The Sudbrock Scoop

The Whirlwind

The last two months have been a whirlwind of activity filled with God’s blessings. Outreach after outreach has left us a bit breathless. Here is a short outline.

It began with the Reformation festival on October 31st. We were blessed to have Mindy and Ashley Smith join us during this time for 5 morning-to-night-packed-full days. These two wonderful ladies came to work and be a blessing to us. It was more than a joy to have them here. They worked so hard and were always willing to do anything that needed to be done.

At the festival we passed out more than 1,500 pieces of literature, CDs, DVDs and books. God even topped our day off with some personal witnessing opportunities.

Next, the local school invited us to do a baseball workshop for their 1-4 grades. We had 110 children from the Käthie Kolwitz Elementary school attend our two sessions. Mindy and Ashley were invaluable. The kids loved the time and now we are teaching baseball in the school every Monday. This has opened a possible door in another school as well.

Our Christmas outreach was a tremendous success with increased involvement in so many areas. The charity drive ended with 513 Christmas packages for children in Belarus.

We are presently working through a series on God’s Financial plan. We are covering 5 universal rules: Giving is better than receiving, Everything comes from God anyway, Loving money is evil, The rich rule the poor and The 10% that opens Heaven.

We had a great time at the Annual Christmas retreat hosted by Rhein River Baptist in Mannheim.

I had the joy of preaching for Andrew Wilson at Bibel Baptisten Gemeinde Landstuhl on the 4th of December . God has blessed him with a great church. His wife and family were a tremendous blessing and encouragement. Johannes Hergert filled in at the church in Wittenberg in my absence.

Blessings abound! God has opened the hearts of his people and we have receive offerings of such unexpected nature that we are truly humbled. Friends, fellow missionaries and churches have given to our needs. Our present need is down to $750 more a month. We have “skyped” a missions conference in October and we are excited about the possiblities of this new venue. If your church is open to a “skype” conference, please contact us.

Paul Sudbrock