We are back in the States now speaking at churches and meeting with people who support our ministry in the Netherlands. During this time, it has been wonderful to celebrate big events in our life. Here Kees is getting dedicated by Pastor Larry Murrell at Christian Center of Salem in Oregon.
The Community Church that we planted is going strong and growing! We are averaging now 35 people a week and many people are coming closer to Christ as God is building His church.
On January 16, 2009...we welcomed Kees Sinclair Kramer into the world. There are no words to accurately to describe the joy in having him with us!
This fall we kicked off XA Groningen and have been blessed to see students growing in their faith in Christ!
We were blessed to go with some of our Dutch student leaders down to the SFC College of Student Ministry in Brussels, Belgium. It is a training for university missionaries and student leaders. Here is Brady Bobbink, one of our friends and campus pastor in the state of Washington.
This past week was one of the highlights of our year. We hosted a missions team of 12 from Sam Houston State Chi Alpha. Here they are being introduced to our home city, Groningen.
This was a big week for me. I preached my first sermon in Dutch. This is me just a few minutes before my historical Sunday.
Julie has begun a new arts ministry and it has been very exciting to see what God is doing through this time.
Recently our home church in Groningen changed its name to Waardevol Leven Gemeente (Valuable Life Church). We have really been blessed to partner with this church in ministry.
We recently went to the Students for Christ Europe prayer and planning weekend in Krakow, Poland. On the way, we went to Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin.