likePartners

This morning as I was eating my breakfast at the guesthouse, I was looking outside. What a beautiful day, I thought. The sun was shining; I could see the mountain clearly; and the color green was absolutely stunning. Then my gaze fell on the two trees standing very close to each other. I thought: " Each tree is different, yet they grew very close to each other. They keep each other company, they share life with each other". It is a beautiful picture how I view two partners in life. Both different from each other, yet close to each other. My heart longs for such a person and God knows. I was encouraged by how nature again could display a picture of God's truth and my longing so perfectly.

Dear dear Jesus, my Jeshua, my forever, thank you for this picture and thank you for being here with me. Thank you. I love you with all my heart, soul and mind, with all I have! Kerstin Sunshine

FundraisingNEWyear2009

So this is the New Year 2009! Wow! Happy new year to you all! I figured I should write an update on my fundraising. After more than 10 months of being in South Africa (where God has called me), I am really blessed and proud to say that this is exactly where I am supposed to be. I try to obey God in the small things and form relationships here in Cape Town of all places. It is so awesome that I am able to apply my French here as well!! That totally blesses my heart! God knows….- if you want to know more on a regular basis, write an email to me and I can put you on my monthly newsletter if you wish. I am a long term missionary called to make a difference in peoples’ lives in Cape Town at the moment. Read more about how God called me HERE and check out more of my blog posts in the past year or more. Now it is the New Year and I am praying for a monthly support. Please pray with me for a monthly covering while I am trying to be God’s hands extended to a hurting world here.

All I need is several committed givers who see the Lord’s lead in supporting me with 20$ or 20 Euros per month or more for a given time (a year?? Like for 2009??). Last year God provided wonderfully by laying it on peoples hearts (German and American and French!!) to support me financially.

Please pray with me and see what the Lord is doing for I intend to report it here on my blog……. Yes it does take faith and yes it does take commitment. However, at the same time I need to know that I am called to do this and I do know that 100 percent! Thank you Jesus!

XENOPHOBIA

Xenophobia attacks

Dear friends, you have probably heard some troubling news from this side of the world, from the very country I am in right now. Attacks of xenophobia arose in the province of Gauteng which is the area around Johannesburg and Durban. To sum up the news let me tell you that the attacks happen in the townships, the poor areas close to the big cities and they are aimed at foreigners to this country, mostly people from Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia), Botswana, Mozambique and Swaziland. There have been dozens of dead people and even President Mbeki ordering to have the army around to end those attacks.

Please know that I am ok

. You can pray with me for this country as the spirit of the old apartheid seems to come through again. Read more in the following articles and see you in the throne room! God bless you my dear friends, Kerstin http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Xenophobia/Home/0,,2-7-2382,00.html http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Xenophobia/0,,2-7-2382_2326952,00.html

Tag der Deutschen Einheit: The day of unity in Germany

Hello! TOday is a great day for Germany. It is our own national holiday. We celebrate the fall of the wall and a united Germany, east and west, west and east. Unity is so important. Paul already talked about it in the bible. Unity in the body of Christ, unity and forgiveness. Unity is so important and I can sense it in my own life. I am celebrating my coutnry today and that God is present in this country, that God is doing some mighty work here! I am proud to be a German, proud for all that God has given to us Germnans. I wish for all of us Germans that we can be proud and not fearful of that fact that being proud could lead to teh pride of destruction and dictatorship again. I remember where I was when I watched tv and saw the news about the fall of hte wall. Then, it was surreal and I was not that old. I did not really get it. But later, I was happy. It is not easy, it was not easy but as our pastor said this last sunday: Unity always comes with a prize. I want unity, unity in my relationships, unity in the churches, unity in families. Only Jesus can help me achieve this wish of my heart. Only He can. But with HIm there comes division as well...read on...don't get me wrong: Jesus tells his disciples in Luke 12 that He comes with a holy fire and that pretty much people either believe in HIm or hate HIM. This is what I mean with division. Jesus comes with the sword of the Spirit which divides clearly. YOu can see that in so many ways: veryone can talk about God these days...A GOD..but as soon as I talk about Jesus, people divide into 2 groups ...maybe 3: one says: Yes Jesus is my Savior, the other one says: I do not believe in Jesus and that is all humbug and the third does not care at all: everyone will be blessed with whatever they believe. I am one of the 1st group I mentioned and today I pray that Jesus blesses my country: Germany:

Dear Lord, I ams o thankful that I am a German and I am thankful to know you, I pray for this country to hear you and see you, I pray fogive us our sins and let us forgive others who sinned against us. I pray help us to receive your goodness and help us not to criticize but believe in YOU I pray bless us and hold us, yoru German Bride Kerstin

Wuerdig das Lamm das geopfter ist wuerdig das Lamm zu nehmen wuerdig das Lamm das geopfert ist, wuerdig das Lamm zu nhemen Kraft und Reichtum, Weisheit und Staeke Ehre und Ruhm und LObpreis (that is a wonderful German Hymn to praise Jesus the lamb of God,taken out of Revelation 4 and 5)

Adventure? Desert? What?

I am back in Germany now for the 4rth day. I fight the flu and am in bed a lot, am tired and absolutely weak. I am so glad that my Shepherd Jesus is with me. He comforts me and holds me and sings over me by night (just as the propeht Zephania writes). The feeling of being overwhelmed seems a normal one these days and I try to be ok with it. Old thought patterns come like waves and I need the shield of faith and the belt of truth from my Father to choose against all that. I try to figure out what kind of visa I need for South Africa, am feeling lonely and alone in all this, knowing that that is such a stinking lie. I feel like in a desert spiritually speaking, yet I know I am right where I need to be these days. I read in Isaiah and John and take walks with my Jesus.....one of these days I will post a video of my first walk here. I just need my laptop to be online with me LOL. I go through grief at the same time and jetlag and culture shock. Still I would call it an adventure. God made me for such a time as this. I need encouragement deep in my soul, I need Jesus.................. Isn't it awesome that we need Jesus the most when we are in a desert? So there....

My dear best friend Jesus, please have mercy on me and help me to be responsable of what thougths I let in and where i need to renounce bad stuff. Help me dear God and give me a humble and contrite heart, so I can hear you and follow your ways. point my feet in the way they should go...today and tomorrow...and help me with all the calls to the consulat. Lead me, guid me, it is you I desperately need LORD! Ur sunshine Kerstin

Faith makes things possible NOT easy!!!

Here I am again...what a day. I had a really good meeting and lots more that I need to learn about money and how to handle everything. It can be discouraging and overwhelming and yet I have wonderful people around me that really help me understand things in the monetary world. NEWS NEWS NEWS I have 4200 $ in for my funds!!!! After my meeting I realized I need to have a monthly amount of 2000 $ raised every month. I am working on getting friends and fellow East Hill attendies to commit to give towards my ministry for a year (every month at least 35 $). This weekend, I will be on stage for all the services (6) and have an opportunity to speak my heart and be prayed over. I will also have a table in the foyer and be sure about that , I will decorate it to the best of my creative ability :) I was invited to the widow connection yesterday and boy was I blessed. I fellowshipped with 15 widdows of age and experience of life. they reminded me of my grandma who passed away last year. We had a potluck and then did a scavenger hunt in the parc whci was so much fun (I will post some pictures of this soon). Later these precious ladies prayed over me and blessed me for my ministry in South Africa. How precious!!!! I am showered by HIS blessings every day. My staff has touched me by praying over me in my last staff meeting and by having a goodbye-cookie-thing while I was working at the front desk for the last time. I am blessed to be aprt of the East HIll Church Family! Yesterday I received a call from a lady who wants to sell thngs for me and give me the money and she is talkingabout the garage load full!!!

Thank you my dear Lord for bringing all these people into my life! Thank u for helping me trust when I am worn out and overwhelmed! Thank you for helping me to focus on YOU and be with you my dear dear Lord Jesus!

I so love you!!!! ur little sunshine princess

Prayer requests inthis time

Kerstin goes to Cape Town These are my prayer requests : -Peace of mind in the midst of the storm -Protection and coverage: emotionally, -For the right family to live with in Cape Town -Get more information on good fundraising and money issues ( -Good communication with people I work -Ability to trust and walk by faith and in alignment of the Holy Spirit -For finding a good doctor over there -For wisdom and good and right -Good and increasing discipline physically, financially, and all ways! organization with in ministry or and healthy decisions ood in my quiet times with the Lord organization)