Our two teams ( We are working with Brad’s Team this month-Team Judah) went to a coffee shop in Berlin. The owners are from The States and they now live in Germany. They go to the park and minister to people who are hooked on drugs. We worshipped with them for about 2 hours, then we did a prayer walk around the city. It was the coolest prayer walk I have ever done. We took all kinds of instruments with us and walked up and down the surrounding streets, singing praise to God. We would stop on some of the street corners and sing a few songs and then keep walking. People were so interested in what we were doing. As some people stopped to watch, we handed out tracks to them in German. A whole group of teens passed by and got completely mesmerized by the worship, they all stopped , got quiet, and just watched us for a while. It was so much fun! Then after about an hour of prayer walking, we made it to the park. We walked around the circumference of the park, still worshipping before we went in. The park is interesting, because on one side there are families with little children, that side of the park is really nice. Then there is the other side, where all of the alcoholics and drug addicts hang out. I was heartbroken to see how many people were there, and it was only lunch time. We put some blankets on the grass and continued to worship. Kim and Brea (the owners of the coffee shop) walked around saying hello to people they have gotten to know in the park, and handed out free juice to the addicts. Our group, there was about 22 of us, got to minister to several people. Emily and I (she is our contact’s daughter) went up to a woman sitting on a park bench. It was obvious that she was a user, and even behind her brokenness, you could still see how pretty she was. Emily felt like she needed to pray for her, and when she shared this with me, I was excited because I had gotten the same feeling when I had noticed the woman earlier. This man was sitting next to her on the bench, and they apparently knew each other. We walked over and asked if we could pray for them. He wanted nothing to do with it, but you could tell she did. When we asked her personally, she really wanted us to, but looked over at the man who was not in agreement and decided against it. Although Emily and I weren’t standing with our group for quite some time, she asked if we were with “that group” and pointed towards our team. So it made me happy to think that she noticed our worship and was drawn to it : ) Probably the saddest part of the park, was a little red-headed girl. Her mother was using drugs right in the park, right in front of her daughter. The woman was surrounded by all kinds of male users while her child sat in the grass all alone. I asked her if she wanted to swing with us, but she only understood German. I went back and got Emily, and both of us went to ask her again. This time, she was talking with a bunch of male users who were sitting on a park bench. She obviously knew them, I think her mother goes to the park pretty frequently. Emily asked her in German, if she would like to come and play with us, but the little girl said no. I thought how sad, that she feels more comfortable around a bunch of adult, male, drug addicts than me and a cute, little, blonde, curly-haired girl. Jesus, I just lift the woman and the little red-headed girl up to you, I pray protection over them, and I thank you that you are in pursuit of their hearts and you won’t give up on them Lord. You will keep knocking on that door until they answer.
