Maugenhard Student Spotlight: Zach

Dear Friends and Family,

Here at Black Forest Academy in Germany we just ended the third quarter of the school year.  This weekend is the High School Retreat (and my birthday! Woot!).  Please pray for receptive hearts and good rest for the students and staff during the retreat.  I am excited because I get to help out with a group of girls for discussions and rest otherwise. :o)

God is teaching me a great deal right now about life, love, and vision.  God is using unexpected staff and students to do it.  Even though seasonal illness has not been fun, I have had the opportunity to spend more time with various students at the dorm or doctors' offices.  One of these students is Zach.  I've grown to really appreciate Zach.  He is a gem, who is clearly maturing a great deal and needs a lot of encouragement during this season.  

Maugenhard Student Spotlight:

Introducing... 

Zach from the Middle East/Oregon

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(If you are interested in reading the full 1-page Maugenhard Student Spotlight, please email me: mwaters@teachbeyond.org.) 

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Thank you for your prayer, care and support!  I'd love to hear from you and how you are doing.  Please pray that I will be able to love the guys like they need, rather than what I need to feel good about myself.  

Peace be with you,

Michelle Waters

mwaters@teachbeyond.org

The Stomach Bug Strikes Again

Prayer update:

Although the snow is beautiful here, the winter sicknesses are here full on.  We have a bad case of the flu going around. One of our guys had to go to the emergency room the other night because of what seemed like Appendicitis, which was really this "bug" that's hitting really badly.

Staff is trying to keep immune systems boosted and illness quarantined.  Please pray for healing, encouragement and additional energy as we take turns doing what extra caring needs to be done.   It is a fantastic opportunity for us staff  to serve and love on these guys in a personal way in their time of weakness.

Overall, I am doing better.  I had a much needed break this weekend, where I was able to experience simple, yet profound, hospitality from my Spanish friend's family and members of a church plant in that city; even though I am fighting some sickness myself, my soul is refreshed from experiencing the Body of Christ in that way.  Thank you, God, for providing what you knew I needed!

Thanks for your care and support!

Michelle Waters

Such a blessing!

Thank God!

And thank you for praying! 

I passed my theoretical driving test for my German license today.

I now have my German/EU license in hand!

After much studying, my dear friend Lauren offered to drive me to my test and then later to get my license card from another place.  Such a blessing!

After I got the results of the test and didn't understand how to proceed with getting my actual card, a German young lady took a long time and graciously helped me figure out what to do next.  Such a blessing!

After calling to get clarification of where to drop off my test results form, the office for the licenses was still open and the lady processed me quickly...and even gave me the copy of my license to take with me right then in exchange for my US one.  People usually have to wait days after their test to get theirs!!!  Such a blessing!

After having study resources given to me and taking copious notes, I am able to bequeath these resources to another friend, who will get to study herself. Plus, I have further empathy for all those who struggle through this process and the consequent experiences of frustration and feelings of inferiority and "stuckness" in the meantime.  Such a blessing!

Thank you so much for your prayers and support and being such a blessing!

Love, Michelle