Flash Mobs in Berlin
A few years ago I didn’t know the difference between a flash mob and a flashlight. I do now! Recently a flash mob was instrumental in bringing a life-changing message to thousands of Europeans.
Simply….A-MAZE-ING
The house lights come back up and you’re simply frozen in your seat. You cannot believe what you just watched. Surely he didn’t really hammer that rusty nail into his nose….no way that 20 pound piece of metal was actually levitating…. and how did he know the exact 10-digit number you would pick out of that 1,000 page phone book and how on earth did he have it taped to the bottom of the chair you were sitting in?!?!?!
Campus Connections
A few weeks ago a team from Dallas Christian College travelled to Berlin to minister to the spiritual needy and confused in Germany. European Initiative has been fortunate to work with teams from DCC for the last three years. While most university students travel to some beach location desiring a spring break from rigorous mid-term exams, these students and staff travelled to Berlin with the sole focus to reach the lost in Europe!
Goths 3.0
Spring is in the air and that means only one thing, the Wave Gothic Festival in Leipzig is right around the corner. Adapting a line from the Broadway play, The Producers, “It is spring time in Germany with Goths dressed in black and draped in chains from head to toe.” Yes, it is springtime in Germany!
This May will mark EI’s 3rd year to send a team of Americans and Europeans to Leipzig to bring Christ’s love to the Goths. Upon walking off the train at Leipzig’s main station, one is struck with a surreal sense of having been transported to another world, or, popping in unexpectedly on a movie set. No matter the shocking first impressions, every year I am moved by the sober reality that thousands of partying Goths are so very lost.
Marketplace Transformation
This past week European Initiative along with American partners Global Advance and Gateway Church, and European partner Christians in the Workplace (CIW), hosted the first Business Transforum Conference in Berlin, Germany.
Transylvanian Adventure
One of European Initiative’s core values is to bless the poor. It is in our hearts to begin each year helping some of the poorest of the poor in Europe. I have just returned from leading an 11-person team of Germans and Americans to Romania. Our goal was simple, yet direct: to show the love of Jesus Christ in word and in deed to the impoverished Gypsy people.
The Least of These
Thanks to generous American Christians who have given thousands of dollars, European Initiative has been able to give hundreds of brand new coats, shoes, sleeping bags, and blankets to people who have never received a new article of clothing in their entire life! In Europe, there is no doubt that the “least of these” are the Romanian and Bulgarian Gypsies. The clothing they do own has been torn and battered to the point where many need to stay indoors for survival’s sake during the harsh winters.
Racing To Win
The past three weeks have been a fast and furious sprint for all of us here at European Initiative. I just arrived back to Berlin, Germany from a 14-day ministry trip that found me in the 80-degree sunshine weather of Texas, and then transitioning to the 50-degree rain and drizzle of London. In some ways the differences in weather are symbolic of the spiritual climates between America and Europe.
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