Month: October 2006
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Anbetungslieder
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Am Sonntag morgen haben sich über dreissig Personen plus eine Horde Kinder getroffen um Gottesdienst zu feiern. Ich habe die Anbetungszeit geleitet. Das erste mal seit über sieben Jahren das ich dies in deutsch gemacht habe. Als ich mich vorbereitete war das schon komisch. Irgendwie fremd und doch sehr vertraut.…
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Leviticus
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My plan to read through the bible is not a speed reading contest. I believe to understand God and His plan better is to read what happened in the past. This morning I finished Leviticus. It leaves me thankful that I wouldn’t have to bring the sacrifices the Israelites had…
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Leading worship in German
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I think it is the first time in over seven years that look at my documents folder with German worship songs. I was asked to lead worship in a German setting next Sunday. I used to know those songs off by heart. Now I need to go back and practice…
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Reading the Bible
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Some weeks ago I thought I should read through the bible again. From Genesis to Revelations. I really like Genesis and there were again a lot of things that sprang up to me. Then Exodus with Moses’s relationship with God is very interesting and encouraging. Now I’m half through Leviticus…
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Driving back from the mountains
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Yesterday I spent the day in Fang. With the lahu church we planted. Enoch and Mida organized for the people from Hui Kau Laam and Ken Tun to come for worship. We had a great morning of sharing, worship and a meal together. It was ten o’clock when I made…
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Snake alarm
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This morning I got woken by the shouting of my lovely wife’s voice:”a snake, there is a snake. After wondering if I should take it seriously or not I decided that it sounded pretty desperate. So I got up to have a look. Apparently it was like this. Timmy woke…
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Trip to Prao
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Yesterday I made a quick trip into the Prao valley. A two hours ride to bring food to the Prao boarding home. I got a phone call the evening before and was told they run out of food and have no money to buy any either. So I got a…
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Visa renewal
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Our visa will be valid till end of december. The application for the new one already started. Photocopies of documents, signatures and passphotos. I had to send alot of money to the Swiss Embassy for a "certificate of nationality". The passport doesn’t seem proof enough that we are swiss. I’m…
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Comment tracking
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I found this cool feature to track the comments I write on other blogs. It is getting harder and more time consuming to see if other people commented on comments I made on any blog. CoComments is a great application to solve a time consuming problem. To sign up is…