{"id":233,"date":"2017-08-31T07:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T07:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org.mocha3031.mochahost.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2017-08-31T17:13:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T17:13:06","slug":"a-new-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"A new land"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNo, I’m not moving. These treasures we found are for refugee families, people who had to leave their land and have no home of their own. It is important to have a way to keep and carry their belongings. <\/p>\n

I am privileged to be part of a team that provides a women and children’s drop in afternoon each Wednesday for refugees.  Chai tea, coffee, snacks, crafts, loving care…<\/p>\n

‘For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matt 25:35
\nWe welcome up to 30 women and children each week. Today an overjoyed refugee woman received a Bible in her own language. Another got a needed baby carriage. One mom told me with a smile that it feels like home here. <\/p>\n

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\nToday as a special treat some of the ladies cooked a meal from their homeland for us all (of course we bought the groceries \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s Rebekah on the left. We started this group two years ago. To protect their safety and identity I covered the eyes of these dear refugee ladies. <\/p>\n

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\nThis sweet girl along with everyone else both old and young loves these stick on tattoos!  It is a simple thing that makes them smile. Even the grandmas sitting cross legged on the carpet let me put a flower or heart tattoo on their arm!!! A sweet way to connect especially if they don’t speak English or German!!<\/p>\n

If you have any of these tattoos that you want to pop in the mail to me I know they would bring many smiles!!! (Just email me for the address)<\/p>\n

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\nI would appreciate your prayers that we could share the love of Jesus in word and deed with these dear people in their new land. <\/p>\n

A new land for my guys!<\/p>\n

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\nDavid turned 15 and started high school!!! He likes his classmates and school and he is looking forward to prep beginning for the next musical. I am sure he also loves learning and doing homework. \ud83d\ude42 Jonathan starts his second year of college on Monday to become a kindergarten teacher (also includes caregiver training). He would like to get a job with the Vienna boys choir after graduation as a caregiver. Sort of like being a big brother and traveling the world when they are on tour!<\/p>\n

Please pray for upcoming  events:<\/p>\n

Sept 16- my church’s women’s breakfast – I am teaching on ‘What is a Titus 2 woman?!?’ See vs 3-5 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Sept 22 to 24 – small group leader training for Freed Life discipleship ministry<\/p>\n

Oct 14 and Nov 11 – project days for women at church to sew 200 bags for refugee Christmas gifts. <\/p>\n

Oct 20 to 22 – ladies retreat for our church (I head up women’s ministries in my church)<\/p>\n

Oct 30 – start of 4 weekly studies in Jude to  train women in inductive Bible study<\/p>\n

Nov 7 to 10 – advanced leadership training course for Freed Life discipleship course<\/p>\n

Feb 24 to 27, 2017 – Freed Life course with Croatians in Croatia<\/p>\n

Thank you for praying!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, I’m not moving. These treasures we found are for refugee families, people who had to leave their land and have no home of their own. It is important to have a way to keep and carry their belongings.  I am privileged to be part of a team that provides a women and children’s drop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d-t-n.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}