Berlin // May 13 - 26

After 62 hours travel time from Nazareth to Berlin, we arrived at the YWAM base in Berlin, Germany on May 14. We are thankful to all of the members of staff at the base that helped us feel at home and helped us fill our schedule.
There was an American team from an organization in Florida. We partnered with them to do evangelism at the Brandenburg Gate. The spot at which we did our evangelism was where the wall had originally been placed in from of the gate. A highly touristic location. We set up a loud speaker and played the "Cupid Shuffle." We would have pass buyers stop and join our giant flash mob. After playing the song two times through we would as the crowd to take the time to watch a drama we had prepared. The drama was of a young woman going through the struggles of life and how when life got tough Jesus is there to give her freedom and Joy. You could feel the spirit of God each time we did the drama. After the Drama we went out into the crowd to begin conversations. Some Conversations  lasted minutes while others lasted hours.

YWAM Berlin's base is located in an apartment block. They have been growing and taking on more apartments to bed their staff. But like most YWAM bases they are high on workers but low on finances. So we took a few days to renovate an apartment that YWAM Berlin had acquired. Which included tearing down walls, preparing walls for plaster, and cleaning.

While staying in Berlin we had the privilege to meet, learn from, and work with man named David Campbell. He was originally from Texas now based in Berlin with a true vision to bring Gods love to the streets of Berlin. David was always trying new ideas when we were with him, including leaving the classroom and going to the park to have our teachings from him. In that same park was a community of homeless people. Where for few days we were able to speak and create relationships with though prayer time and by serving them lunch.

One of the most mind blowing things that we experienced in Berlin was during evangelism in front of the Brandenburg Gate. We had joined another Christian group and had already drawn a crowd. God pointed out a guy to me and I made my way over to talk to him. There were another 10 people that were on gathered with him and I could not talk to the guy himself. I was talking about Jesus and at some point a friend from YWAM Berlin joined in. We started talking about healing and asked if anyone had any pain. The guy I originally intended to talk to was in constant pain. He had been to doctors and none of them could help his legs and knees. Instead of praying for him ourselves we challenged one of his friends that least believed in Jesus to pray for him. We ran him through it and told him to command the healing in the name of Jesus. To the surprise of everyone the guy was healed on the spot. It really does not have anything to do with us, only Jesus can heal people.

-J O N N Y