With trial and...

We have entered October and with that the snow is slowly coming again and painting the mountaintops white. Fishing and hunting not only brings me in live contact with our food, it also gives me the opportunity to meet other people. Frequently someone asks if I was a tourist that was being sailed around… But slowly people start realizing that we are not going to leave Tasiilaq very soon.

Bible school
Shortly we will start the bible school again, which I am really looking forward to. We will look into what actually is so good about the Good News and dive into the bible together to get familiar with it. Topics that will be covered amongst others are what it means to know Jesus as Lord and who the Holy Spirit is. We are looking forward to Gods renewing power. He is never tired of changing lives profoundly.
In a village with 2.000 inhabitants, where 60 foster families are still not enough to take care of all children in need, I long to see far-reaching change! With God everything is possible. Please pray with us for new people to attend bible school and that Gods freedom will touch them deeply.

With trial and error
Not everything goes smooth. One Saturday we heard for example that we could not use the facilities for the Sunday service the next day. And we have had much less people coming to the meetings. We get disappointed but don’t indulge in it and get on with praying, looking forward to the spiritual growth of people. This week we will also start an east Greenlandic language course! That will improve the communication in every aspect, also in the small group of people we engage with. I (Peter) will also start an online course biblical storytelling. A well told story has always more impact than an action list of several points.

Syrian refugees at our sending organization Globe Mission
Our German sending organization, Globe Mission, is going to welcome 35 Syrian refugees into their guesthouse. They will shortly arrive and are going to stay for half a year. I would like to ask you if you would support them financially.

What is needed is the following: a matrass (100€), a pillow (15€), a blanket (35€), bed sheets (25€). Every item needs to be purchased 30 times. Furthermore there is 2.000€ needed to adjust the guesthouse. If you want to support you can make a transaction to the bank account mentioned below with the subject ‘refugee help guesthouse 986”. More information can be found on the Globe Mission website.

Warm greetings from Greenland,
Peter, Katharina and Joël