Freitag

Well, we American Dresdeners had quite a weekend this weekend. On Friday night we went to a local place where we prayed over the city. After much prayer, we took a break, ate some snacks including bread, cheese, meat, and jam. This is really common over here (or maybe other places in Europe, too). After gaining a second wind, a local Dresdener and we Americans went walking outside in Neustadt where all the younger people hang out at night. There are a lot of them just strolling around outside. Within a minute and a half of walking, a young man saw us, yelled "Christians!!", and immediately ran up to us. How did he know we were Christians, you ask? Not exactly sure. He may have known the woman we were with was a Christian and assumed, but I don't know. He comes up and says, "Bist du Christians?" out of nowhere (that translated means are you Christians). Considering the fact that he had a Satan patch on his jacket, we were a little freaked out at this situation. Our German friend told him we only spoke English, and so a few of us got to talk with him. I wasn't in the group that talked to the young guy, but I know the group who did talk to him prayed with him and talked with him about his struggles. The guy's name is Willy, so please keep him in your prayers. He seemed to have a lot of problems with drugs and alcohol (from what he said) so we pray that he'll be released from his addictions. This was our first interaction with nonbelievers asking us about Christ. It was an amazing thing!! We're up for another round of prayer walking, so I hope the Lord speaks through us this week. It's still really cold!