German Family gets Asylum in USA

Here is a link to news article that clearly shows how people in Germany are treated:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511825,00.html

As of today this family got asylum in the USA!

This article shows how children here in Germany are forced to fit in a government regulated society. If you grow up here you have to submit to this society or you are an outcast. School determines who you become as a grown up, as teachers give advice to parents what grade of education is best for their children, and parents head their advice for they are a product of this practice. This practice also has led Germany to have a great lack of qualified people in all jobs right now. (Pr 26:27  If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him)

 The family in the article above made it several times to the news because they have kept to their believes and not submitting to a government that tries to control society big time in subtle ways. They have been dragged to court for doing what they rightfully believed is best for their children, and they lost. This is just one more example that here in Germany the written word counts more than doing what is right. I am sorry, but I can’t see this as a judge’s ruling, rather as oppression of personal freedom. 

Now, this family found asylum in the USA! And this not because a judge ruled so, but because they trusted God with their lives!!!

I have experienced this society myself and if you read “My Story” on my “About Me” page you find that God has His ways to call His people and gives them wisdom to know true righteousness, which is His alone! And maybe it makes clear that Germany is not the clean cup on the inside as it tries to appear on the outside.

Maybe this gives you a hint on how badly the people here in Germany need Jesus and how hard it is to get them to Jesus in view of a society which still believes that this government is doing what is best for the people because they have been conditioned to believe this.

At the end, God’s righteousness prevails, as the story of this family witnesses. Amen!!!

Keep trusting in Jesus with your life!!! He loves you truly!!!

Volker

Roller Coaster Year

Yes, it’s been a roller coaster year for me, and I’m sure for most people in this world too. Everyone was and still is working hard because of the crisis. As for me; I lost my job as delivery driver, then quit the construction job to take on two jobs, namely getting self-employed and working part-time for my Christian boss. It still goes up and down from day to day!

Well, obstacles are opportunities with God and God knows no crisis as everything is possible with Him (Mt 19:26). So God closed some doors in my life, but He also opened up some!

Until now He showed me but a glimpse of what He has in store for me and like every change in our lives it means to us to seek Him out and get to know his good and perfect will for our lives. Therefore I spent a lot time with Jesus in a great variety of the Christian disciplines, like prayer, reading and studying His word and have some quite times in His presence.

I also worked a lot on getting my two jobs going to make my livelihood. Which was quite demanding. Just that God is faithful and rewards those who put all their trust and hope in Him, believing that He will bring about all the promised goodness of  His Godly nature in one’s life.

So there seems something coming up and although it’s just a tiny little cloud, I remember reading a story of a great man who said; the rain is coming, on an occasion like this (1 Ki. 18:41-45).

I wish and pray God will even in this times increase our trust and believe in Him!!!

Volker

Christian Life

I am working for two month now for my Christian boss and it has been a great time. On the days we work together, we have breakfast and prayer in the morning and then we work together as Christian brothers. We have fun and enjoy Gods presence!

Sometimes I jump in for one of his workers who got sick and so I meet new people at work for only a brief time of one or two days, but still God allows me to minister to them and offer them my help for the future. This help may seem small, but I’m sure it counts a lot to God. Like this week when my co-worker ask me if we could do a detour after work to pick up his girl friend at the train station so she doesn’t have to take the bus, which by the way is awful here. Well, that’s why God gave me a car!

So I try to make new friends and showing them that Jesus loves them. I am very thankful for this and many other things God is doing in my life. In other words; it feels good to do God’s work.

wish you all a blessed weekend

Volker

First Order

God is good! I just shipped the first toy order from my online-shop. That’s the cloud at the horizon. Please bear with me that this will give God glory & honor as He has blessed the work and efforts I put in this, only to His glory.

I am very thankful for this, as this is God’s work alone and I can and will only trust in Him to make straight path for my/His business. (Pro. 3:6)

I also thank you for all your prayer!

wish a blessed Sunday

Volker

Sunday Mohrchen Video

Mohrchens boring new day. He doesn’t find the new day very exciting.

wish you all a great week

Volker

Self Employed Update 1

As promised here an update on me becoming self employed. It actually is a longer story but here in short:

While working on construction I spent 12 – 14 hours a day out there and although I love construction work God had another plan. The idea to become self employed was put on my heart over a year ago but for the odds that one faces here in Germany when becoming self employed I was not pursuing it.

Well, God, of course had His ways and gave me te time to figure it all out and get a traders permit while being home sick with my bruised leg. So I quit that job as construction-worker to take care of my own business. Still, as anyone knows who got self employed, you don’t start making money immediately and so I needed a job that gives me time for my business and supports my livelihood.

Here is where my former and now again boss came in. As I had mentioned in other articles before, he is a newborn Christian and owns six companies including the employment agency. This man hired me as house technician for the buildings of his companies on a 25 hours per week contract. 

I already believed God would bless me becoming self employed but as we know Him, He always has more for us than we can imagine! My boss not only gives me the time to take care of my business, he also is helping me with great advices and takes time to sit with me to explain stuff like book keeping to me. Remember he owns six companies! And if that would not be enough blessings, one of my boss’s companies is doing book keeping and taxes for small (like mine) and medium sized businesses.

I am very thankful to God for He is blessing what I do in far more ways then I wrote about here today. Just one more example; God has made it possible for me to work together with the leading wholesale company for toys here in Europe which has its HQ just a half hour ride from my home.

As I believe this is God’s will and for the reason that it is my hearts desire to use what I do to benefit to God’s kingdom I trust that  His will in this will prevail. Although I do not know where or to what this will lead, all my trust and faith in in my Lord Jesus!

Honour the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;  then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.  (Proverbs 3:9-10)

wish you all a great week

Volker

Self Employed

I am sorry for not posting for quite a while. Since becoming self employed was on my heart for over a year and because it is very difficult do start your own business here in Germany, I had to check out a lot of stuff about rules and regulations and especially the crazy tax laws of a country known for to have the worst tax system in the world.

Well, I finally made it to get a traders permit and now putting in a lot of my free time to develop my business. With God’s help I might one day make my livelihood out of that and then have the freedom to help people who asking for my help at the time when they need it and not having to schedule them for the weekend.  I also hope then I can help others even in more ways than I can now.

I will certainly keep you updated on this, but for the above reasons progress goes slow right now.

wish a much blessed weekend

Volker

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon with heavy rain. But only outside, because God is good! So I decided to fix me some food for the week ahead and then there are some books longing to be read.

Here are some pics of me cooking chili con carne. Sadly I could not post the smell for you, but am sure the guys in the city at wordpress are working on something, ha ha!

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 Besides that, I had a great week, my new job is going well and God’s work is already making some impact as my fellow workers asking me questions about my faith which I am glad to answer. Yes, God touches people, even construction worker.

wish a greatly blessed week

Volker

Mothers Day

This years Mothers day my mom and I had a special Bible study together and we cooked together a good meal for us. Will say my mom choose what she wanted to eat and I fixed it.

We had a great time having lunch, and so did Mohrchen, and then we enjoyed the sunshine in my mom’s backyard.

 

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Well, what shall I say? Mom is the best, we are doing fine and are blessed.

wish all you mothers and children a blessed day

Volker

My New Job Update

Just because it is a lot of  fun and because we mostly install solar panels on farm roofs here some pics of me on top a farm building in northern Germany. It is quite interesting to see that those people, who’s business depends, since ancient times, for a great portion on the weather God provides, are those who make use of this new technology. I think this is worth to be thought of as it is God’s promise to provide all needs to those who trust in Him.

 He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant for ever. (Ps 11:,5)

Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. (Ac 14:17)

wish you all a great day

Volker