Prayer Walking

We started our main focus here in Dresden this week: Prayer walking. Jason provided us with a map of an area of the city on which we were to focus. Some of it included Altstadt, but a lot of in covered neighborhoods and residential areas. We split in groups of two: Jessica and Jennifer were in one pair, and Sarah and I were the other pair. It was great to feel the power of God move around us and speak through us. We experienced the city in a whole new way. This did not go without struggles. Some days were really windy and cold, wearing down our high spirits. Nevertheless, we made it through and I look forward to moving to a new area this coming week!

Funny story: I wrote in an earlier blog back in October about being locked out of my brother’s house. Well, lo and behold it happened again. This time, it wasn’t the fact that we didn’t have a key to get back in, but our key failing to work. Apparently if you leave a key in the door on the inside of the apartment, you’re key won’t work on the outside of our apartment. Whoops. Fortunately, our landlady happened to be walking out of her door at the very moment that we discovered this. She gave us some suggestions, with a last resort of paying 50 Euros for a locksmith. Talk about burning a hole in your pocket! We returned home to see that none of her other options worked—which happened to be the cherry on top of a very discouraging day. Sarah and I sat there in anger at how so many things could go wrong. We asked God to help us out. We just need anything to lift our spirits. After a moment of frustration, Sarah put the key in the lock to try one last time, gave a huge, angry push, and BOOM!! The door opened! Praise Jesus! It was truly an answered prayer and a HUGE pick up. God shows himself in ways I would never expect, and I love that about him.