The Sudbrock Scoop

Catching up on 2009

We have had the opportunity to be very active in the local schools this spring, with both Chelli and I chaperoning class field trips, helping with special events at the school, and playing an active role in the PTA. This is something we have always done, but this spring showed some rewards for the efforts. Chelli was able to witness to the girl’s in Samantha’s class and to encourage them to read the Easter story for themselves in the Bible. Shortly afterwards, Samantha was able to lead one of her classmates to the Lord. We are praising the Lord for this precious soul saved and for the spiritual growth that we have seen in Samantha. There is also the opportunity that God is opening a door so that I can teach baseball at Samantha’s school. The door had closed due to our last furlough. The principle even hinted at funding!

May 1st is a holiday here in Germany. Everyone gets May Day off of work and this year May Day was a day worth celebrating for us. As we sat at the lunch table, Sadie said, “Mom, do you remember saying that I should come to you when I am ready to get saved? Well, I am ready.” We sat around the table as a family and discussed salvation and praised the Lord as Sadie bowed her head and asked Jesus to forgive her of her sins.

June brings with it the big city festival each year. Wittenberg takes 3 days in the middle of June to celebrate the wedding anniversary of Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora. Tens of thousands of people from all over Germany and some from around the world, will visit our downtown area during the celebration. We have attended the festival for 10 years now and always look for a new way to be involved and be a light for Christ. This year, the church will have a stand where we will distribute Bibles and tracts. The only stipulation from the city counsel was that our booth must have a central “middle ages” theme of some kind. We poured over dozens of ideas and finally settled on “paper making”. Our booth will center around the theme of “paper”. We will demonstrate how to make paper from common weeds and flowers as well as offering biblical literature and homemade book covers. If you would like to help with this outreach, just earmark your donation as “festival” and we will put your money towards the purchase of Bibles and tracts for our booth.

Thank you so much for your faithful support of our ministry in spite of the tough financial times which have hit us all. May God richly bless you for your faithfulness.

Laboring in the land of the Reformation,

Paul Sudbrock