Thanks for reading about life in The Family International here at LivetheCreed. This is a small slice of the daily pie of a Family missionary’s life. Our reason for existence: Jesus’ command in Mark 16:15 to “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel”. Along the way, He fills our lives with happiness and [...]
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Feast 2007 photos
March 12th, 2007 | By Nyx living in Philippines | More from NyxHi there, argh…I know I’ve been bad at blogging…I promised you blogs about the Family Birthday and Feast…well, there was so much to digest and so much goodness for this famished soul. I think I’ll just leave you with pictures as they speak a thousand words. Turns out my “Gift of Rest” was, in fact, [...]
Family day at the park
March 1st, 2007 | By Vas and Joni living in Mexico | More from Vas and JoniJoni: I said I was going to tell you about our fabulous family day at a great kids play park. Vas, Godfrey and Chris met this guy who loved their music and the message we have. He said he managed a play place for kids in the mall and that we could bring our kids [...]
Witnessing in the park
February 28th, 2007 | By Vas and Joni living in Mexico | More from Vas and JoniJoni: We took the kids to the park the other day to pass out tracts and to pray with those that wanted to receive Jesus. They did so well at practicing their Spanish too and all of them have memorized a little prayer to pray with people and they say it with such boldness and [...]
Happy Family Birthday!
February 27th, 2007 | By Sara and Vincent living in India | More from Sara and VincentHappy Family Birthday!! The Family International celebrates its birthday on the 18th of Feb every year, and the celebrations each year can be different but whatever the activity it’s a time to celebrate the wonderful time that we have spent together serving God and serving others! This year all the Family homes in Bangalore went [...]
New team members
February 26th, 2007 | By Sara and Vincent living in India | More from Sara and VincentWe’ve just had a new couple join our team. So, I would like to welcome David and Dawn to our heavenly home, along with their two adorable kids, Jolie (6 months) and Jude ( 2 years). Jude and my daughter Kaila are especially happy together—I’ve been going on a parental push to have quality family [...]
A red hankerchief
February 25th, 2007 | By Flo living in Mexico | More from FloIf we can’t change the entire world, is alleviating the pain good enough? Sometimes it feels like our grain of sand is really only that: a grain of sand, but here’s a story from my mom, a hospital clown in Chile, in defense of the “band-aid†theory.She wrote it for her yahoo group Clowns To [...]
Resting in the Lord, pt 2
February 24th, 2007 | By Nyx living in Philippines | More from NyxJust getting out of my pajamas now to get ready to meet up with the other Family Homes to join in on “The Feast”, our annual retreat. It’s something I am looking forward to, although I have to keep telling myself that taking nearly a week off and away from work IS A GOOD THING!!! [...]
Reply to Justin
February 23rd, 2007 | By Vas and Joni living in Mexico | More from Vas and JoniVas: Well Justin, a typical day for me in The Family is first getting our 5 children up, dressed and ready for the day, and then we all go to breakfast. After breakfast we have an hour of devotions and 15 minutes of prayer time and then go into the other activities of the day. [...]
February 21st, 2007
Every year in February, the Family International celebrates the birthday of our founder, Moses David (David Brandt Berg). The event is usually organized as a few-day-long retreat, a time of spiritual rest and meditation and it’s called “The Feast” as it’s a time of more reading and spiritual infilling than usual. A time of “feasting [...]