We made our way from the airport to our first stop in Munich, a church where we were planning to stay the night at. That night while eating dinner we ended up having a spontaneous small group.
April 10 was our first full day in Munich. We started the day with a time of prayer and intercession for the church we spent the night in. We then grabbed our belongings before heading out the door to explore Munich and get a feel for the city we now found ourselves in. We were out all day and finished the day by moving locations to the next church. Our leaders had been able to make connections with another church, CBG, who were willing to host us. That night we joined the youth service that runs on Friday evenings in the church.
The next day, 11 April, we headed over to Munich's Olympic Park (where the 1972 Summer Olympics were held). Whilst there we had some time together as a team to intercede for the city that lay before us. We also had a few talks with the people passing by. The church we're staying at runs an English Service once a month on Saturday nights, so we attended that service when we got back. Towards the end of the service there was a time to pray for healing over a few of the people in the congregation.
On Sunday, 12 April, we attended the church's morning service, which was in German, with English speaking translation. When lunch was finished we headed into Munich to have a time of evangelism. In Germany its against the law to have a gathering (a group of 3 or more people) in a public place to evangelize without prior consent. Our group broke off into teams of two people and walked around the city with "free hugs" signs. It was a great way to open up the conversation to share with people because they wanted to know why we were doing this.
On April 13, we took face paints to a little park outside a shopping mall to spread some joy. Three of the guys went to a nearby sports field where they were able to have an awesome conversation with some guys.
On the morning of April 14, we took the time to clean the church. We also spent some time working on our media project, which was getting this blog up and running.
Then on Wednesday, 15 April, the students were challenged to pray as a group and ask God to reveal to them as a team what He wanted them to do for the day. What was decided was to go out and buy hamburgers and chocolate to hand out to people. We then broke into three teams. One team took the chocolate and went into the mall to hand out to the shop assistants. Another team took hamburgers and served them to the homeless. The last group walked around the area praying for the city and the teams.
The next day, 16 April, the Lord lead our team to have a faith day. The students were split into two teams (one team; girls and the other, boys) and sent off with only the clothes and shoes they had on (no money, phones, watches or bags). They had to trust God to show them what to do and where to go for the six hours they were in Munich. The staff then had their own faith day, blessing each other. It was a day where we had to completely rely on the Lord to show us where He wanted us to go and what he wanted us to pray for. It was an incredible day full of faith and trust! As a team, we talked to many people and saw God working in even the smallest of things.
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| Face Painting in a local park |
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| Evangelism - Spreading the joy with free hugs! |
*Testimony
"We went out to do evangelism on Wednesday. The boys went to a nearby soccer field and the rest of us stayed next to a playground to offer free face painting. Not much seemed to be happening, but then out of no where a young lady began to talk to me. She asked me what we were doing here. I began to explain and ended up having a very good and deep conversation about God with her. She then explained to me that she worked for a local newspaper and wanted to write an article about our small evangelism in the park and our DTS. In the end she took a group photo of us and was really happy to have a "great story" to share."
- ALISA
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