Dear Praying Partners,

n May, my dear f r iend Wil l i S l ischewski inv i ted me to speak at h is church's two day family

retreat. I spoke to h is church family about the importance of uni ty - uni ty with God, the family, and in the church. We had a wonderfu l t ime of fe l lowship and act iv i t ies. We are thankful for their encouragement to us as we serve together here in the state of Bavar ia. As you th ink of us and our ministry, would you also add their church, the Freie Bapt isten Gemeinde Eichstätt , to your prayer l is t as wel l?

had another opportuni ty to speak in Jackson's school. Once a year, parents are

invi ted to read a short book to students in var ious c lasses. This year, I read a book in Jackson's th ird grade c lass and three other c lasses. The book spoke about being specia l in the eyes of God, and I was del ighted to hear much posi t ive feedback from many of the students.

he highl ight of June was our second annual BBQ Fest that our church hosted, a long with

help from our s ister church in Oberpfraundorf and the Engl ish speaking church, where my dad is the pastor. I t was held in the park ing lot in f ront of our church bui ld ing. This year we served roughly 125 pounds of pul led pork to about 200 people from the community at no cost. The f inancia l costs were great ly worth i t s ince we clear ly presented the Gospel through a short message that was given by Pastor Keith Klaus, through songs witha gospel message and through brochures, which we passed out to

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every guest. We personal ly spoke with several famil ies, one of which said they wi l l def in i te ly be coming to our church services.

h is year, we invi ted a few local businesses to sel l their products, such as the cupcake

shop located in our town The owner of the cupcake shop, Stefan, a lso owns a pr int shop, and we were able to get a l l our advert is ing for the BBQ Fest through him for a very low pr ice. We have been able to develop a c lose re lat ionship with h im, in so much, that he considers us to be his f r iends! In the middle of organiz ing everything for the BBQ Fest, Stefan to ld me that we was amazed how happy we were, even though th ings were very stressful . He said that most of the people he knows are too ser ious when th ings are stressful , but we are always happy. I gave him a l i t t le secret, which he accepted appreciat ively. . . we have overf lowing joy because Christ has changed our l ives. He also remarked that h is customers are very rude to h im even when he doing his best to help them with their pr int needs. He commented that we are not l ike that. He asked why people are so rude today. I gave him another secret. . .

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SENT BY: Temple Baptist Church, Dr. Clarence Sexton, Pastor, P.O. Box 328, Powell, TN 37848, 865.938.8182

EMAIL: bkjradank@gmail.com FIELD ADDRESS: Hans-Herget-Str. 5, 93073 Neutraubling, Germany

I t is a s in problem. I expla ined that Jesus gave His whole l i fe for people because He loved

them, and people

responded to that love by nai l ing Him to a

cross. Please

pray that the Lord wi l l use these words to draw Stefan to Himself .

o lomon said in Proverbs 27:17, " I ron sharpeneth i ron; so a man sharpeneth the

countenance of h is f r iend." The last couple of weeks we have had our i ron sharpened by some of our dear f r iends.

Stephen and Jocelyn Troel l , a long with their three gir ls , have been vis i t ing us for the last couple of weeks. They were a tremendous help dur ing our BBQ Fest! Because of Stephen's love for I ta l ian gelato, we have spent much t ime at our local , family owned gelato shop. We have gotten to know the employees very wel l , so much so that the owner at tended our BBQ

Fest! Our co-workers, Todd and Kim Lapato were able to ta lk to the the owner and his family s ince our BBQ Fest, and they have been able to share the Gospel with them.

e were also encouraged by the vis i t of Jonathan and Natal ie VandenHurk.

Jonathan is the pastor of Calvary Bapt ist Church in Peterborough, England.

Jonathan and I were students together at Crown Col lege and he and his wife have been serving the Lord in England s ince 2013.

They were having "hol iday" in Germany and wanted to spend t ime with us. I gave them and the Troel l family an unprofessional guided tour of Regensburg, and we had such a great t ime together! We even ate bratwurst in the famous Bratwurst Ki tchen that has been there s ince the 1100's.

une 3rd was our 12th wedding anniversary. My wife deserves a specia l crown in Heaven

for putt ing up with me for so long. Thanks go out to a l l those that sent congratulatory cards!

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Stefan and his cupcakes at our BBQ Fest

Stephen Troell and I eating bratwurst

All of us attending my father’s English speaking mid-week church service