Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Back in Switzerland

Well when my team left europe the french train workers went on strike, so I guess the airport workers felt it only fitting to return the favor for our return. So after some delays and redirection to another airport, our plane finally set down in Paris in time to catch our train to Switzerland. Thanks for all your prayers, we could definitely feel Gods hand on our group as we traveled these past few days.
A comment I recieved after my last update was "Thanks for the news. The time has gone so quickly, it's hard to believe that you are nearing the end of your time there. It sounds amazing. Does ywam, or anyne else send follow-up to the places you visit? It's hard to imagine a church being started and fed by people who know so little about God, as we know him...just wondering." Thats a great question, so I wanted to say that our work as a short term team is part of a long term ministry focused on community development and church planting already working in Madagascar. Our group has worked together with this ministry, and has had training in areas such as the ministry's vision and strategy in bush villages. The work we were able to do in the bush will be followed up by the long term workers and hopefully more DTS teams in the future, continuing discipleship and evangelism in the bush.
So the main reason for this update is to let everyone know our travels are over and we arrived safely. We have three weeks of outreach left in Switzerland, we have already been able to share with one youh group, do worship a teaching and some testimonies, and we have a bunch of similar meetings lined up. So take care and I will fill you in on our last stage of outreach as it unfolds,
Andrew