they prayed for 100 years

twas a week of adventure.

our dts took the bahn to Herrnhut for the dna conference with Loren and Darlene Cunningham and other speakers. the entire conference lasts three weeks, but we only spent a week there.

Herrnhut is a klein Dorf close to the border of poland and czech. the name translated is God's hut. it has more meaning than realized. the base in Herrnhut is amazing. it's a water castle that was added to the ywam family by God's grace and leading. and the history of the village of Herrnhut is something else too!

the village is the central point of where the first evangelistic missionaries were sent out from. they went to st. thomas, an island in the carribean. over the years, the village was the place of the 24-7 prayer movement. it stood for 100 years. for more information, please pursue it....

needless to say, God put the base there for a reason and it was a blessing being there learning more about it, and ywam.

i had the priviledge of hearing Loren and Darlene speak (the founders of ywam). they are a cute older couple, but still on fire for the Lord.

most of us slept in big tents for the first few days, until the heating went out and the temperature dropped below 20 farenheit, -6 celsius. then everyone was moved around....

i think it was the second night we were there, dominik, tanja and myself hitched to czech.
hitch hiking in europe is so different than in the states. three of us were picked up within ten minutes. our new friend took us just over the poland border. there we walked about 3-4km over the border to czech and into the first town. we enjoyed some food. dominik and myself danced crazy in the hallway to the toilette because the wall was a giant mirror!
on the way back, i felt an impression to get on the road because our ride was coming. looking behind us there was no cars... and i felt it again, so i walked across the street, dominik following. looking back, a car started coming. we stuck out our thumbs and our ride pulled over. it was a huge blessing! he took us all the way to herrnhut, because there was no more bus's from zittau. another huge blessing!
our experience does press my heart to ask you to be praying for a child we met in czech. he was young and under some influence of something. it was weird and a bit hard to see.

Father, we lift this child up to You, and all others that are in the same circumstances. please show them Your love and fill their needs with Your answers. may Your will be done in this place... in the world!

upon arriving back, the rest of the week continued to be a joy as we made friends, worshipped and enjoyed mass fellowship with others.

i do admit, most of the lectures or topics they spoke on, i feel went over my head. there was one topic in particular that hit hard though.
Darlene spoke about comparing ourselves to others. whoa.... talk about hitting home.
she compared it to an orchestra... some are playing a bass, others a piano and maybe you are playing a flute. if you are too busy paying attention to the bass player, you are going to miss your notes. you need to continue on playing your part. alone, you can't do it, but together, with all the others, it a beautiful thing! so play your part and don't worry about the others.

it was hard saying goodbye to everyone and i do desire to go back. i was also blessed with many invites to other places across the world... so we'll see what God has!

on the way back at one of our places we switched bahns, i went off by myself and was taking photos when a frau, about my age, approached me with her dog. we chatted a little and she showed me the pictures of her friends on her camera. she told me how she was on her way to help her oma (grandma) in dresdan and how the privious day she partied all day with her friends.... (as the pictures revealed). i looked up and my bahn had arrived so i had to leave, but i really wanted to ask if i could pray with her. it was then, along with the privious weeks adventures, that my heart was pressed with something deep. i feel God is giving me a glimse of what He may want to do with me in the future. i know that God is amazing, and i will continue to seek Him on all of it before i continue to go on, but please keep me in your prayers with all of it.

today was good. i slept for 11 hours and went to church. i really enjoy the kids here. after the Easter retreat, there is an ongoing joke of "Guten Morgen" no matter what time of day it is. so upon seeing them, there's a "Guten Morgen" greeting following and followed by a huge smile and hugs.
after, i went to eriks (staff and my small group leader) and spent time there. we picked up this weeks speaker from the airport and had a nice chat with a british man on the way there, a drunk polish man and a man handing out stuff about sick children. dinner followed sometime later and now this blog.

i look forward to this weeks lectures and this friday coming up is a huge day too!
may 1st.
when the nazis and the punks collide.
so please keep us with your prayers, that we would be sensative to what God would like to do, for the city and minimum riots.
God is bigger and we are not fighting against people, but rulers, spiritual enemies and the plans of the enemy. let's stand up and claim the victory we already have. let's claim that same victory for God's children who are caught up in this world and it's lies. God is bigger. so much BIGGER.
prayer works. so please pray for these strongholds of the enemy to be broken and for release of His Spirit on the people here. i look forward to telling you all about what happens!

thank you.

to be completely honest, i still need things.
i'm short for tuition by $2,000 yet. it was due already.
it's seems big, but i am still filled with a peace.... but still short.
i also need other things. they don't sell v-necks here... haha, i know what you are thinking...
and yes, i am asking for a package of medium v-neck t-shirts. i am low.
i could also use a digital camera. i enjoy film, but it's not as social as a quick snap shot here or there and i can't develope them until i'm back in the states... among other things are deoderant... (old spice....clear solid).... they only sell spray here... and some trailmix..... if possible :)

thank you all for the prayers. i'm so stoked for what God is doing and i'm seriously looking forward to all that He has coming up, even 5 minutes from now.

i suppose my last two requests before ending this novella type entry.... are, if you live in rapid city, call my mom, drop by, or send her a letter and tell her that she is amazing. i love her and miss her. give her a hug for me. even if it's in a letter! and the rest of my family too! if you know them, tell them i love and miss them.
and last but not least... pray that i will learn german. it's till hard for me to understand it as others speak so that can create a hinderance trying to speak to random people on the streets. i ask that you would keep it in your prayers. it's been an amazing progress so far, so all praise to God. so i look forward to more too!

addresses....

for financial blessings, or encouragement to my mum... please send to my moms...

either
israel boyce or Kim boyce
3741 canyon lake dr. 2-307
rapid city, sd 57702

i was also encouraged to use paypal... so if you want to send some that way, let me know.... they will charge me a fee.... so be aware...

and for all other blessings....

israel boyce
c/o JMEM berlin
sandino strasse
13055 Berlin, Germany

thank you again for everything!

may God bless all of you with His absolute joy and light of His grace.
don't give up...and don't be comparing yourselves with others.
you are you for a reason.
and you are loved, blessed and here for a reason.
i love and miss all of you.

Bis später!

-israel