A couple of months ago, a good friend of the Ploners, Jin-Ok - asked if she could present the vision for Philosophia and “House Nazareth” to a missions congress in her homeland, Korea.
The presentation was on Tuesday evening. Jin-Ok wrote:
“Everything went well yesterday evening.
Only the time for my presentation (60 minutes) was almost too short, but the result was that the interest of the participants was that much greater. So, there is another meeting planned…
A reporter from a newspaper wants to write an interview (article) about me and “House Nazareth”…
So, the first stone is moving. I’m excited!
God’s grace is so greaaaaaat!”
Would you please pray that God will continue to open the hearts of these friends in Korea (and around the world) to the immense need of Berlin and all of Europe for a place like “House Nazareth” as a light and witness there?
THANKS!!

Ann and I saw “Amazing Grace” on Friday evening.
We thought the portrayal of John Newton was particularly powerful.
What did you think about it?
Comments welcome! (-:

I want to strongly encourage you to carve out some time this weekend to see the film “Amazing Grace”, the story of the life and work of William Wilberforce, the British believer who battled for years against enormous odds to abolish the trans-Atlantic slave trade. It was produced by Walden Media (Narnia, etc.)
The opening weekend is always crucial for how long a film will remain in theaters.
So, if at all possible, plan to go as soon at it opens near you.
You can check out more about the film and find a theater where it is being shown at the movie website:
www.amazinggracemovie.com

Hi and Good Morning!
It’s almost 5:00am and I’m sitting with the printer as it produces the new newsletter. (I do plan on going back to bed for a little while soon.)
The letter should be in the mail by Friday and hopefully in your mailbox (postbox? letterbox?… interesting variations between American and British English… mmm… German is Briefkasten=letterbox, which would seem to put the Berliner on the side of the English).
Apropo “Berliner”… Yes, it is true that John Kennedy’s famous statement on his visit to the then-divided city in 1961 is ambiguous. It could be understood to say “I’m a jelly doughnut!” (JFK: “Ich bin ein Berliner!”… a native speaker would probably have said: “Ich bin Berliner!”, since “ein Berliner” is a jelly filled pastry.
Have a wonderful day! Thank you for your continued prayers that God will raise up ministry partners to move the remodeling of “House Nazareth” into real time action.

Well, I admit that heading is a bit over the top… but:

We’ve been working like beavers on a “new, improved” blog and hope you’ll be encouraged at the results.

I just came to the place where there had to be a simpler, less time-consuming way to post things. We found it in the share-ware program “WordPress”, the structure behind the new look.

It’s been a lot of work, but I think it will really help facilitate not just “telling” the news about House Nazareth, Philosophia and our personal ministry, but also help build a deeper sharing and communication network with our friends and ministry partners.

We’ve transported the content over to the new site, so you can review previous news and notes. We hope to add more features as time progresses.

Thanks for your patience - and I hope that the new blog will be worth the long wait.