Mission Trip to Germany


A team of CPN students went on a mission trip to Germany from June 20-July 8, 2018. In total there were 12 that participated in the project and we are amazed to see what God did through them.
They said that their experience in Europe was very different because they needed to create friendships before they were able to actually minister to people. Open evangelism isn’t as commonly seen there and people tend to be more closed off to Christianity without a friendship being established first.

The team was able to minister to refugees from other countries. They actually did an outreach called Bless the Block where they cleaned the building where the refugees live. They said this was a very eye opening experiencing; it humbled them and Juan Miguel says, “It was honestly one of the most disgusting things I’ve done because the place was so dirty, but I know that we were loving the people by doing this.”

The group ministered to refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, and Afghanistan. One night they hosted an “International Dinner” and invited the refugees along with other people that were in the area. They had Colombian food, German food, African food, Arabic food, etc. It was a special time of coming together in unity despite cultural difference.
Instead of doing a lot of workshops on topics such as worship, inner healing, evangelism, leadership, etc. like one would normally do on many mission trips the team worked on these topics as a team and demonstrated them to the people they were working with. This was a very different strategy for many of the members of the team but they said it was a lot more effective with the people they worked with.

In this team we saw God provide where there were no funds. People preached in English for the first time, stepped outside of their comfort zones, and used their gifts and talents to advance the Kingdom of Heaven. There was a time where Juan Miguel was preaching in Spanish, Lukas translated to German, and one of the refugees translated to Persian.





We are looking forward to see what God will continue to do in the lives of these students and others.

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