Tale of Two Pastors
We got up this morning and were treated to a wonderful breakfast. We then headed to
Kortessem to attend service. The church @ Kortessem was planted by the church @ Diepenbeek around 3+ years ago.

It was quite an experience hearing the name of Jesus proclaimed in another language and sharing in the Lord´s table. It brought home the great truth that we are all in one Body - the church (Ephesians 4:4-5). I enjoyed the song Lord I Lift Your Name on High since I could recognize the music & sing along in English.

As it turns out two pastors were schedued to preach today. Our own Milt Johnson & a pastor from Lommel (which is in the northern region of Limburg province, we are in southern region) named Martin who graciously agreed to let Milt preach. However the projector that was to be used to display the translated sermon was not working and no one felt comfortable translating the sermon on the fly (including Milt).

Martin delivered a powerful sermon, which Jonathon, the pastor of Kortessem was kind enough to translate into English sitting behind us. The sermon was based on Mark 2:1-12, which as it turns out was the same passage that Milt was going to teach from. Apparently God intended this church to hear the message & the call to make sure that other people hear & see that Jesus is home in Kortessem one way or another. One of the main points driven home was the fact that it was the faith of the 4 friends that Jesus saw & their desire to bring the sick man to Him no matter what. May we have that faith to bring the sick whom Jesus came to seek & to save to Him too.



After service we were able to meet many people from the church, most of whom could speak English and were interested in hearing about America.

Later in the day we visited Tongeren, but more on that later I am being called to a game of dominoes...

Google Earth link to the Neven home. The vineyard is to the left.