Raphael & Taylor Braun
We are back in Germany now for a longer stretch of time & we are excited!
During our time in Canada we were praying to see how God wanted us to
continue our time in Germany. We had clear words for every step of our
way up until this point, so we were back in seeking mode. At first we didn't
think we would come back and work with YWAM Hurlach again, but Gods
thoughts were different! While we were praying we really felt a passion
and excitement to work with YWAM Hurlach again as we return. Taylor had
been offered the opportunity to take over the leadership of the community
cafe on the base, and while we prayed we felt peace and a confirmation that that is what we should be doing. As soon as we felt peace about that we were flooded with other questions, which we are still in the process of figuring out with God. What does that mean for the prayer house vision, How will our time look, What is this going to entail?? All these are questions which we haven't fully answered yet. We know that we are where we are supposed to be, We know that God said YES to Taylor taking over the Cafe and, we also know that God really wants YWAM Hurlach to be more involved in the Prayer house vision than we originally thought and this is a step to building relationships and repairing any old relationships. Wow that was a mouth full. We have agreed to work 2 years with YWAM Hurlach. Our time will be split between: Base Cafe ministry, Prayer house vision development, Cafe LL vision development, Communications & Media for the Base and community times, Family & personal hobbies. We will also be teaching more often on DTSs and in youth groups, and from time to time taking on DTS one on ones (a sort of personal mentorship ).
The prayer house LL
Right now specifically for the Prayer house vision we are meeting multiple times a week with different groupings of people. Partially to pray for Landsberg and partially to seek God for the next steps. We are working on creating a Verein ( government recognized group or club). Coming up with a timeline for when we hope for things to be acomplished and... praying for a building!
Cafe Vision LL
For the Cafe part of the vision, Taylor and another woman have started some dreaming times. Praying and seeing what Gods heart is, what training he may want for them to do. Focusing on her German and getting that up to paar so she can communicate well is also involved in this process.
If you'd like to hear more of what has been going on in our lives please check out the Updates - Blog section of our website OR even better send us an email we would love to hear from you!.
Cheers!