Newsletter - November 2023
- Luz Leidy Sanabria Jaimes
- Nov 9, 2023
- 5 min read
Updated: Nov 13, 2023
Dear Friends, Family & Supporters
Special greetings from Basel, Switzerland & Lörrach, Germany
It is always a joy for me to share with you what God is doing among us, personally and in our ministry.
It is an honor to be part of God's purposes for the nations, and to know Him more and more during the process is our reward.
Thank you for your beautiful friendship, faithful support and lovely prayers on our behalf.
May God bless you, reward you and bring fruit to the work of your hands.
Lucca, Italy
July 17 to July 24
Pastors Tony & Martha, from Lucca, Italy invited me to visit their church.
I met them 13 years ago during an outreach I led in Italy in 2010.
It was a great joy for me and for them to meet each other again!
During this week I was able to share mainly with the young people.
We had times of teaching, prayer, worship and counseling.
I also got the opportunity to preach at the main service on Sunday and we had different opportunities of fellowship with the members of the church. What a beautiful time together!
Discipleship BibleSchool (DBS)
July 31 to October 22
We praise God for the privilege we had to run our first Discipleship Bible School (DBS).
Since 2017, I personally had the desire that we could have a Discipleship Bible School in YWAM Basel. Therefore, we thank the staff team from YWAM Cartagena who came to pioneer it this year and the 6 students from Colombia, Mexico and the Netherlands who came to meet with God, to receive a panorama of the whole Bible, to be transformed by the revelation of Jesus in the Scriptures and to continue with the personal callings in the nations.
During these three months, the whole team supported different local ministries in Basel, they did evangelism on the streets and through the open classes every Tuesday night they shared with some of our local friends what they learned through the weeks.
I personally enjoyed a lot having fellowship with the whole team and worshiping Jesus together. I supported the DBS through translation, worship, advertising, teaching and making bridges with the local church in Basel and the border of Germany to carry out activities of evangelism.
We hope to be able to continue offering this School in the coming years.
I believe that taking the time to study the Word of God is the greatest personal investment.
Freiburg
August
I thank God for the great time He allowed me to live in one of the houses of YWAM Freiburg for 8 months.
I could make new friends in YWAM Germany, serve in the House of Prayer, the Stadtpiraten Ministry and the Calvary Chapel Church.
I look forward to see them again!
Lörrach Haagen
I thank some of my friends for their help to move my things to an apartment in Lörrach Haagen where I can live temporarily until the end of June next year. It means that I will need to find another place soon to live in Germany.
Fellowship Day - Riehen
September 2
I got the privilege to be part of a special gathering of different ministries and organizations that work together towards unity and community through their projects and visions for the city. We got inspired by great speakers, we had good times of prayer, worship, fellowship and we got to know more what God is doing in our region.
YWAM Switzerland Gathering
September 4
On September 4th, we celebrated our annual gathering of YWAM Switzerland in beautiful Yverdon. It was an amazing time to meet with YWAMers from different bases in our nation. We had great times of fellowship, prayer, worship, and we got inspired by the input of our guest Keith
Warrington on the Kingdom of God.
Praise Camp Meeting 2024
September 8
I got invited to join one of the meetings for the preparation of the Praise Camp 2024 in Basel. This was an incredible opportunity to be part of the greatest Christian youth event in the city. Thousands of young people come to Basel to this Camp every two years to meet with God, be encouraged and receive passion for Jesus. I am looking forward for the next meetings!
YWAM Wiler Retreat
September 15 to September 17
YWAM Wiler is one of our special friends. From the beginning of the establishment of our base they have helped us a lot and they continue supporting us through their friendship, prayers and sending teams to support our activities. I enjoyed a lot spending this retreat with them and they also asked me to share during one of their sessions about the principles I have learned through pionnering.
Lörrach
Networking
During my first two months in this new city I have been visiting different churches and connecting with leaders of ministries in Lörrach and other cities near the border of Germany. I have been sharing about our vision for the tri-border region and how we can partner for God's kingdom.
Ministry Support
JC2033
As one of the Ambassadors of the movement JC2033, we meet the last Friday of every month to pray, hear testimonies and celebrate what God is doing around the world for the celebration of the 2000 anniversary of Jesus resurrection in 2033. It is incredible to see and hear how God is working through so many ministries around the world towards the multiplication of the harvest in the next 10 years. Wow! God is moving and He is planning something big for the World to see!
Netzwerk Basel
We got invited as YWAM Basel to join the assembly of Netzwerk Basel ministry.
They are precious friends to us and it is our joy to support them in their evangelistic activities. We support Netzwerk Basel ministry since 2009 and we are glad to have the privilege to be part of their team.
Kirche Kunterbunt
Kirche Kunterbunt is a new format of church for families and kids organized by Maya Frei and her team from Kornfeldkirche. It is beautiful to see how the families and their kids enjoy the fellowship with their families while they learn from the Word of God in a new way.
Outreach Teams
Colombia
Since October 16th we have been receiving again Outreach Teams from YWAM Colombia.
They come from the Discipleship Training School and the Mission School in YWAM Cartagena and a staff team from YWAM Bogotá. I have been coordinating their logistic to do ministry in Basel, Switzerland and Lörrach/Friedlingen, Germany. They have been doing evangelism, intercession, social work and sharing the Gospel with refugees. We love sharing this time with them. They bring so much joy and love for the people!
Bible Distribution Campaing
November 4
Thanks to the support of the Discipleship Training Schools of YWAM Wiler and the outreach Teams from YWAM Colombia we were able to visit 324 homes in Kleinhüningen, Basel and share Bibles and New Testaments in Albanian, Portuguese, German, Tamil, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish and some key Chains with digital Bibles in many more languages.
Thank you so much for your friendship and your support in prayer and finances.
Thank you for being part of my team and for walking with me and with us for God's purposes in Switzerland, Germany, Europe and the nations!
Your Friend,
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