We love Christmas! What I love most about this season in Europe is the atmosphere that’s created. There’s more focus on experiencing the Christmas sea

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We love Christmas! What I love most about this season in Europe is the atmosphere that’s created. There’s more focus on experiencing the Christmas season. Everywhere you look there are lights. The Grand place has a spectacular light show, a huge tree and greater than life size nativity scene (a nativity scene with live sheep). Christmas markets are set up with incredible street food, a skating rink and ferris wheel. Check out the video above to take a look. Everywhere we go Colton is constantly saying, “WOW mom look! Christmas!” He has been so much fun to share this season with. He was so careful putting every ornament on the tree and would continuously affirm me, “good job mama”, as I was clearly the helper in the decorating process. He is so full of awe and anticipation. I love that, because Christmas is about one of the greatest miracles of all time. It’s a reminder of God’s fulfilled promise to the world, bringing hope and joy. Naturally this time should fill us with awe, remembering and celebrating the best miracle of all time, and at the same time fill us with anticipation of the incredible gifts God gives.

Awe and Anticipation.

We are full of awe of what God has done this year.

We are in awe of God’s goodness.
We are in awe of the two beautiful boys he’s given us.
We are in awe of the things God has allowed us to be a part of here in Europe.
We are in awe of the transformation taking place through our adopt a community program.
We are in awe of young people’s lives being impacted through discipleship.
We are in awe of the support and generosity God has surrounded us with.
We are in awe of the power of His love.

Awe and Anticipation.

We are full of anticipation for what God wants to do this coming year.

We are anticipating a fully attended discipleship conference in March.
We are anticipating young people’s hearts to hunger for more of God.
We are anticipating bondage to be broken and passion ignited.
We are anticipating joy for those who are lost.
We are anticipating hope for those who are hurting.
We are anticipating stories of life change.
We are anticipating God to do more than we thought was possible.

We pray that you all have a great Christmas season, full of awe and anticipation.

As we anticipate an INCREASE of God in Europe we know we cannot do this without you. We are counting on your increased prayer, relational and financial support. Are you up for the challenge?

How you can INCREASE your prayers support.

Commit to praying for us a minimum of 30 mins. a week.

Pray for our conference taking place March 7th and 8th. This is an incredible opportunity for God’s presence to make an impact in hundreds of young people.
Pray for Hannah who will be on a week long winter retreat with youth from Club Beyond December 29th-January 4th. This is an outreach trip and there are 19 coming from the community here in Brussels. Please pray for everyone to experience God, some for the first time.
Pray for Colton as he continues to develop in school. Already we can hear him speaking French to his teacher and friends. We know this will be an amazing open door for us to share God´s love.
Pray for our local church. The have hired youth pastors who start in January and the discipleship school´s role within the church plays a large role in discipling the youth of our area and nation.

How you can INCREASE your financial support.

Plain and simple, ministry costs money. Although God’s love is a free gift, it costs money to deliver that love… plane tickets, gas, meeting practical needs for those who are in need, keeping the Tarantino’s in Europe so we can have relationship and love on those who don’t know Jesus personally. The more money given, the more people we can reach and the longer we can stay to minister to people here. We are so thankful for the ways you have given the past 5 years and we want to see an INCREASE of what God is doing. Therefore we need an INCREASE in financial support.

Would you consider one of the following options.

Support us monthly.
Increase your monthly support.
If a monthly commitment is too difficult, would you consider giving a one time donation?

How you can INCREASE your relational support.

We value each and every one of you and we long to keep in touch with you. It is a huge encouragement to us knowing you think of us. So please write us a note to say hi or let us know what’s going on in your life! We love hearing from you guys and sharing life together, even if it’s an ocean away. Thank you for your friendship and care for our family. We love you guys!

UPDATES & MORE

Every time we send an update out, we sit down and actually discuss what to share. There are so many things that are happening and that we are a part of, we would need 4-5 pages each month just to get it all in.

We have written about a few bigger events that have happened recently on our blog.

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Discipleship Network :: Director´s Retreat
One of our main events we organised for leaders in the European discipleship network.
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Grace is all you need
Thoughts from Hannah regarding a study she's teaching with her high school small group.
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Convoy of Hope :: Bulgaria
Hear about the impact Convoy is making in communities in Bulgaria.
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Leadership Development :: Scotland
Meeting the next generation of leaders.
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The Power of Your Story
Nolan shares on what God has been doing in his heart.

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