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Fasting days: a unique event

From 24 to 26 January we had again a few fasting days, this time in “de Boerekreek” in St.-Jan-in-Eremo (East-Flanders). It was the first time we went to this location and that always gives some extra tension. Will the rooms be ok? Will it be warm enough over there? Last year in the Ardennes it was very cold the first day since the heating was not up in time…
We were warmly welcomed by the staff of “de Boerekreek” and we got the restaurant for our meetings. The rooms were very clean and all rooms had a separate bathroom with a shower and a toilet and it was nicely warm everywhere, which is very nice when fasting a few days.

We enjoyed times of marvelous worship, powerful studies, many moments of silences – In which we could soak or go for a walk in the beautiful nature surrounding the center – and times of prayer for each other, the country, our churches and many other subjects.
As Tamara put it nicely: “We have been fed very well once again!”

A whole new life

Here is the story of how Tamara met Jesus and how He changed her life completely.

Here is how she tells her story:

“I grew up in a Catholic family. From the age of 10 till I was 14, I went faithfully to church every Sunday although under mild pressure of my Grandma. I believed in God and read the Bible in those years. However, I didn’t like church: cold and very unpleasant to be there as a child.

In the following years faith was shut out completely. Church was expendable.

Dora tells her story:
“I want to quickly tell you about a recent special blessing, a blessing that is directly connected to the sow-box. At the beginning of the service on Sunday (on the day the Fatherheartschool would begin) I noticed I only had some small change and one 20 euro banknote left.

After the service I was to join the association that promotes physical exercise for women having had breast cancer, for their annual walk at 1:30pm in Korbeek-Lo. In between I would bring my daughter to a friend, so no time left to find an ATM to get some money. Soon mixed feelings troubled me. On one hand I usually put something in the sow-box on the other I knew that meant I would be without money after the walk.

It is the habit to go for pancakes and a drink with the girls after the walk, just for fun but also as a way to support our association.

The latter option was the more attractive one, but as the service started I soon felt I would fail God and the pancake later that day could never be tasty.

The service dealt with the certainty we may have deep in our heart we can trust God in everything and so I did put my banknote in the sow-box. As I arrived for the walk my friends had just left –I had texted them not to wait for me and I would catch up with them. I enjoyed the gorgeous weather and the surroundings when suddenly, not even a km further I spotted a 20 euro banknote on the road. There were no houses, no one was around, and there just was this bank note lying on the ground. Isn’t that wondrous? The pancakes after the walk tasted ever so good and there was some money left over to give the association a little extra. God does take care of us and in everything. Thank You, Father!”