June 15, 2009

A high-energy children's musical featuring a message that Jesus is your friend entitled "The Puzzle" is seeing results in lives of both children and their parents.  Dave and Audra Daniel, AGWM Personnel in Berlin, Germany first hosted a team presenting this musical in 2007.  A bright, eager 7-year-old, Jonas, was always there, willing to help with the set-up and tear down.  He made a real impression on Dave Daniel, but he could not follow-up on this contact as he could not obtain Jonas' address.

In 2008, a second "Puzzle" outreach made it possible for Daniel to reconnect with Jonas and thus obtain his address but then, he could never find Jonas or his mother at home.  Now, some months later, Jonas and his younger brother Hadi have been coming faithfully, along with their mother, to the Daniel's Friday children's program.  Jonas is longing for attention.  His Mom is thrilled to be able to bring her boys and has helped with the clean-up each week.  They invited another family with young boys to come who had also been to the Puzzle outreach.

Now they are coming as well on Sunday morning to the church.  The mother, Kristine, has committed to come to the Alpha course, a home meal and meeting group focusing on presenting Christ to non-believers which continues for 8 weeks.  The Daniels are praying for this entire family to find Jesus as their Savior.  And it all started with a musical!