I am excited about what the Lord is doing in Frickenhausen. I came to Germany with my own thoughts, that it would be easy, like in the Philippines, to start a church here.  My eyes were opened, I was wrong.  But why?  The Lord is the same yesterday, today and forever! I came to the conclusion that the culture has a lot to do with it. Germany is covered with the fear of men. “ What will they think of me if I am a born again Christian? – or who will see me going into the church and what do they say about me?”  These are big strongholds which keep people in chains.  There is a very strong religious spirit covering Germany because of the State churches. And here we are in the Leuchthaus, wanting the Lord to move in Frickenhausen and all over Germany.  What do we do if the enemy is keeping us from moving forward? Pray – pray - and fast and pray.
This year we are praying for every street in Frickenhausen.  Some people even walk and pray on the streets.  We are battling and taking over the ground for the Lord.

    We get free advertising for the church in the town’s weekly activity bulletin. The first week I introduced the Leuchthaus and myself. From then on I am using the bulletin as an evangelizing outreach and write the “thought for the week”.  Before people just skipped over the space of the Leuchthaus along with the other churches, but now they stop at the Leuchthaus and read  it.  We are going to impact Frickenhausen with our testimonies!

Renate writes: a few weeks ago my heel spur bothered me a lot. I brought that problem again and again in prayer to the Lord.  In yet another sleepless night, I started to pray.  Suddenly, I felt a painful pricking in my heel. It felt like someone was pressing the heel spur away with his thumb nail.  The next morning all the pain was gone. Thanks be to the Lord, He helped me and healed me!

Maria writes: I like to go to the church services in the Leuchthaus.  My husband likes it now too, and he loves to hear Gisela speak.  He used to be an opponent. He did not like it when I wanted to go to a church services or any Christian activity.  He would block the door, lock me in, and sometimes it got very noisy before I was out of the house. We went through many ups and downs.  Thank God, the Lord got hold of him and changed him just this January.  Now he is enthusiastic for God.  I have been praying for him for 35 years.  The reward was the i got to lead my husband to the Lord!