We have had a full week since I last wrote. First off I had asked for prayer with the girls small group. It is crazy to see how God organized this all perfectly. He provided a youth girl that was interested in helping lead and prepare for the group with me (which we ideally would like to do more of). I had decided to do as much as I could in German and then she was willing to help translate when I needed the help. I was really nervous leading into it but trusting that God would provide. It didn't help that 21 girls showed up this week for small group. However God really helped to calm me and be able to communicate what I needed to before we split up into smaller groups for discussion time. There were even minimal times that translation was needed which was a huge blessing that could have only come from God. Looking back there are a few things that we would have changed but that also makes me excited to lead again sometime. Please continue to pray for the girls small group. Seeing as it isn't very small we are needing to decide how we should divide it up to help foster more discussion and openness. There are many different ways that we could go about doing this so please help pray for guidance.
This week we made progress on our plan for where we will have our baby and it changed from last week. This system is very different here than in the states and it has been a challenge at times to understand the process. However we have been very blessed with the people in our lives, especially Cathrin, giving wisdom based on her experiences as well as those of friends as well as blessed with a doctor and midwife that are very honest and helpful. We ideally want to have the baby at a birthing center here in town, however if the baby comes before December 17th, it will not be an option so for a back up plan we have the hospital here in Innsbruck (the last step is to visit and register at the Hospital). We really like the birthing center the best and pray that God will provide so that we can have the baby there. One things for sure, every day we are getting more excited to meet this little kick boxer inside my belly and ultimately pray that we are blessed with a healthy baby.
Viki came to visit this week and is flying back to England as I type. She is the youth girl that moved a few months back but I have had the privilege of staying in contact with since she has been gone. God really provided a lot of opportunity for me to spend time with here this week which was a big blessing to both of us. She was also there for the small group and brought a friend as well. Please pray for this relationship and that there will be a way to connect her friend to some of those in the youth group so we can then be seeing her more often.
Some more things to be praying about in the next coming weeks. Considering we are going to be experiencing our first Christmas here in Austria, we have absolutely no Christmas decorations. I am not very exciting about spending a lot of money but I do love having a lot of decorations. So we have decided to make most all of our decorations. This is challenging me to be creative but it also a way that I have decided to include some of the youth girls. I have decided to do weekly get togethers where we all make decorations together. This has not yet started and also requires a lot of planning and preparation on my part. Please help pray for me in getting ready since I would like to start in the next couple weeks and then also pray for a blessing on the time with the girls. Pray also for our baby shower which is now starting to be planned. For wisdom on who to invite and what it should look like, considering it is not really a part of the culture here. Also pray for Seth and I as we started an online class about Ministering in a Muslim Context. Please pray for that as well and that God would really help us to learn a lot and be able to practically apply things in our daily life.
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