The purpose of the school is to reach the next generation for Christ so that they will be educated and equipped. This education and training will allow them to be sent out from their village to go where the Lord sends them in order to fulfill the great commission. The vision of the church they plant will be for the purpose of raising up believers, filled with the Holy Spirit and empowered for holy living and to works of service for the Kingdom of Heaven.

“May we be supported to reach as many for the Kingdom of God as possible. We give our lives to the joy of serving the Lord of the harvest! Please partner with us as we ask Him for the nations and peoples of the Middle and Near East.”

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Arriving in Brussels

Well, after a long flight with little sleep, we made it! Our first few days have been amazing! We are still getting settled and waiting on our container to arrive with all of our furniture and household things. Please pray that our container clears customs with no problems. We can’t tell you how grateful we are for each and everyone of you. Your support, your prayers, your love…it means the world to us and we could definitely not be doing this without you. We pray you see return both in this life and the next for all that you have given! We love you! To learn more check out our website: http://www.ninthhour.org/09/

Nathan, Courtney, Ashlyn, Madysen, Kadyn, and Judah

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We are writing with joy and thankfulness to you all for your love, prayers, and support.  Since the Christmas Season, when we last wrote to update you all, we were in a fight to stay in Austria. Our paperwork for our visa was not accepted because of a small technicality, and it looked like we would possibly have to go home, or travel outside of Austria for some time.  Our host home family went to battle for us, and now nearly 3 months later we have our visa to stay in Austria until November 2010! Thank you for all the prayers for this matter.

What’s Happening?

As a team over the past two months, we have been strengthened by the presence of three more team members who had been in the States waiting to return.  Steve Espamer, the Father to our team and pastoral leader, has helped our team focus our vision, and create specific strategy to carry it out. Steve and his wife Kathleen are committed to seeing a revival start in Wolfsberg, and spread to the rest of Austria. Jeff Mitchell, along with his girlfriend Emily, are here also for 3 months. They carry compassion and power to help the young people right where they are.

Youth Group

UP! Is the name for the group of young people who come together Friday evenings to hear the word, enter in to worship and HAVE FUN! This past month’s theme was LOVE! March will be themed around “ Wake Up - The time is now” Youth retreat with special guest Bryan Leach!

One of the things that we were praying for throughout the summer was to be able to have a youth room of our own. We had been holding our weekly youth meetings in the church sanctuary, but we needed a place that the young people could call their own. God has succeeded our request, and we now have our own room for UP youth, as well as a monthly youth budget to get all the essentials for youth ministry! The room was pretty empty at first, but God surprised us again with a shopping spree! We were able to equip the UP Youth Room with new couches, a microwave for popcorn, Nintendo Wii, Dart Board, and Foosball, and Ping Pong tables.

Testimonies!

Silvia and her boyfriend Stevie experienced God in powerful ways during the summer months that we spent here. Unfortunately after the couple months that we spent away from Austria we were unable to connect with them again when we returned in November 2009. Now after being here again for 3 months these two gems have returned with more passion than before. Recently they were at a conference with other youth from UP, and they were both baptized in water. At this event Silvia prayed for a man with one shorter leg, and saw the power of God through her as the leg grew out right in front of her eyes!
One of the team’s highest priorities is to connect with Heaven in Worship and Prayer. Thursday nights there is a LIFE meeting devoted to bringing the Kingdom to earth in this way.

The parents of Silvia from our Youth Group have been affected in their family and marriage by the work of the enemy. Recently the doors were opened for Steve, Kady, and I to have relationship with them. Talks over dinner, and coffee meetings have turned into deep conversations about Jesus, leading to prayer times with them together. He has had his hope in God sparked again as we prayed prophetically for him. She has been given joy and strength after we prayed one evening specifically for her about not being able to sleep through the night. The next day she shared with a big smile on her face about her wonderful night of rest! God is invading their household and family!

The best reward that we can ask for here is to see the young people we are reaching out to really take a hold of the truth and run on their own with it. Anja is one of our friends here who has done that in amazing ways. She is one of our core students who is passionate about seeing God’s power transform the city, starting with anyone she can get her hands on! She prays for her class mates and friends from school, and at Friday night UP meetings she is the one the other girl students are looking up to, and are willing to receive from.

We Need Your Help!

We are extremely grateful for all that you, as family and friends, have done for us individually and now together in our missions trips over the last 6 years!  Collectively we have taken the Gospel to 8 different nations and none of that would have been possible without the prayer, financial, and relational support from each one of you!

Since our first visit to Austria last April we have spent 7 months in Wolfsberg, sowing into the ground seeds for revival to come to this nation, as well as reaping a harvest of souls, from seeds we have and haven’t sown. It is an honor to carry this message of truth and love in Christ Jesus to the nations, see lives transformed and hearts brought to life again! Our work with the young people of Wolfsberg is the most invested mission that we have done thus far. We left our home, families, jobs, and culture to be here for this time and believe that God is prospering those sacrifices to be here. Our plan is to be here until the fall, and we are praying about what God has for us here beyond that.

In order for us to continue the work God has given us to do here in Austria we are asking for your support again. You can be praying that God would reveal His plan for us, and open doors to carry it out, pray that Kady and I would have wisdom to lead our team, and heavenly strategies to reach the young people here most effectively.

Financially we need to raise a total of $1000 monthly to cover our financial needs. If 25 people could give only $40 a month we would have our needs met every month!

We thank you all for the way that you are involved in bringing the Kingdom to Wolfsberg!

Dylan & Kady Krause

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Here is a look at our most recent newsletter.

March 2010 Greetings From Modern Day! God is so good and He is blessing Modern Day in some amazing ways. We are thankful for all the people around the world that make what we do possible. We are excited about the oportunities we have been given to see His name proclaimed and His kingdom come! Below you will find just a few things that are happening around the world with Modern Day. Success Story: “Big News From Brussels” Ninth Hour Ministries is happy to announce that they have acquired the building they have been praying for. Jon & Destiny Vandeput and Gary & Jerri Benjamin are pursuing the opening of a House of Prayer in Brussels, Belgium. A location was needed in order to facilitate this ministry of bringing a culture shift to the heart of Europe. They found the perfect location and through the very generous gifts of their supporters, they were able to secure it. Click here to read more. Promoting Missions: Masters Commission Conference, Dallas Modern Day attended the 2010 annual Masters Commission Conference in Dallas, TX and set up an exhibit booth. We got to talk to students from all over the world and hear about some of the dreams they have for taking the gospel to the nations. So many of the students we spoke with had a passion for missions and a desire to be used by God in another nation. Answer To Prayer: Shaun and Amanda Wissmann, Peru Shaun and Amanda wondered how they were going to get all the money they needed to continue their work in Lima, Peru. Recently they were given a large gift that paved the way for them to keep ministering. “We struggled about trusting.” Shaun said “Finally this Sunday we gave up worrying. Monday we found out that we have $5,550 dedicated to our mission work. Nice and simple, and it had nothing to do with Amanda and I”. Praise God for his faithfulness and for people that are obedient to his call.Click here to read more. Worshiping In France: Andrew Dunn, Denmark Over Valentines Weekend, Andrew was invited to a youth leadership training in Nice, France, along with people from Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, the UK and New Zealand. “There is always a special anointing present when we gather across national and cultural boundaries in the bond of unity that Jesus brings to lift up His name, and advance His kingdom here on the earth”. Andrew was one of the worship leaders for this special event. He is on the volunteer teaching staff at the International Apostolic Bible College in Kolding, Denmark where he serves in several areas including worship. Visit our website www.modernday.org Modern Day exists to build bridges between those who are called to go into all the world and those called to send them. Project Spotlight: Coffee House One of the projects we are working on for the fall of 2010 is to start a coffee house in Southeast Asia. This coffee house will be a tool for building strong relationships among the unreached people groups of this region. Blog: Interested in what Modern Day staff is thinking? Check out our latest blog entries here. Resource Spotlight: Revolutionaries Men and women in every Century Who Advanced Christianity. -by Matt Brown “Revolutionaries tells the stories of the people who took Christianity from its beginning, to what is now the world’s largest religion.” If you are interested in purchasing a copy of Revolutionaries, you can find it at thinke.org. Thank you so much for your prayers and your support for this ministry. We invite you to join us in our mission to help spread the good news of Jesus Christ. We could not be doing this without your help. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with us by making a financial contribution? If you would like to make a monthly commitment to Modern Day, you can easily set up recurring donations through our secure giving site here. If you prefer to send us a check you can mail it to the P.O. Box below. We really appreciate your support. Through the generosity of God’s people, His word is being proclaimed and His name is being known. Jesse Heikkila Director, Modern Day www.modernday.org P.O. Box 535578 Grand Prairie, TX 75053 About | Blog |Donate | Field Workers | Contact ]]> http://modernday.org/read-our-newsletter/feed http://modernday.org/when-fads-fade http://modernday.org/when-fads-fade#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:40:29 +0000 Jesse Heikkila http://modernday.org/?p=876 Remember ‘Crystal Pepsi’, or ‘Zubaz’ pants?  How about the ‘Clapper’ or cordless phones?  Do these bring back memories of the good days gone by? I don’t know about you, but at the time, these seemed like some of the greatest ideas of the century.  Now looking back I just have to smile and shake my head. What were we thinking?  Do you think there are things today that we love or use on a daily basis that in ten years we will look back and laugh?  I can think of a few but I’m not making any predictions. The thing about fads is that they come and get us excited with what Webster defines as “exaggerated zeal”.  They satisfy for a moment and then leave us empty looking for the next best thing.  We can get so involved emotionally and it can be hard to let go.  (Like the guy I saw yesterday with ‘Zubaz’ pants on.)  Sometimes these fads make a reappearance, and the cycle starts again. The great thing about our God is that He remains constant.  He is the same yesterday, today and forever.  What He said, He will do.  What He started, He will complete.  Even when our emotions come and go, He continues to be good.  He is a solid foundation that can never be moved. I pray that you remember this the next time you’re driving in your hybrid, listening to your Ipod, and sipping a Starbucks.  What’s here today may be gone tomorrow, but Jesus will always be the same.  He loves you with exaggerated zeal, and nothing can separate you from His unwavering love. Jesse Heikkila Director of Modern Day ]]> http://modernday.org/when-fads-fade/feed