Fortunately, we always had some good news, that went beyond the personal struggles in the farmhouse. The men’s experiences gave more insight into what their goals were.
They were getting down to business, setting up a workshop, for making leather wares. They had cleaned out the piles of old things
from the house that had been stashed in the empty stalls. Peter unpacked his tools and set about teaching Thomas, Alan and Loren the work.
Here in a newsletter for the folks back in Eureka, Peter and Gregor gave their report. They took off hitchhiking for a few days to Rome,
and wanted to use that time, to communicate their first hand impressions of Europe.
Here’s what Gregor wrote;
“Everything is well with us. We did go though some difficult periods, in terms of our physical situation, and spiritually it was
difficult too. But it was a time of establishing, and that has taken place, and we want you to rejoice with us that the work in Europe is on it's way.
The hardest thing to do, when you are in a country where you can’t speak the language, is to preach the gospel. But even so, we have
begun to do that. There’s already, a real spirit of evangelism, in the brothers that were here.
And we’ve all been entering into that at the markets, as best we can. It is a very informal kind of situation, and the openings to
minister, are just incredible. Outreach is on our hearts, and we’re doing it.
We are just beginning, to get some impressions, of the
other countries in Europe. We are seeing that all the cities are harvest fields waiting to be reaped. We have visited Amsterdam quite often on business, to purchase leather and tools. It’s a rough city. Our Volkswagen bus was broken into twice, on one trip, which caused us to arrive back home in the middle of the night. Our families were worried about what had happened to us. We also, pick up hitch hikers along the way, and always have good talks. Usually, the young people, can speak English.
