Thank you everyone who has reached out to us since we shared our story. It means so much to us to know that so many people care!
The next part to our story is by far my favorite and I am so excited to share it with you! It just proves to me that God knows what he is doing and we may not always like how he goes about things but ultimately there is a plan & it is ALL connected!
In August we were blessed with some new amazing friends here in Germany! For the first time that I can remember, a friend that I can talk openly about my faith with and learn from her vast knowledge(especially compared to mine!) of Jesus! I was so excited to have a friend who is just as excited about The Lord as I am!
I say that to say this...since her and her husband had just moved here they were looking for a new church home, which was something we had been doing as well but on an extremely part time basis! Christopher, for some reason has had reservations and I believe it was because he was uncomfortable at the first church we found so we just kind if stopped going. Anyway, one day my friend told me about this church she read about that she really wanted to try out one Sunday. I did some research on the place & told Christopher about it. When we found out that I was pregnant I felt even more that we should be going to church every weekend! So in September I got Christopher to agree to go with me to try this new place out. Well then some things happened in the world & his work got a little crazy & he had to work almost every Sunday in September & then we had company come & had trips planned but had agreed on September 30 that the Sunday after our family left we would try out this new church. Promise made it was happening & I was so excited!
Well then the miscarriage happened & our company left & we knew that we needed Him even more than before so we got up Sunday morning and went to Frontline Community for the 11 o'clock service on October 21 2012! It was a day that truly changed our lives!!
When we walked in (more relaxed than we ever have been when trying out a new church I might add!) we instantly fell in love with the relaxed atmosphere and all the smiling faces everywhere and all the chatter! We found some seats kind of tucked in the corner so we could try to hide and just observe! Well that didn't work! Almost as soon as we got to our seats a man came over to us to introduce himself. We talked for a few minutes and he asked us if we had any children. My husband quickly and graciously answered the man with a simple not yet but hopefully one day. The man then said to us to not rush and let God take the lead! He told us to just enjoy each other while it is just the 2 of us because he and his wife didn't have much time after getting married before their first child came and now they have about 5 & look forward to the day when it is just the two of them again!! That was the first thing that happened & we were immediately like "God is here & that was His way of telling us that this is where we need to be!" A couple of other people came and introduced themselves to us after that too, which has never ever happened to us in any church that we went to for the first time!
Then they start the worship with songs and after a few songs the pastor tells us the story of how they pick the songs every week and how this week there were a couple songs that he didn't feel fit but for some reason God would not let him cast them off! He says how he comes up with a plan every week but this week God was telling him he had to do something different. He says all week God has been leading him to talk about healing. As soon as he said they Christopher & I instantly looked at each other & of course I started crying! He preached on healing & says that there are so many people with pain that need healing whether emotional, physical or whatever it was. He asked for everyone who was in pain to please stand & he then asked the others to go to those standing and pray over them if they felt it in there hearts. And would you believe that a woman came to us. She told us that God had been pulling her heart towards us since the pastor had started talking. She said that she had no idea what our story was or what our pain was but she asked if she could pray over us. I was crying so much that I could not speak but she knew & began to pray over us & she asked the Lord to fill our hearts with peace and to take our pain away and to know that he is ultimately in control and to please bring us a sense of peace in knowing that he is in control & to please fill our hearts with peace.
the service went on and when we walked out of the front doors that morning there was an instant weight lifted from our shoulders & since then have absolutely been filled with peace. I didn't get her name & one day I will speak with her and tell her how much her words helped us that day. That happened exactly one week after our baby passed & after connecting everything I can never say that God does not know what he is doing!
Our lives were changed that day & we have finally found a church home!! Even when we ever move Frontline will always have a place in our hearts!!
Glory be to God!
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