watching the kids play and talking.
Our little social butterfly was also able to make more friends with some little Italian girls.

update on our outreach to the JW family: we ask you continue to pray; for us to have discernment & wisdom and for them to have their eyes opened to the truth.

This photo contains joy, thankfulness, and a prayerful investment. 

Napping, trying to break the fever, IV pumping fluids

How's this for a post-modern question?

"What's your spiritual orientation?"

It skips the whole 'religious' debate and focuses on the crucial matter of where someone is heading spiritually.    To me it conjures up the idea of a few lost wanderers trying to find true north and sharing their discoveries with each other.  Which is great because I haven't arrived and I am still learning but I would also like to share the discoveries I've found in the map without people feeling condemned, getting defensive and refusing to listen.  I haven't tried it yet but I will try today and I'll let you know how it goes.

With Love,

Mr. Snyder

"Wherever you are, be all there."