Dear Friends and Family,

    We are having a blast here in the Belgium! Lately, we have been doing a lot more evangelism. First, last week we went to Charleroi and helped the church there evangelize different neighborhood areas and invite them to different activities that were going to be happening during Easter. I loved talking to different people about God and just to invite them to come was fun too.

 

   In the same manner, we have been trying to evangelize our own city too. We went door to door today. We talked to people wanting them to know that we are here, where we are at, and of course tell them about Jesus. It went really well. When we first get people who open the door we clarify we aren’t Jehovah Witnesses and that seems to put them at ease. But today Kerby and I were invited into a woman’s house and she was so gracious and we were able to share the gospel with her. It was great, it seems like she was really touched. We are now friends on Facebook and we exchanged contact information. I have noticed that if we put ourselves out there no matter the response we get the favor of God.

   Our English club seems to be dwindling lately but our soccer outreach is thriving. We have grown even more with soccer and we have a gathering after. After we meet at The Bridge (the coffee shop/ministry center) and have pizza and we share something about God with the boys and men. The hangout/food has been a hit the past two weeks we have tried it!

   My sign language class is going pretty well. I met with a girl from the class and her fiancé(who conveniently spoke English) last week and we had ice cream and talked a lot about God. They had a lot of questions for me; neither grew up in Christian households or even religious households. They wanted to know how I practiced my faith and why. They seemed shocked that it was possible. God gave me the opportunity and the grace to share the simple gospel with them. They seemed interested and I hope that we can continue with our friendship. With my work schedule and theirs we are hoping to meet in a month and have dinner. In addition, I am meeting with another woman (who also speaks English) from the sign language class tomorrow, please pray that God gives me favor with her and if possible an opportunity to share my faith. I have been building these friendships for two months now, continue to pray that God gives me favor with these women. Additionally, pray for grace and quick mind in both French Sign Language and French. French has been a very humbling language for me but God has been growing me as a person as I have been struggling with it.

    Please pray that God moves powerfully in Bastogne, Belgium. Pray that God sends revival to this spiritually dead land. Pray that God gives us wisdom on where best to invest our time. We are having services every Sunday night and continue to pray that God continues to meet us there. We can say God’s truth till we are blue in face but if God isn’t there, there is no point of even talking. We want to see a mighty move of God here. We are fasting tomorrow and if you feel led to fast with us please do so. We are going to fast till four tomorrow.

 

Much Love and Many Blessings,

 

Cami Lynn

Dear Family and Friends,

   We had a Baptism last week!! It was awesome. Linda, previously a drug addict, got saved on Saturday got baptized that Sunday. Then there was Pricilla who is a Christian but hadn’t been baptized before and hasn’t had any discipleship came to meet us. After she introduced us to Linda and now they are coming to meetings! We feel so blessed to have them and be able to disciple them. I helped Kerby with the baptisms, which was a lot of fun. However, because it is March it was cold water.

 

Additionally, my relationships with the women in the French Sign Language class are growing. At the end of the semester, I want to get involved with the deaf community here in Bastogne and neighboring cities. Please pray that God gives me favor in that area. I also am going to start meeting with the women individually in the class for coffee and hopefully to talk about life and God.

 Our soccer outreach has boomed! We usually have 6-8 people per-week not including ourselves. We are able to talk to these people one on one when we have short breaks in between the games. We also are trying to schedule activities outside of soccer to be able to talk with them more about their lives and of course Jesus! Please pray that as we are building these friendships that God gives us favor to be able to talk to them about Jesus.

 

    My French language learning is still turtling along, but God’s grace is sufficient. And I feel truly blessed to be here. Please pray that God gives us wisdom on what relationships to invest the most time in and how best to spend our time. We want to be able to disciple people here and plant a church here. Sometimes it seems so overwhelming with all the tasks at hand, but I know that God wants a church here. We desire deeper friendships here. Please pray what would take months to build would only take weeks here.

Thank you for all your prayers and support while I am here. I pray that God blesses you abundantly for your sacrifice.

 

Much Love and Many Blessings,

 

Cami Lynn Woodruff