- This week there is a youth girl that is staying with us whose family has moved away from Innsbruck but she is here visiting. Please pray for the time that we have with her.
- We will be having a skype call this week with our new candidate coach through the EFCA to switch to long term, be in prayer that everything will go smoothly.
- Next Wednesday Allie, from the states will be joining us for a couple months as she does an internship with us. She will be helping with English Camp as well as many other things. Pray that she adapts well and that we can as a team help as much as possible.
- Next weekend is Pfiju which is an Austria wide weekend youth retreat/conference. This year it is in Vienna and most all of our youth will be attending plus some that we haven't seen in a while. Please be in prayer for the relationships that will be built that weekend and that our youth will experience God in new ways.
- Seth's cousin will be visiting us either here in June or in August, pray that they have a safe trip and that we will be able to show them a little bit of Austria in their time with us.
- At the end of June we will have another youth girl come and stay with us for a week, it is he sister of the one that is currently here. We do not have as deep of a relationship with her as her sister so please be praying for her in her time here. She has made some big changes in her life over the past year so pray that she doesn't fall back into old rhythms as she is here visiting old friends.
- July 2nd, our American staff shows up for English Camp! Prayer for the continued prep, for training that we will be running, open hearts for the kids. Especially for the camp that we run, we have a very large number of nonbelievers.
- We are also looking to head back to the states shortly after camp is finished, there are still a lot of loose ends, like our apartment here and phone
There are also a some praises as well!
- This last Sunday we had a special outdoor church service. All of the churches in Innsbruck (excluding Catholic and Lutheran) got together and put on one service in a big park in the middle of the city. It was crazy to see as there were at least 600 gathered together, not counting the hundreds that walked by throughout the day. Afterwards there was food and games and then a concert. Seth and I talked to so many different people that we don't see very often as there were parents of friends there, English camp kids with their parents, and even another couple from our organization was visiting. Seth was thriving, enjoying talking to so many people but it didn't take longer before I was wanting a little break. We left the park after about 6 hours, feeling exhausted and sunburnt. However we were also very encouraged to see how God is working in Innsbruck.
- Also on Saturday of this week we were able to go fishing with our team leader and his kids. It wasn't the same as in the states considering we had to pay for the fish and the ponds were stocked but at least it was a beautiful day to spend outside and to have a break from being in the city all the time. It made me also realize how much fun it will be when Naomi has siblings one day.
- Also I am very thankful as I am going through the book Experiencing God with one of the youth girls from our church. It is so exciting to see her continually growing desire to serve God and grow in her faith. It has also been challenging for me as well.
Thank you all for your prayers!
Alyssa
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