STF Europe News Letter for April 2014

E very year STF organizes a workshop where parents and children are able to spend time together sharing and doing activities. Here are a few testimonies:

This year the location was in a little village in Germany, a place close to nature, where parents and children could go and talk together. The schedule of the workshop comprehended HDH in teams together with the parents, testimonies, slideshows about fundraising and witnessing, Easter egg hunting, family evening and reflection. This was a really good chance for many STF members to share their experiences and their feelings with their own parents and also to ask them about their experiences and what they went through. We also had the opportunity to thank P. May and his “I am very thankful for being able to attend this wife for all the years of service that they have been workshop. I was very moved to see 2nd generation offering to STF and our movement through taking experiencing many difficulties and overcoming them care of the building in Schmitten. Also we have been and finally meeting Heavenly Parents heart”. able to welcome Rev. An, our continental director, R. Friesacher and hear his words of guidance.

see how deeply they could share with me. We talked for hours and hours and didn’t even notice how much time was passing. I could understand that they too went through difficulties and struggles in their life of faith and how they could overcome them and build such a strong faith and belief”. C. Pollitt

“The most meaningful moment for me was when I could share more freely with my parents. When I initiated to say how I felt and what I was thinking then also my parents opened up”. J. Claxton

“What I liked the most about this workshop was the family evening. I was amazed by all the talent and how each family performed together. I felt:” I want a family like this in the future, full of love, talent, caring for each other”. S. Yang

“The most meaningful moment was performing together with Annelise (daughter). I’ve always wanted to do that but it never got more than singing together in the kitchen at home until now”. L. Bramsen

“I think that sharing one to one with my mum was really valuable. I could learn things about her life and my family that I never knew before, and I could gain more respect for my mother and become more grateful to her”. A. Brown

Following this link on face book you can find a few pictures about the workshop: https://www.facebook.com/stf.europe/media_set?s et=a.10154077230345714.1073741843.827820713& “I could hear my parents’ full testimonies about type=3 how they joined the church. It was really moving to